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- ANNEX III
- Schedule of Mexico
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- I. The Mexican State reserves the right to perform exclusively,
- and to refuse to permit the establishment of investments in, the
- following activities:
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- 1. Petroleum, other Hydrocarbons and Basic Petrochemicals
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- (a) Description of activities
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- (i) exploration and exploitation of crude oil and
- natural gas; refining or processing of crude oil
- and natural gas; and production of artificial gas,
- basic petrochemicals and their feedstocks and
- pipelines; and,
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- (ii) foreign trade; transportation, storage and
- distribution up to and including first hand sales
- of the following goods: crude oil; natural and
- artificial gas; goods obtained from the refining
- or processing of crude oil and natural gas; and
- basic petrochemicals.
-
- (b) Legal citation:
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- Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos,
- Articles 25, 27 and 28 (United Mexican States Political
- Constitution, Articles 25, 27 and 28).
-
- Ley Reglamentaria del Artículo 27 Constitucional en el
- Ramo del Petróleo y sus reglamentos (Regulatory Law of
- Article 27 of the United Mexican States Constitution
- related to Oil, and its regulations).
-
- Ley Orgánica de Petróleos Mexicanos y Organismos
- Subsidiarios (Statutory Law of Petróleos Mexicanos and
- its Subsidiaries).
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- 2. Electricity
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- (a) Description of activities: the supply of electricity as
- a public service in Mexico, including, except as
- provided in Annex 602.3 of the Energy Chapter, the
- generation, transmission, transformation, distribution
- and sale of electricity.
-
- (b) Legal citation:
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- Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos,
- Articles 25 and 28 (United Mexican States Political
- Constitution, Articles 25 and 28).
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- Ley del Servicio Público de Energía Eléctrica y su
- reglamento (Public Service of Electric Energy Law, and
- its Regulations)
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- 3. Nuclear Power and Treatment of Radioactive Minerals
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- (a) Description of activities: the generation of nuclear
- energy; the exploration, exploitation and processing of
- radioactive minerals; the nuclear fuel cycle; the use
- and reprocessing of nuclear fuels and the regulation of
- their applications for other purposes; the
- transportation and storage of nuclear wastes; and the
- production of heavy water.
-
- (b) Legal citation:
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- Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos,
- Articles 25, 27 and 28 (United Mexican Constitution,
- Article 25, 27 and 28).
-
- Ley Reglamentaria del Artículo 27 Constitucional en
- Materia de Energía Nuclear (Regulatory Law of the
- Aticle 27 of the United Mexican Constitution related to
- Atomic Energy).
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- 4. Satellite Communications
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- (a) Description of activities: the establishment, operation
- and ownership of satellite systems and earth stations
- with international links.
-
- (b) Legal citation:
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- Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos,
- Articles 25 and 28 (United Mexican States, Articles 25
- and 26).
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- Ley de Vías Generales de Comunicación y sus reglamentos
- (General Means of Communication Law)
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- 5. Telegraph Services
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- Legal citation:
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- Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos,
- Articles 25 and 28 (United Mexican States, Articles 25 and
- 28)
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- Ley de Vías Generales de Comunicación y sus reglamentos
- (General Means Communication Law)
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- 6. Radiotelegraph Services
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- Legal citation:
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- Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos,
- Articles 25 and 28 (United Mexican States Political
- Constitution, Article 25 and 28)
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- Ley de Vías Generales de Comunicación y sus reglamentos
- (Genral Means of Communication Law).
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- 7. Postal Services
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- (a) Description of activities: operation, administration
- and organization of first class mail.
-
- (b) Legal citation:
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- Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos,
- Articles 25 and 28 (United Mexican States Political
- Constitution, Articles 25 and 28).
-
- Ley del Servicio Postal Mexicano (Mexican Postal
- Service Law)
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- 8. Railroads
-
- (a) Description of activities: the operation,
- administration and control of traffic within the
- Mexican railway system; supervision and management of
- railway right-of-way; operation, construction and
- maintenance of basic railway infrastructure.
-
- (b) Legal citation:
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- Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos,
- Articles 25 and 28 (United Mexican States Political
- Constitution, Articles 25 y 28).
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- Ley Orgánica de Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México
- (Statutory Law of Mexican Railroads).
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- 9. Issuance of Bills (currency) and Minting of Coinage
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- Legal citation:
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- Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos,
- Articles 25 and 28 (United Mexican States Political
- Constitution, Articles 25 and 28).
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- Ley Orgánica del Banco de México (Statutory Law of Banco de
- México).
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- Ley Orgánica de la Casa de Moneda de México (Statutory Law
- of the Mexican Coining Agency).
-
- 10. Control, Inspection and Surveillance of Maritime and Inland
- (Lake and River) Ports
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- Legal citation:
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- Ley de Navegación y Comercio Marítimo (Commercial and
- Navigation Law), Articles 43 and 47.
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- Ley de Vías Generales de Comunicación (General Means of
- Communication Law) Article 272.
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- 11. Control, Inspection and Surveillance of Airports and
- Heliports
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- Legal citation:
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- Ley de Vías Generales de Comunicación (General Means of
- Communication) Article 327.
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- The legal citations are provided only for transparency purposes.
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- II. Deregulation of Activities Reserved to the State
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- 1. The activities set out in Section I are reserved to the
- Mexican State, and private equity investment is prohibited under
- Mexican Law. Where Mexico allows private investment to
- participate in such activities through service contracts,
- concessions, lending arrangements or any other type of
- contractual arrangement, such participation shall not be
- construed to affect the State's reservation of those activities.
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- 2. If Mexican laws or regulations are amended to allow private
- equity investment in an activity set out in Section I, Mexico may
- impose restrictions on foreign investment
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- participation notwithstanding Article 1102 and describe them in
- Annex I. Mexico may also impose derogations from 1102 on foreign
- equity investment participation when selling an asset or
- ownership interest in an enterprise in activities set out in
- Section I and describe them in Annex I.
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- III. Activities Formerly Reserved to the Mexican State
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- Where an activity was reserved to the Mexican State on
- January 1, 1992 and is not reserved to the Mexican State upon
- entry into force of this Agreement, Mexico may restrict the
- initial sale of a state-owned asset or an ownership interest in a
- state enterprise that performs that activity to enterprises with
- majority ownership by Mexican nationals, as defined by the
- Mexican Constitution. For a period not to exceed three years from
- the initial sale, Mexico may restrict the transfer of such asset
- or ownership interest to other enterprises with majority
- ownership by Mexican nationals, as defined by the Mexican
- Constitution. Upon expiration of the three year period , the
- obligations of national treatment set out in Article 1102
- (National Treatment) shall apply. This provision is subject to
- Article 1108 (Reservations and exceptions).
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