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Following a fast-track approval by the Senate, a series of important amendments to Mexico’s Electricity Industry Law (Ley de la Industria Eléctrica, “LIE”) are awaiting their imminent publication in the Federal Register (Diario Oficial de la Federación) (the “Amendments”).

The COVID-19 pandemic has come to change our lives in many ways, and home office work is one of those many changes that are here to stay. Coronavirus has forced us to work from home and such practice has forced the Governments to provide a specific regulation in order to avoid abusive practices that could affect employees.

On November 30, 2020, the Ministry of Energy (“SENER”) and the Ministry of Economy sent to the National Commission for Regulatory Improvement (“CONAMER”) a draft of the Order establishing the goods which import and export are subject to regulation by the Ministry of Energy (the “Draft”).

On November 30, 2020, the Ministry of Energy (“SENER”) and the Ministry of Economy sent to the National Commission for Regulatory Improvement (“CONAMER”) the preliminary draft of the Agreement that establishes the goods whose import and export are subject to regulation. by the Ministry of Energy (the "Draft").

For the majority of people, the emotion engendered by a UFO landing on Earth is fear. For others, it is a confirmation of a hope – that there are alternative realities to the beliefs the majority currently hold. Confirming the reality of a UFO landing on Earth opens up vast possibilities that people had heretofore thought impossible.

Global trademark licensing is fiendishly complex, with rules and practices varying in different countries. In-house counsel need to be both perceptive and strategic so as to act as translators for diverse market realities, ecosystems and legal systems, thus ensuring continuous and unified operations around the world. Parties to a global trademark agreement generally seek advice on negotiations

On May 14, 2020, the Federal Ministry of Health (Secretaría de Salud) (SSA) issued an Order to establish the rules and process to restart social, economic and school activities in Mexico as of June 1, 2020, and to determine that mining, construction and auto manufacture will be considered essential activities.

Last Friday evening, the Ministry of Energy (Secretaría de Energía) (“SENER”) published in the Federal Register (Diario Oficial de la Federación) a ruling establishing the new “Policy on Reliability, Safety, Continuance and Quality of the National Electric System” (the “Policy”). The Policy was published following a highly irregular and controversial process before the National Commission of...

Following the escalation to Phase 3 of the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico, on April 21, 2020, the Federal Ministry of Health (Secretaría de Salud) (SSA) published in the Federal Register (Diario Oficial de la Federación) (DOF) an Order amending the order establishing extraordinary actions to address the health emergency generated by the virus SARS-CoV2, published in the DOF on March 31, 2020 (the...

On December 19, 2019, the Ministry of Economy published the new regulation to the Federal Consumer Protection Law. These new rules are currently in effect and repeal the former 2006 regulation. Up until the issuance of the new regulation, consumers' personal data had been largely governed by Federal Data Protection Law (the “FDPL”). The new consumer protection regulation, however, challenges the...

On December 19, 2019, the Mexican telecoms regulator issued an advanced notice of a public consultation process on the rulemaking regarding net neutrality. Comments are sought from offshore OTTs, ISPs and local internet companies. Comments must be submitted by March 6, 2020, to be considered in the formation of any proposed Net Neutrality Guideline. 

On December 6, 2019, the Ministry of Energy (“SENER") published in the Federal Register (“DOF") the Order amending the resolution issuing the Public Policy on Minimum Storage of Refined Products (the “Amendment Order") originally published in the DOF on December 12, 2017 (the “Policy").

Last Friday, Comisión Federal de Electricidad published in the Federal Register amendments to the General provisions for acquisitions, leases, services and works of the CFE and its State Productive Subsidiaries...

Last Friday, the Agency for Safety, Energy and Environment (“ASEA”) released for public consultation a draft of proposed amendments to the General administrative provisions establishing the guidelines for the preparation, implementation and authorization of Industrial Safety, Operational Safety and Environmental Protection Management Systems applicable to hydrocarbons activities (the “Draft”).

On October 28, 2019, Mexico’s Ministry of Energy (Secretaría de Energía) (“SENER”) published in the Federal Register (Diario Oficial de la Federación) an order that amends the Guidelines establishing the Criteria to grant Clean Energy Certificates and the Requirements for their Acquisition (the “CEL Guidelines”).

The 2013 Mexican Energy Reform brought many novel concepts to the Mexican energy legal framework. For more than 75 years Petróleos Mexicanos (“Pemex”) was the sole operator of all onshore and offshore oil and gas resources. Thus, Pemex never faced the prospect of a field or reservoir being shared with adjoining operators. The discovery of “Zama” in 2017 by a consortium led by Talos Energy (the “Bl

The Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (Secretaria de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales) (SEMARNAT), has submitted to the National Commission for Regulatory Improvement (Comisión Nacional de Mejora Regulatoria) (CONAMER), a draft of the Preliminary Guidelines for the Test Program of the Emissions Trading System.

Just over three years ago, the first-ever regulation on the procedure to prepare, submit and evaluate hydrocarbons exploration and development plans was approved by Mexico’s upstream regulator, the National Hydrocarbons Commission (Comisión Nacional de Hidrocarburos) (“CNH”). A few weeks ago, the Guidelines regulating Exploration and Development for the Extraction of Hydrocarbons Plans (the “New...

Following the enactment of the Law to Regulate Financial Technology Institutions (Ley para Regular las Instituiciones de Tecnología Financiera) (the “Fintech Law”) a year ago, its implementing regulations in October 2018, and a number of enabling regulations issued thereafter by the National Banking and Securities Commission (Comision Nacional Bancaria y de Valores) (“CNBV”) and Banco de Mexico (“

On January 9, 2019, members of the MORENA parliamentary group submitted a bill amending, adding and repealing multiple provisions of the Law of Petróleos Mexicanos (Ley de Petróleos Mexicanos) (“Pemex Law”).

Today, Mexico’s Ministry of Energy (Secretaría de Energía) (“SENER”) published at the website of the National Commission of Regulatory Improvement (“CONAMER”, per its Spanish acronym) the draft of organizational decree of the so-called Logistics Centre for the Distribution and Transportation of Refined Products (Centro de Logística para la Distribución y Transporte de Petrolíferos) (the “Logistics

On December 31st, 2018, an executive order (the “Order”) was published in the Federal Register (Diario Oficial de la Federacion), introducing a series of tax incentives to be applied in the territory of the Mexican municipalities across the Mexico-US border. According to its declaration of purpose, the Order is intended to implement mechanisms in order to strengthen and reinforce the economy of...

Mexico’s oil and gas HSE regulator, the Agency for Safety, Energy and Environment (Agencia de Seguridad, Energía y Ambiente) (“ASEA”), has proposed a new set of rules establishing the HSE guidelines for the simultaneous retail sales of refined products and natural gas (the “Proposed Guidelines”). This proposed draft was recently sent to the National Commission for Regulatory Improvement (“CONAMER”

Today, the Energy Regulatory Commission (Comisión Reguladora de Energía) (“CRE”) published in the Federal Register (Diario Oficial de la Federación) a resolution (acuerdo) that amends the general administrative provisions on open access for natural gas pipeline transportation and storage services, published back in January 13, 2016 (the “NG Open Access Rules”).

Further to our newsletter dated February 23, 2018, yesterday the National Hydrocarbons Commission (Comisión Nacional de Hidrocarburos) (“CNH”) published the amendments to General Administrative Provisions on Authorizations for Reconnaissance and Superficial Exploration (Disposiciones Administrativas de Cáracter General en Materia de Autorizaciones para el Reconocimiento y Exploración Superficial...

Mexico’s Ministry of Energy (Secretaría de Energía) (“SENER”) has sent for notice and comments a proposed draft of the Guidelines establishing the procedure to instruct the unitization of shared reservoirs and approve the terms and conditions of unit agreements (the “E&P Unit Guidelines”).

Back in 2004 I attended an annual general meeting for a client that had acquired a gold-silver mine in Mexico. It was one of many Canadian juniors at the time who had managed to acquire small-scale mines with good expansion possibilities and, in a rising commodity price environment, had the potential to turn an explorer into a producer virtually overnight.