Today is a groundbreaking day for North America as the new United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA/CUSMA/TMEC) enters into force, replacing NAFTA. This new agreement is one of the most modern free trade agreements in the world as it addresses the challenges that the XXI Century brings to the regional trade. The most important changes of theLeer más
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On May 20, 2020, as per publicly available information, the National Center of Energy Control (“CENACE”) instructed some of its operational offices throughout México the suspension of the measures included in its resolution dated April 29th, 2020 issued to guarantee the efficiency, reliability, quality, continuity and safety of the Electrical National System due to theLeer más
On May 15th, 2020, the Energy Ministry (“SENER”) published in the Federal Official Gazette, an administrative resolution (the “Resolution”) by means of which the new public policy to guarantee the reliability, safety, continuity and quality of the Electric National System was issued. As per the referred Resolution, new rules and regulations were provided to allLeer más
In accordance with the publications by the Ministry of Health on May 14 and 15, 2020, the morning of Monday 18, the technical guidelines for health safety in the workplace were published so that micro, small and medium-sized companies can restart activities without compromising the health of its employees. The guidelines are issued jointly byLeer más
In the morning edition of the Federation’s Official Gazette of May 14, 2020, the Ministry of Health issued a resolution to establish the strategy for the reopening of social, educational and economic activities due to the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as a regional process to assess the epidemiological risk in each state based on aLeer más
On May 06, 2020 the National Hydrocarbons Commission (“CNH) published in the Federal Official Gazette an administrative resolution declaring the extension of the suspension of all terms and proceedings before such authority until May 31, 2020. The above determination was made considering the sanitary emergency that Mexico and the world is facing in connection withLeer más
On April 01, 2020, the Mexican National Fund to Promote Tourism (FONATUR, for its acronym in Spanish) announced the receipt of 14 economic proposals for the construction of the first section of the Mayan Railroad project to be developed throughout the Yucatán Peninsula. The first section of the project will comprise a route that runningLeer más
Due to the reforms and additions to the General Health Act in matters of overweight, obesity and labeling of food and non-alcoholic beverages setting a frontal warning system, published in the Federal Official Gazette (DOF for its acronym in Spanish) on November 8, 2019; last March 27, 2020, the Ministry of Economy published, in theLeer más
As the pandemic situation caused by the COVID-19 virus advances in the world, the search for a vaccine will be a primary activity in which pharmaceutical scientists and laboratories will focus their efforts. This priority objective will not only have humanitarian and material effects, but also legal situations that shall be analyzed, since that inventionLeer más
On March 27, 2020, the Federal Economic Competition Commission, Mexico’s antitrust regulatory agency, (“COFECE”, for its Spanish initials) issued a press release in relation to its stance in relation to the health emergency in Mexico. Due to the ongoing spread of COVID-19 and the official acknowledgment that Phase Two has begun, COFECE has announced thatLeer más
