Gonzalez Calvillo, Febrero 2024 – Following our September 2023 alert (visit here), on January 31, 2024, the Second Section of the Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación (“SCJ“), approved a draft ruling of an amparo appeal issued by Justice Alberto Pérez Dayán, which declared the unconstitutionality of certain provisions of the amendments to the Ley de la Industria …
On December 28, 2023, the decree by means of which several provisions of the Mexican Securities Market Law (Ley del Mercado de Valores) and the Mexican Investment Funds Law (Ley de Fondos de Inversión) were amended, supplemented and repealed (the “Amendment”), was published in the Mexican Federal Official Gazette (Diario Oficial de la Federación). Gonzalez …
On December 12th, 2023, it was published in the Official Gazette of the Federation the resolution issued by the Council of Representatives of the National Minimum Wage Commission pursuant to which the Mexican government, the labor and business sectors agreed a 20% increase to both the minimum wage and the professional minimum wage, which will …
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Gonzalez Calvillo, October 23rd, 2023.– On October 20th, 2023, the Decree amending several articles to the General Law of Business Organizations was published in the Mexican Federal Official Gazette. The aim of these amendments is to regulate the possibility of holding Shareholders’ or Quota Holders’ Meetings, as well as Board of Directors or Managers, by …
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Gonzalez Calvillo, October 19th, 2023.– On October 11th, 2023, a “Decree granting tax incentives to key sectors of the export industry consisting of the immediate deduction of the investment in new fixed assets and the additional deduction of training expenses” (the “Decree”) was published in the Federal Official Gazette (DOF, per its acronym in Spanish). …
Gonzalez Calvillo, October 18th, 2023.- On May 19th, 2021, the “Decree amending the Thirteenth Transitory Article of the Hydrocarbons Law, published in the National Official Gazette on August 11, 2014” was published in the Federal Official Gazette (the “Decree”). The Decree revoked the Energy Regulatory Commission’s (“CRE”) power to subject Petróleos Mexicanos (“Pemex”) or its subsidiares to …
Gonzalez Calvillo, September 22nd, 2023.- The Second Chamber of the Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación (“SCJN“), published two draft rulings of amparo appeals issued by two different justices (Alberto Pérez Dayan and Javier Laynez Potisek) (“Draft Rulings”) through which it is proposed to determine the unconstitutionality of certain legal provisions of the amendments …
Gonzalez Calvillo, September 21st, 2023.- Mexico’s Ministry of Finance (“SHCP”) launched the Sustainable Finance Mobilization Strategy (the “Strategy”). This is a public financial policy guide seeking to lay the groundwork for the mobilization of sustainable financing in Mexico, as well as to accelerate actions to meet environmental commitments and the UN 2030 sustainable development goals. …
On September 8th, the Executive branch presented the 2024 bill before Congress. This proposal includes, among other documents, the General Economic Policy Criteria, the Federal Revenue Law initiative, the Federal Rights Law initiative, and the proposed Federal Expenditure Budget. The Economic Bill has as main objective the wellbeing of Mexico’s population. Gonzalez Calvillo and Diaz …
Gonzalez Calvillo, May 11th, 2023 – Important Changes in the Mining Sector! On May 8, 2023, a significant decree was published in the Official Gazette of the Federation. Learn more about how the amendments, additions, and repeals in the Mining Law, National Water Law, General Law of Ecological Balance and Environmental Protection, and General Law …
Gonzalez Calvillo, January 5th, 2023 – Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador sent two nominees to be ratified by the Senate as commissioners at the Mexican Antitrust Commission (“Cofece”). The possible commissioners, Mr. Rodrigo Alcázar and Giovanni Tapia are economists with long trajectories and bast experience in the antitrust field. These new appointments, as well …
On December 27th, 2022, an executive order approving amendments to articles 76 and 78 of Mexico’s Federal Labor Law was published in the Official Gazette of the Federation. These amendments relate to vacation provisions and shall become effective as of January 1st, 2023. By enacting these amendments, employees who have worked for over a year …
On December 7th, 2022, it was published in the Official Gazette of the Federation the resolution issued by the Council of Representatives of the National Minimum Wage Commission pursuant to which the Mexican government, the labor and business sectors agreed a 20% increase to both the minimum wage and the professional minimum wage, which will …
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On June 15, 2022, the CRE published in the Official Gazette of the Federation certain Ruling identified with number A/015/2022 establishing the events that constitute a permit update (the “Provisions”). According to CRE, the purpose of the Provisions is to simplify procedures and give legal certainty to individuals in this regard. The foregoing by restructuring …
On June 7th, 2022, the General Import and Export Tax Law (“LIGIE”) was published in the Federal Official Gazette (“DOF”). Following its enactment, the last version of the referred law which was published in 2020 will be repealed. The LIGIE will enter into force 10 days after the Tax Administration Service (“SAT”) issues general provisions …
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On September 30, 2021, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador submitted a bill to amend Articles 25, 27, and 28 of the Mexican Constitution regarding the energy sector (the “Bill”). The fundamental focus of the Bill was the strengthening of the Federal Electricity Commission (“CFE”) and the disappearance of the Coordinated Regulatory Bodies in energy matters, …
On March 9, 2021, the decree that amends and adds various provisions to the Electric Industry Law (“LIE Amendment”) was published in the Federal Official Gazette, which entered into force on March 10, 2021. Consequently, on March 10, 2021, and in the following days, multiple Amparo lawsuits were filed against it by aggrieved individuals. In …
On March 31st, 2022, the Federal Economic Competition Commission (“Cofece”) published in the Federal Official Gazette an extract of the official communication by which it announced the beginning of an investigation in the retail e-commerce market in Mexico. The aim of this investigation is to determine the possible existence of barriers to competition and/ or …
On March 30th, 2022, the CRE published in the Federal Official Gazette the Governmental Agreement number A/006/2022 setting the General Administrative Provisions that establish the terms to submit information related to the corporate purpose, legal, technical, and financial capacity, as well as the description of the project, and the application form to apply for power …
On March 11th, 2022, the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (“SEMARNAT”) published in the Official Gazette of the Federation the Official Mexican Standard NOM001-SEMARNAT-2021, which sets the maximum tolerable limits for pollutants in wastewaters discharged into receiving national water bodies (“NOM-001”). Amendments made to NOM-001 range from strictly formal to substantially technical matters. It …
As of January 1st, 2022, as part of the Economic Package for 2022 of the Federal Government, the new accounting obligation related to the concept of controlling beneficiary came into effect, applicable to all legal entities, trustees, settlors or beneficiaries of the Trusts, as well as to contracting parties or members, in the case of …
On January 5, 2022, the Federal Economic Competition Commission (“Cofece”) published the official communication by which it initiated an investigation for the alleged cartel behavior, under the file IO-001-2021. The scope of the investigation is a possible anticompetitive agreement with respect to the infrastructure required to exploit industrial gases, which are used in different sectors, …
On December 1, 2021, the National Commission of Minimum Wages published the minimum wages update, entering into force on January 1, 2022, which will be equivalent to the daily amount of MXN$172.87 while in the Northern Border Free Zone it will increase to the amount of MXN $260.34. Such an update represents a 22% increase …
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Gonzalez Calvillo is pleased to publish the updated version of The Legal 500 Doing Business in Mexico Guide 2022. The article spans a variety of topics including the new labor reform, the current trends in consumer behavior, and the on-going Fintech drive. “Arising mostly out of the COVID-19 pandemic and a continuation of governmental policies …
On September 30, 2021, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador submitted a bill to amend the Mexican Constitution with respect to the electricity and mining sectors (the “Initiative”). The Initiative is primarily focused on strengthening the Mexican state-owned electric utility company, the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (“CFE”) and ensure that the Mexican State will have preference …
On July 31st 2021 an amendment decree was published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (“DOF”) in terms of which several transitory articles derived from the reforms to (i) the Federal Labor Law, (ii) the Social Security Law, (iii) the Law of the Institute of the National Fund for Employees’ Housing, (iv) the Fiscal …
On July 29th, 2021, the Energy Regulatory Commission (“CRE”) published Regulation No.A/024/2021 in the Federal Official Gazette establishing the regulation for maximum prices of liquefied petroleum gas (“LP Gas”) for sale to end users (the “Regulation”), compliant with the Emergency Guidelines for the welfare of consumers of LP Gas, issued by the Ministry of Energy …
On March 9th, 2021, the decree that modifies and amends several provisions of the Electric Industry Law (the “Amended LIE”) was published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (the “Decree”). The Decree became effective on March 10th, 2021. Multiple constitutional remedies (amparos) were filed against the Decree. Both District Judges in administrative matters specialized …
As of September 1st, 2021, the Mexican advertising market will suffer radical changes as a result of the entry into force of new legislation that will regulate advertising spaces and the way these are purchased: the Transparency, Prevention, and Combat of Improper Practices in Advertising Contracting Statute (the “Advertising Contracting Statute”). Advertising Agencies (domestic and …
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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 …
On May 4th, 2021, the Decree that amends and adds various provisions to the Hydrocarbons Act (the “Bill”), derived from an initiative filed by the Mexican President on March 26th, 2021, was published in the Official Gazette (“Diario Oficial de la Federación”), as we previously reported in GC news. The Bill entered into force May …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
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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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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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On February 1, 2021, the President of Mexico filed an initiative at the Mexican Federal Chamber of Representatives (Cámara de Diputados Federal) to partially amend the existing Electric Industry Law (Ley de la Industria Eléctrica) (the “Initiative“). The Initiative proposes the following amendments and actions in connection with the existing framework under the Electric Industry …
On January 11, 2021, the amendment decree to the Mexican Federal Labor Law (“FLL”) regarding teleworking/home office regime (“Amendment Decree”) was published in the Federal Official Gazette, which entered into force on January 12, 2021. To learn about the changes and additions foreseen in the Amendment Decree, click here to read more.
On December 16, 2020, the National Commission of Minimum Wages published the minimum wages update, entering into force on January 1, 2021, which will be equivalent to the daily amount of MXN$141.70 M.N. while in the northern border free zone it will increase to the amount of MXN$213.39 M.N. Such update represents a 15% increase …
[:en][:en]Yesterday, November 17, 2020, the methodology to calculate the interconnection costs for operators and concessionaires in the telecommunications sector, applicable for 2021, 2022 and 2023, was published in the Federal Official Gazette (Diario Oficial de la Federación); the rates for 2021 are 25.8% lower than those of the current year and will continue to decrease …
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On November 12, 2020, Mexico’s President, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, filed before the Congress a decree in order to amend, addition and eliminate several provisions of the Federal Labor Law (“FLL”), the Social Security Law, the Institute of the National Fund for Employees’ Housing Law, as well as several tax provisions (“Amendment Decree”). In this …
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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 …
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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