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North American Free Trade Agreement
Schedule of Mexico Section A. Activities Reserved to the Mexican State Mexico reserves the right to perform exclusively, and to refuse to permit the establishment of investments in, the following activities: 1. Petroleum, Other Hydrocarbons and Basic Petrochemicals
(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 covered by Chapter Six (Energy and Basic Petrochemicals) obtained from the refining or processing of crude oil and natural gas; and basic petrochemicals. (b) Measures:
Ley Reglamentaria del Artículo 27 Constitucional en el Ramo del Petróleo Ley Orgánica de Petróleos Mexicanos y Organismos Subsidiarios 2. Electricity
(b) Measures:
Ley del Servicio Público de Energía Eléctrica 3. Nuclear Power and Treatment of Radioactive Minerals
(b) Measures:
Ley Reglamentaria del Artículo 27 Constitucional en Materia Nuclear 4. Satellite Communications
(b) Measures:
Ley de Vías Generales de Comunicación 5. Telegraph Services
Ley de Vías Generales de Comunicación 6. Radiotelegraph Services
Ley de Vías Generales de Comunicación 7. Postal Services
(b) Measures:
Ley del Servicio Postal Mexicano 8. Railroads
(b) Measures:
Ley Orgánica de Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México 9. Issuance of Bills (currency) and Minting of Coinage
Ley Orgánica del Banco de México Ley Orgánica de la Casa de Moneda de México Ley Monetaria de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos 10. Control, Inspection and Surveillance of Maritime and Inland Ports
Ley de Vías Generales de Comunicación 11. Control, Inspection and Surveillance of Airports and Heliports
The measures referred to are provided for transparency purposes and include any subordinate measure adopted or maintained under the authority of and consistent with such measures. Section B. Deregulation of Activities Reserved to the State 1. The activities set out in Section A 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. 2. If Mexican law is amended to allow private equity investment in an activity set out in Section A, Mexico may impose restrictions on foreign ivestment participation notwithstanding Article 1102, and describe them in Annex I. Mexico may also impose derogations from Article 1102 on foreign equity investment participation when selling an asset or ownership interest in an enterprise engaged in activities set out in Section A, and describe them in Annex I. Section C. Activities Formerly Reserved to the Mexican State Where an activity was reserved to the Mexican State on January 1, 1992 and is not reserved to the Mexican State on the date of 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 national, as defined by the Mexican Constitution. On expiration of the three-year period, the obligations of national treatment set out in Article 1102 apply. This provision is subject to Article 1108. Continue on to Annex IV: Schedule of Canada
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