It has to be ensured, however, that this will be without prejudice to Commission Decision 93/676/EEC of 10 December 1993 establishing that the exploitation of geographical areas for the purpose of exploring for or extracting oil or gas does not constitute in the Netherlands an activity defined by Article 2(2)(b)(i) of Council Directive 90/531/EEC and that entities carrying on such an activity are not to be considered in the Netherlands as operating under special or exclusive rights within the meaning of Article 2(3)(b) of the Directive(14), Commission Decision 97/367/EC of 30 May 1997 establishing that the exploitation of geographical areas for the purpose of exploring for or extracting oil or gas does not constitute in the United Kingdom an activity defined by Article 2(2)(b)(i) of Council Directive 93/38/EEC and that entities carrying on such an activity are not to be considered in the United Kingdom as operating under special or exclusive rights within the meaning of Article 2(3)(b) of the Directive(15), Commission Decision 2002/205/EC of 4 March 2002 following a request by Austria applying for the special regime provided for in Article 3 of Directive 93/38/EEC(16) and Commission Decision 2004/73/EC on a request from Germany to apply the special procedure laid down in Article 3 of Directive 93/38/EEC(17).
Treba pa je zagotoviti, da to ne vpliva na Odločbo Komisije 93/676/EGS z dne 10. decembra 1993, ki določa, da se izkoriščanje geografskega območja za iskanje ali črpanje nafte ali plina na Nizozemskem ne pojmuje kot dejavnost, opredeljena v členu 2(2)(b)(i) Direktive Sveta 90/531/EGS, in da se za subjekte, ki opravljajo tako dejavnost, na Nizozemskem ne pojmuje, da delujejo pod posebnimi ali izključnimi pravicami v smislu člena 2(3)(b) [14], na Odločbo Komisije 97/367/EGS z dne 30. maja 1997, ki določa, da se izkoriščanje geografskega območja za iskanje ali črpanje nafte ali plina v Združenem kraljestvu ne pojmuje kot dejavnost, opredeljena v členu 2(2)(b)(i) Direktive Sveta 93/38/EGS, in da se za subjekte, ki opravljajo tako dejavnost v Združenem kraljestvu ne pojmuje, da delujejo pod posebnimi ali izključnimi pravicami v smislu člena 2(3)(b) Direktive [15], na Odločbo Komisije 2002/205/ES z dne 4. marca 2002 na podlagi prošnje Avstrije, ki je zaprosila za tako posebno ureditev iz člena 3 Direktive 93/38/EGS [16], in Odločbo Komisije 2004/73/ES o prošnji Nemčije za uporabo posebnega postopka, določenega v členu 3 Direktive 93/38/EGS [17].