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
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
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
8/7/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Energy Sector ,
Force Majeure Clause ,
Hydrocarbons ,
Mexico ,
National Hydrocarbons Commission (CNH) ,
New Regulations ,
Oil & Gas ,
Petroleum ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Suspension Clause
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
7/16/2020
/ Electricity ,
Energy Sector ,
Energy Storage ,
Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) ,
Hydrocarbons ,
Mexico ,
Oil & Gas ,
PEMEX ,
Power Plants ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Renewable Energy
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
6/16/2020
/ Aluminum Sales ,
Automotive Industry ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Duty Free ,
Foreign Relations ,
Imports ,
NAFTA ,
Steel Industry ,
Trade Relations ,
Transportation Industry ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
US Trade Policies ,
USTR
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
5/11/2019
/ Energy Exploration ,
Foreign Investment ,
Investment Opportunities ,
Mexico ,
Oil & Gas ,
PEMEX ,
Public Bidding ,
Request for Proposals ,
Resource Extraction ,
Risk-Sharing ,
Tariffs
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
4/2/2019
/ Affiliates ,
Amended Regulation ,
Corporate Structures ,
Electricity ,
Energy Sector ,
Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) ,
Mexico ,
Power Plants ,
Restructuring ,
Subsidiaries ,
TESL-CFE
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
1/30/2019
/ ASEA ,
Construction Project ,
Crude by Rail ,
Environmental Policies ,
Hydrocarbons ,
Insurance Regulations ,
Mexico ,
New Regulations ,
Oil & Gas ,
Oil by Rail ,
Risk Management ,
Safety Inspections ,
Transfer Restrictions
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
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 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
1/22/2019
/ Bilateral Agreements ,
Corporate Counsel ,
CPTPP ,
E-Commerce ,
Exports ,
Fair Trade Agreements (FTA) ,
Foreign Investment ,
Global Market ,
Imports ,
International Labor Laws ,
Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) ,
Most-Favored Nations ,
NAFTA ,
Place of Origin ,
Popular ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Relations ,
Trans-Pacific Partnership ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
WTO