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Regulatory Program 2020 issued by Energy Regulatory Commission

On July 29, 2020, the Board of Commissioners of the Energy Regulatory Commission ("CRE") approved the "Regulatory Program 2020" (the "Regulatory Program") by means of Resolution No. A/024/2020. The Regulatory Program is a...more

Publication of relevant energy judicial criteria (Jurisdiction for COS validation and challenge of CRE and CNH acts)

The Federal Judicial Branch published on August 14, 2020, on the Weekly Federal Judiciary, certain jurisprudence criteria related to the energy sector. In particular, the criteria relates to the jurisdiction of the District...more

Resolution whereby the Mexican National Hydrocarbons Commission establishes several measures in order to promote the development...

On August 3, 2020, the National Hydrocarbons Commission (the "CNH") published through the Federal Official Gazette, the resolution whereby the CNH establishes several measures in order to promote the development of petroleum...more

Energy Sector Program 2020-2024

On July 8, 2020, the Ministry of Energy ("SENER") issued through the Federal Official Gazette, the Energy Sector Program (Programa Sectorial de Energía) 2020-2024 (the "PROSENER"). PROSENER is a planning instrument  derived...more

USMCA Uniform Regulations Clarify Scope and Application of Steel and Aluminum Purchase Requirements for Passenger Vehicles, Light...

On June 3, 2020, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) published an interim version of the Uniform Regulations concerning the interpretation, application, and administration of key provisions of the...more

Opinion of the Federal Antitrust Commission regarding the Resolution issued by CENACE on April 29, 2020

On May 7, 2020, the Federal Antitrust Commission (Comisión Federal de Competencia Económica, “COFECE”) issued the opinion No. OPN-006-2020 (the “Opinion”) in regard to the “Resolution to ensure the efficiency, quality,...more

Publication of actions to ensure the reliability of the National Electric Grid due to the COVID-19 pandemic (suspension of...

On April 29, 2020, the National Energy Control Center (“CENACE”) published within the Market Information System a “Resolution to ensure the efficiency, quality, reliability, continuity and safety of the National Electric...more

Presidential Decree orders immediate termination of public trusts

By means of a Decree, published in the Federal Gazette on April 2, 2020, the Mexican President orders the immediate termination of all federal public trusts, public mandates or analogous figures....more

Force Majeure of COVID-19 under Mexican Law?

The present alert offers an analysis of the possible legal implications of coronavirus ("COVID-19") in civil and commercial commitments, under Mexican Law. The coronavirus was first notified on December 31, 2019, in Wuhan,...more

COVID-19: Legal Impact in Mexico; measures issued by various authorities

Listed below are the preventive measures issued by federal and local authorities for the mitigation and control of the SARS-CoV2 pandemic (COVID-19) in Mexico....more

Preliminary Draft of regulatory amendments applicable to self-supply generation permits

On February 13, 2020, the Energy Regulatory Commission ("CRE") made public knowledge of a preliminary draft that proposes to amend the General provisions that establish the terms to request an authorization to modify or...more

Amendment of Public Policies regarding the Minimum Storage of Oil Products

The constitutional energy reform of 2013 allowed private participation in the entire hydrocarbons value chain (i.e., storage). Likewise, this energy reform was aimed at increasing energy security and the timely and sufficient...more

National Investment Agreement in Infrastructure by the Private Sector

On September 26, 2019, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, together with the private sector, presented the National Investment Agreement in Infrastructure by the Private Sector (the "Agreement"). As the first bundle of the...more

Amendment of the Criteria for the Issuance of Clean Energy Certificates

One of the main principles of the constitutional energy reform of 2013 is the sustainability of the national power industry. To such effect, the creation of certain mechanisms was envisioned to enable compliance with public...more

Pemex: Investment opportunity in mature fields

On April 24, 2019, Pemex's Chief Executive Officer, Octavio Romero Oropeza, as a measure to comply with the presidential instruction of producing more than two million 400 thousand daily barrels by the end of the six-year...more

Amendments to the Terms for the Strict Legal Separation of the CFE

Following the constitutional energy reform in 2013, the Federal Electricity Commission ("CFE") was subject to an organizational and administrative restructure with the purpose to achieve, among other objectives: (i) to...more

New Regulation on Transfer Operations of Hydrocarbons and/or Oil Products

On January 23, 2019, the National Agency for industrial Safety and Environmental Protection of the Hydrocarbons Sector ("ASEA") published the "General Administrative Provisions on the Guidelines for the Design, Construction,...more

Proposal to Create a Logistics Center for the Distribution and Transportation of Oil Products

In recent years, the hydrocarbons theft practice in Mexico has had significant growth. This crime is committed, primarily, by the tapping of the oil-transporting pipelines in order to extract gasoline and diesel products for...more

Initiative to reform the Petroleos Mexicanos Law

As a result of the 2013 constitutional reform, Petróleos Mexicanos ("PEMEX") was transformed into a productive state-owned enterprise directed by a General Director and a Board of Directors. Currently, each of them has...more

The CPTPP Enters into Force: What Does it Mean for Global Trade?

The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) entered into force on December 30, 2018. The Agreement will significantly impact trade among its ratifying Parties—currently including...more

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