The Board of Mediterranean Oil & Gas Plc has filed an appeal (the "Appeal") before the Administrative Court in Rome against the Italian Ministry of the Environment and of Protection of Land and Sea (MEPLS) through the Company's Italian subsidiary Medoilgas Italia S.p.A.

The Appeal is aimed at obtaining the annulment and, as an interim measure, the suspension of the letter dated 9 July 2013 (the "Letter") from MEPLS requesting the Company to apply for and obtain an Integrated Environmental Authorisation (AIA) as a precondition for MEPLS' approval of the Environmental Impact Assessment ("EIA") for Ombrina Mare. As part of the Appeal, the Company has also requested a judicial order to instruct MEPLS to issue the EIA Decree.

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