Ministry of Economy suspends hydrocarbon import agreement

The Ministry of Economy reported that it suspended an agreement related to the import and export of petroleum products and hydrocarbons.

Among its objectives, the agreement aims to establish in detail, and in some cases broadens the requirements and information that the prior permit application will contain.

It also aims to reduce the validity of previous permits from 20 to 5 years.

Another of its purposes is to adjust the terms of the extensions to the new validity of the permits.

The suspension case began on December 26, 2020, when the Ministry of Economy published in the Official Gazette of the Federation the Agreement that establishes the goods whose import and export is subject to regulation by the Ministry of Energy.

The agreement also aims to establish the tariff fractions of the goods that will be subject to regulation, by the Ministry of Energy, through the Ministry of Energy itself and the National Commission for Nuclear Safety and Safeguards, whose compliance must be proven. before the competent authorities.

Ministry of Economy

In this case, the amparo 16/2021 lawsuit was filed against the Agreement.

Then, on February 23, 2021, the Second District Court in Administrative Matters Specialized in Economic Competition, Broadcasting and Telecommunications, with residence in Mexico City, granted the definitive suspension of all the effects and consequences derived from the Agreement.

Consequently, all the effects and consequences derived from the Agreement that establishes the goods whose import and export are subject to regulation by the Ministry of Energy, published in the DOF on December 26, 2020, will be suspended.

The Ministry of Economy specified that the Agreement will be in force until the resolution issued in the judgment of protection 16/2021 of the index of the Second District Court in Administrative Matters Specialized in Economic Competition, Broadcasting and Telecommunications is enforceable.

The foregoing in accordance with the provisions of articles 136 and 147 second paragraph of the Amparo Law.

Or, until the legal situation regarding the normative instrument in question is modified and the precautionary measure that is published ceases to take effect.