Author name: Roberto Enrique Ramírez Zambrano

On May 31st, 2021, the Decree (“Decree”) by which different provisions of the Health Supplies Regulation were amended, added, and repealed, was published in the Official Gazette (“Diario Oficial de la Federación”) The Decree’s main amendments are as follows: The requirement to renew sanitary registration of medicines after the first renewal is eliminated. Article 190 …

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On May 24th, 2021 general provisions for the registration of natural or legal persons that provide specialized services or that carry out specialized tasks were published in the Official Gazette (“Diario Oficial de la Federación”), in the understanding such specialized services or tasks are those not comprised within the beneficiaries’ corporate purpose, nor their predominant …

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On May 19th, 2021, the Decree amending the Thirteenth Transitory Article of the Hydrocarbons Statute (the “Bill”) was published in the Federal Official Gazette. The amendment will enter into force on May 20th, 2021. The Bill revokes CRE’s power to hold first-hand sales (or VPM for its acronym in Spanish) and marketing of hydrocarbons, fuels …

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With the purpose of contributing to economic growth, financial equality, and a reduction of social disparity, on February 18, 2021, the Senate approved the draft decree amending and adding several provisions to the General Law of Negotiable Instruments and Credit Operations, the General Law of Auxiliary Credit Organizations and Activities, and the Law for the …

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On May 6th, 2021, the Mexican Antitrust Commission (“Cofece”) published a press release announcing that it charged several professional football teams for alleged cartel behavior in the status and transfer of football players market. After concluding its 2.5 year-long investigation, Cofece’s Investigating Authority (“AI”) issued a Formal Claim with which it presents charges for potential …

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On May 6th, 2021, the Mexican Antitrust Commission (“Cofece”) published that since the end of March 2021 (stemming from a complaint it received), it launched an investigation for alleged abuse of dominance in the market for the generation, wholesale, and supply of electric power and associated products (as well as services and activities related to …

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On May 4th, 2021, the Ministry of Energy  published in the Official Federal Gazette a decree that amends and adds various provisions to the Hydrocarbons Statute (the “Amendment”), derived from an initiative submitted by the President of Mexico on March 26th, 2021, as previously reported in our past GC news. This Amendment will become effective …

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Celebrating Intellectual Property Day promoting, fostering and protecting creativity and innovation with our new intellectual property system… there is still much to do! To find out more, please click here.

Relevant amendments to the Federal Labor Law (“FLL”), the Social Security Law (“SSL”), the Institute of the National Fund for Employees’ Housing Law, as well as several tax provisions (“Amendments”) have been published in the Official Federal Gazette (“DOF”) on April 23rd, 2021. The Amendments include, amongst other matters, the following changes and adjustments to …

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On April 20, 2021, the Energy Commission of the Lower House of Congress passed the Bill amending the Thirteenth Transitory Article of the Hydrocarbons Statute published in the Official Federal Gazette on August 11, 2014 (the “Bill”). On April 21, 2021, the Lower House of Congress passed the Bill with 301 votes in favor, 147 …

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On April 22nd, 2021, the Antitrust Commission (“Cofece”) filed a constitutional controversy before Mexico’s Supreme Court against the Decree through which several provisions of the Electric Industry Law are amended and added published on March 9, 2021 in the Official Gazette of the Federation (the “LIE Amendment”). The LIE Amendment is considered by Cofece to …

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Agreement on subcontracting initiative On April 5, 2021, the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare (“STPS”), published in the labor bulletin 041/2021 that the labor sector, the employer sector, the government of Mexico and representatives of the Legislative Power have reached an agreement around outsourcing. In this sense, the agreements reached between the parties include …

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On March 26th, 2021, the President of Mexico submitted to the House of Representatives of the Federal Congress a Bill by which significant amendments to the Hydrocarbons Law (the “Bill”) are proposed.   The Bill proposes the following amendments: 1. New causes for revoking of permits are established, including:  – Permits where, upon non-appealable resolution …

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Definitive suspensions are granted against the Decree by which provisions of the Electric Industry Law are modified and amended. On March 9, 2021, the decree that amends and adds various provisions to the Electric Industry Law (the “Decree”) was published in the Official Gazette of the Federation. This Decree entered into force on March 10, …

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As anticipated by González Calvillo, on February 1, 2021, the President of Mexico sent to the Chamber of Representatives, an initiative to reform and add various provisions to the Electric Industry Law (the “Initiative”). On February 23, the Chamber of Representatives approved the Initiative, with certain modifications, with 304 (60.8%) votes in favor, 179 (35.8%) …

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Mexican Judiciary rules on the unconstitutionality of the Policy for the Reliability, Safety, Continuity and Quality of the National Electric System On May 15th, 2020, the Mexican Ministry of Energy (“SENER”) published in the Federal Official Gazette the Policy for the Reliability, Security, Continuity and Quality of the National Electric System (the “Dispatch Policy”), to …

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On May 15, 2020, the Ministry of Energy (“SENER”) published in the Federal Official Gazette the Policy for the Reliability, Security, Continuity and Quality of the National Electric System (the “Dispatch Policy”), to set general guidelines aimed to guarantee the supply of electricity and the reliability of the National Electric System (“SEN”). As a result, …

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Cofece initiates an investigation for potential cartel behavior in the leasing market of non-residential real estate. The Mexican Antitrust Commission (“Cofece”), announced through an official communication the start of an ex-officio investigation for possible cartel behavior in the leasing market of non-residential real estate.[1] Under the Federal Antitrust Statute (“LFCE”), cartel behavior are contracts, agreements, …

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IFT initiates an investigation in the markets of Internet search engines, social media, mobile operating systems, cloud computing and storage and other related services in order to determine the possible existence of barriers to competition and/or essential inputs. The Federal Telecommunications Institute (“IFT”) announced on October 22, 2020, the start of an investigation in the …

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The world is facing a pandemic with unprecedented impact. This represents, on the one hand, a threat to countries’ different economic sectors, and on the other hand, a new set of challenges and opportunities that the countries shall reflect upon and reorganize to adapt to the new normal. The tourism sector is one of the …

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As part of the harmonization process in light of the entry into force of the T-MEC/USMCA/CUSMA, and considering the current digital environment, we would like to inform you about several amendments and new provisions to the Mexican legal system regarding Intellectual Property matters. Such amendments come to order, modernize, simplify and technify such system. The …

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