In May 2014, the Ministry of Environment prepared guidelines concerning the procedure of comparing competitive applications for deposit prospecting or exploration concessions (except for hydrocarbons). The document was approved by the Chief Geologist of Poland. By introducing certain principles for the staff handling the competitive application procedure, the guidelines are intended to unify the practice of the concession authorities in the area of the evaluation of competing applications. The guidelines apply to all procedures initiated after their enforcement, i.e. 8 May 2014.
A competitive application is such an application that covers the same or partly the same area, or the same mineral found in the same space of a geological formation, if such application was submitted before the end of a procedure initiated by an application of another entity. In such case, the concession authorities do not follow the rule of order with respect to the submitted applications, but rather compare the applications based on pre-defined criteria.
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