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LEGAL UPDATE
October, 2014
ISSUANCE OF SECONDARY LEGISLATION REGULATIONS
On October 31, 2014 the various regulations and regulatory policies that will contribute to
the implementation of the different laws on energy matters issued and amended on August
11, 2014 (the “Secondary Legislation”), as a result of the Decree which amended and
added articles 25, 27, and 28 of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States
(Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos) (the “Energy Reform”), were
published in the Official Federal Gazette (Diario Oficial de la Federación).
The Executive Branch issued the following regulations in order to provide for the strict
compliance with the Secondary Legislation at an administrative level.
Oil and Gas Revenue Law Regulations (Reglamento de la Ley de Ingresos sobre
Hidrocarburos);
Internal Regulations of the National Agency of Industrial Safety and Environmental
Protection (Reglamento Interior de la Agencia Nacional de Seguridad Industrial y de
Protección al Medio Ambiente del Sector Hidrocarburos);
Electric Industry Law Regulations (Reglamento de la Ley de la Industria Eléctrica);
Internal Regulations of the Ministry of Energy (Reglamento Interior de la Secretaría de
Energía);
Regulations of Petroleos Mexicanos Law (Reglamento de la Ley de Petróleos Mexicanos);
Geothermal Energy Law Regulations (Reglamento de la Ley de Energía Geotérmica);
Regulations of the Oil and Gas Law (Reglamento de la Ley de Hidrocarburos);
Regulations of the activities referred to in Chapter Three of the Oil and Gas Law
(Reglamento de las actividades a que se refiere el Título Tercero de la Ley de
Hidrocarburos); and
Regulations of the Energy Regulatory Commission Law (Reglamento de la Ley de la
Comisión Federal de Electricidad).
Also, the following decrees amending the existing regulatory instruments which are
relevant for the development of the energy sector were published:
Decree amending and supplementing various provisions of the Public Partnerships Law
Regulation (Decreto por el que reforman, adicionan y derogan diversas disposiciones del
Reglamento de la Ley de Asociaciones Público Privadas);
Decree amending and supplementing various provisions of the Federal Budget and
Treasury Accountability Law (Decreto por el que reforman, adicionan y derogan diversas
disposiciones del Reglamento de la Ley Federal de Presupuesto y Responsabilidad
Hacendaria);
Decree amending and supplementing various provisions of the Internal Regulation for the
Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (Decreto por el que reforman, adicionan y derogan
diversas disposiciones del Reglamento Interior de la Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito
Público);
Decree amending and supplementing various provisions of the Regulations of hte General
Law for Sustainable Forestry Development (Decreto por el que reforman, adicionan y
derogan diversas disposiciones del Reglamento de la Ley General de Desarrollo Forestal
Sustentable);
Decree amending and supplementing various provisions of the Regulations of the General
Law of Ecological Balance and Environmental Protection on Environmental Impact
Assessment (Decreto por el que reforman, adicionan y derogan diversas disposiciones del
Reglamento de la Ley General del Equilibrio Ecológico y la Protección al Ambiente en
Materia de Evaluación del Impacto Ambiental);
Decree amending and supplementing various provisions of the Regulations of the General
Law of Ecological Balance and Environmental Protection regarding prevention and Control
of Air Pollution (Decreto por el que reforman, adicionan y derogan diversas disposiciones
del Reglamento de la Ley General del Equilibrio Ecológico y la Protección al Ambiente en
Materia de Prevención y Control de la Contaminación de la Atmósfera);
Decree amending and supplementing various provisions for the Regulations of the
General Law for Prevention and Integral Waste Management (Decreto por el que
reforman, adicionan y derogan diversas disposiciones del Reglamento de la Ley General
para la Prevención y Gestión Integral de Residuos);
Decree amending and supplementing various provisions of the Regulations of the General
Law of Ecological Balance and Environmental Protection on Environmental
Zoning(Decreto por el que reforman, adicionan y derogan diversas disposiciones del
Reglamento de la Ley General del Equilibrio Ecológico y la Protección al Ambiente en
Materia de Ordenamiento Ecológico);
Decree amending and supplementing various provisions of the Regulations of the General
Law of Ecological Balance and Environmental Protection regarding Emissions to the
Atmosphere and Transfer of Pollutants(Decreto por el que reforman, adicionan y derogan
diversas disposiciones del Reglamento de la Ley General del Equilibrio Ecológico y la
Protección al Ambiente en Materia de Registro de Emisiones y Transferencia de
Contaminantes);
Decree amending and supplementing various provisions of the Internal Regulations of the
Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (Decreto por el que reforman, adicionan y
derogan diversas disposiciones del Reglamento Interior de la Secretaría de Medio
Ambiente y Recursos Naturales);
Decree amending and supplementing various provisions of the Regulations of the General
Law of Ecological Balance and Environmental Protection on Self-Regulation and
Environmental Audits (Decreto por el que reforman, adicionan y derogan diversas
disposiciones del Reglamento de la Ley General del Equilibrio Ecológico y la Protección al
Ambiente en Materia de Autorregulación y Auditorías Ambientales);
Decree amending and supplementing various provisions of the Regulations of the Mining
Law (Decreto por el que reforman, adicionan y derogan diversas disposiciones del
Reglamento de la Ley Minera);
Decree amending and supplementing various provisions of the Regulations of the Foreign
Investment Law and of the National Registry of Foreign Investment (Decreto por el que
reforman, adicionan y derogan diversas disposiciones del Reglamento de la Ley de
Inversión Extranjera y del Registro Nacional de Inversiones Extranjeras);
Decree amending and supplementing various provisions of the Internal Regulations of the
Ministry of Economics (Decreto por el que reforman, adicionan y derogan diversas
disposiciones del Reglamento Interior de la Secretaría de Economía); and
Decree amending and supplementing various provisions of the Internal Regulations of the
Ministry of Agrarian, Territory, and Urban Development (Decreto por el que reforman,
adicionan y derogan diversas disposiciones del Reglamento Interior de la Secretaría de
Desarrollo Agrario, Territorial y Urbano).
Similarly, in order to implement the provisions of the Secondary Legislation, Guidelines
establishing criteria for the granting of Clean Energy Certificates and the corresponding
acquisition requirements were issued, and the Decree which amended the executive order
of creation of the Mexican Petroleum Institute as a Decentralized Agency (Decreto por el
que se reforma el diverso por el que se crea el Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo como
Organismo Descentralizado) published on August 26, 1965, were issued.
The issuance of the aforementioned regulatory instruments represents the ongoing
progress towards the full implementation of the Energy Reform; now, the issuance of
certain regulatory instruments that will complement the provisions published to this date,
and which include the Rules of the Electric Industry Market (Reglas del Mercado de la
industria eléctrica), the General Conditions for the Provision of the Public Service of
Transmission and Distribution of Electric Power (Condiciones Generales para la
prestación del Servicio Público de Transmisión y Distribución de Energía Eléctrica), and
the administrative contracting procedures of Petroleos Mexicanos (disposiciones
administrativas de contratación de Petróleos Mexicanos), among other regulatory
instruments, are pending issuance, once such instruments are issued and duly published,
they will complete the regulatory legal framework on energy matters for all activities
involving the energy industry in Mexico.
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Tel: (+52 81) 8133-6000
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