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Mexico City, March 16th, 2022.   On March 11th, 2022, the Official Mexican Standard NOM-001-SEMARNAT-2021, which establishes the permissible limits of pollutants in wastewater discharges into receiving bodies owned by the nation («NOM-001»), was published in the Official Gazette of the Federation. NOM-001 is mandatory throughout Mexico for all persons responsible for discharging wastewater intoLeer más

Mexico City, January 13th, 2022.   On January 1st, 2022, Title Two of the Tax Law of the State of Nuevo Leon («Law») was amended to include a Fifth Chapter «On Ecological Taxes», which comprises the following:   A.Tax for Pollution in the Extraction of Stone Materials. This tax is levied on persons and economicLeer más

Mexico City, January 13th, 2022.   On January 1, 2022, the Ninth Chapter containing the denominated «Ecological Taxes» was added to Title Three of the Tax Law of the State of Querétaro («Law»), which contains the following:   A. Tax for Environmental Remediation in the Extraction of Materials. This tax is levied on persons andLeer más

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