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SHALE GAS ENVIROMENTAL AND LEGAL ASPECTS. MASARYK UNIVERSITY AND JAGELLON INSITUTE Date : October 2nd, 2012 Venue : Consulat General of Poland in Ostrava. THE CZECH MINING LAW, a good base for political movement against shale gas exploration ?.
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SHALE GASENVIROMENTAL AND LEGAL ASPECTS • MASARYK UNIVERSITY AND JAGELLON INSITUTE • Date: October 2nd, 2012 • Venue: ConsulatGeneralofPoland in Ostrava
THE CZECH MINING LAW, a good base for political movement against shale gas exploration? JUDr. Ing. Rudolf Cogan, Ph.D., mayorof Nová Paka
Overview • Introduction to Czech mining law • Law regulation of mining • Stages of mining • Exploration area • Shalegas case in Královéhradeckýkraj • Conclusion
§ • Mining Act (no. 44/1988 Sb.) • The Geological Act (no. 62/1988 Sb.)
Mining stages • exploration area • survey work • mining of the deposits (early development, preparation and mining) • locking and liquidation of work.
Exploration area • The borders of the "exploration area", • Which mineral is approved for exploration, • The conditions or rules of the geological operations and • The time of licence validity • Zákres návrhu průzkumného území Trutnovsko
Královéhradeckýkraj • On the 11th of April, 2011 BEC applied to the Ministry for approval to explore an area. • The ministry informed other enterpreneurs • 9 municipalities were against granting permission • On the 9th of December, 2011 the ministry approved the exploration area. • 19 municipalities appealled the decision. • On the 13th of April, 2012 the Minister cancelled the application • BEC has reduced the area to 26 municipalities, and the procedure is continuing • The municipalities have expressed their opinion of the new application