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Mexico City, September 1st, 2021.   In connection to the informative note we published last June 8, 2021[1], we inform you that the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources («SEMARNAT») announced that the National Consultative Committee for Standardization of Environment and Natural Resources («COMARNAT») approved on Friday, August 27, 2021, the Official Mexican Standard NOM-001-SEMARNAT-2021,Leer más

Mexico City, June 08th, 2021.   The federal government analyzes the possibility of publishing the draft of the Mexican Official Standard PROY-NOM-001-SEMARNAT-2017 («Draft NOM»), which establishes the permissible limits of pollutants in wastewater discharges in receiving bodies owned by the Nation, which would replace NOM-001-SEMARNAT-1996, which establishes the maximum permissible limits of pollutants in wastewaterLeer más

Mexico City, April 29th, 2021.   On Monday, April 26th, 2021, the “Decree amending various provisions of the General Law on Sustainable Forestry Development” (the “Decree”), was published and entered into force the day after its publication in the agricultural Official Gazette of the Federation (“DOF”)”. The main provisions contained in the decree are: TheLeer más

Mexico City, February 12th, 2021.   On December 31st, 2020, “the Decree establishing the actions to be taken by the agencies and entities that make up the Federal Public Administration, within the scope of their competences, to gradually replace the use, acquisition, distribution, promotion and importation of the chemical substance called glyphosate and the agrochemicalsLeer más

Mexico City, January 19th, 2021.   On January 18th, 2021, the following decrees were published in the Federal Official Gazette: a) Decree by which various provisions of the General Law of Ecological Balance and Environmental Protection are amended and added, hereinafter “LGEEPA Reform Decree”. b) Decree by which various provisions are amended and added toLeer más

Mexico City, January 14th, 2021.   The draft Environmental Standard for Mexico City “PROY-NACDMX-010-AMBT-2019, Technical specifications that compostable and / or reusable single-use plastic bags and products must meet”, hereinafter “PROY-NACDMX-010”, was published in the Official Gazette of Mexico City last January 13th, 2021. The Environmental Standard for Mexico City NACDMX-010, once approved, will establish:Leer más

Mexico City, January 5th, 2021.   Last January 1st, 2021, the amendments to Exhibits II, VIII and IX to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (herein after Basel Convention), entered into force. As per said amendments, transboundary importers and exporters of hazardous wastes must take theLeer más

  Mexico City, January 5th, 2021.   As per Transitory Article Third of the Decree by which various provisions of the Solid Waste Law of the Federal District, are added and amended, regarding the use of plastics and compostable products, (the Decree), published on June 25th, 2019; the prohibition of commercializing, distributing and handing inLeer más

Mexico City, August 24th, 2020.   On August 24th, 2020, the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (“SEMARNAT”) published an Accord by means of which it lifts the suspension of legal terms and deadlines before said Ministry as well as before its decentralized administrative bodies. The Accord will be in force until next SeptemberLeer más

Last 10 February 2020, the Ministry of the Environment of Mexico City (“SEDEMA”) published a statement informing that, to date, it has conducted a total of 12 diffusion and inspection operations in various shopping centres in the City, in order to verify that the commercial establishments are complying with the prohibition in matters of commercialization,Leer más