Thüringen Deep Drilling Ordinance. Country/Territory Germany Territorial subdivision Thüringen Document type Regulation Date 2007 Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleMining Ordinance on deep drilling, deep stocking and exploitation of minerals through drilling in the Free State of Thüringen. Subject Mineral resources Keyword Mining Minerals Exploration Oil Offences/penalties Authorization/permit Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe Entry into force notes The present Ordinance enters into force on 1 July 2007. Abstract The present Ordinance applies, inter alia, to facilities and industries extracting or stocking oil, natural gas, geothermal energy and other minerals subject to mining legislation. The text consists of 85 articles divided into 12 Parts as follows: Sphere of application and definition of terms (1); General provisions (2); Drilling scaffolding (3); Drilling industries (4); Promotion of drilling (5); Extraction of salts (6); Storage of inflammable liquids in store houses (7); Pipelines for the transport of oil, natural gas and other substances (8); Special protection provisions (9); Handling of explosives (10); Explosion, fire and gas protection system (11); Final provisions (12). Full text German Website www.thueringen.de