mineral prospecting

(d) the development of methods of radioactive ore prospecting.

The Commission may make recommendations to the Member States with a view to the development of prospecting for and exploitation of mineral deposits.

Within the limits set by the budget of the Community, the Commission may, on such conditions as it shall determine, give financial support to prospecting programs in the territories of Member States.

A person operating by virtue of a prospecting licence, a mining lease, a mining licence or a mining permission as defined by section 57(1) of the Mineral Development Act (Northern Ireland) 1969

The Member States shall submit annually to the Commission a report on the development of prospecting and production, on probable reserves and on investment in mining which has been made or is planned in their territories.

After obtaining the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee the Commission may, within the framework of the Joint Nuclear Research Centre, set up schools for the training of specialists, particularly in the fields of prospecting for minerals, the production of high-purity nuclear materials, the processing of irradiated fuels, nuclear engineering, health and safety and the production and use of radioisotopes.

If, when the matter has been submitted to it by the Commission, the Council finds by a qualified majority that, although the prospects for extraction appear economically justified on a long-term basis, prospecting activities and the expansion of mining operations continue to be markedly inadequate, the Member State concerned shall, for as long as it has failed to remedy this situation, be deemed to have waived, both for itself and for its nationals, the right of equal access to other sources of supply within the Community.

Moreover, the growing international dimension of the coal market and the global scale of the problems confronting it means that the European Union has to take a leading role in meeting challenges relating to modern techniques, mine safety and environmental protection at worldwide level by ensuring the transfer of know-how required for further technological progress, improved working conditions (health and safety) and enhanced environmental protection.

Exploration (Prospecting and Drilling) for Petroleum and Natural Gas

In some Member States, a concession may be required for mining and mineral rights for non-EC-controlled companies.

For the purposes of this chapter, "offshore installations" means the equipment and devices installed in the high sea in order to search for and exploit mineral resources.

exchange experience and technology relating to mining prospecting, exploration and exploitation, and undertake joint research in order to increase the opportunities for technological development.

In addition, prospection and exploration services are subject to the same requirements and procedures established in Annex X, Part B (Chile's Schedule of Specific Commitments on Establishment), letter C (Mining and quarrying) and letter E (Electricity, gas and water supply).

the offshore exploration and exploitation of minerals, including hydrocarbons;"

lease agreements to explore for or use minerals, oil, natural gas and similar non-regenerative resources;

mineral rights and expenditure on the exploration for, or development and extraction of, minerals, oil, natural gas and similar non-regenerative resources;

the activities of the extractive industries concerned with exploration for, and the exploitation of, minerals in mines and quarries or by means of boreholes;

A person operating by virtue of a prospecting licence, a mining lease, a mining licence or a mining permission as defined by section 57(1) of the Mineral Development Act (Northern Ireland) 1969

"(e) the exploitation (exploration, extraction and processing) of minerals in mines, quarries, or by means of boreholes, with the exception of chemical and thermal processing operations and storage related to those operations which involve dangerous substances, as defined in Annex I;

injection of water containing substances resulting from the operations for exploration and extraction of hydrocarbons or mining activities, and injection of water for technical reasons, into geological formations from which hydrocarbons or other substances have been extracted or into geological formations which for natural reasons are permanently unsuitable for other purposes.

If the contractor engages in mining, transporting of polymetallic nodules, and production of processed and semi-processed metals, 'development costs of the mining sector` means the portion of the contractor's development costs which is directly related to the mining of the resources of the area covered by the contract, in conformity with generally recognised accounting principles, and the financial rules, regulations and procedures of the Authority, including, inter alia, application fee, annual fixed fee and, where applicable, costs of prospecting and exploration of the area covered by the contract, and a portion of research and development costs.