North American Free Trade Agreement
Annex II: Reservations for Future Measures (Chapters 11, 12, and 14)
Schedule of Mexico
Sector: |
All Sectors |
Sub-Sector: |
Industry Classification: |
Type of Reservation: |
National Treatment (Articles 1102, 1202) |
Description: |
Cross-Border and Investment
Mexico reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure restricting
the acquisition, sale or other disposition of bonds, treasury
bills or any other kind of debt security issued by the federal,
state or local governments, except with respect to ownership by
"a financial institution of another Party", as defined
in Chapter Fourteen (Financial Services). |
Existing Measures: |
Sector: |
Communications |
Sub-Sector: |
Entertainment Services (Broadcasting and Multipoint Distribution
Systems (MDS)) |
Industry Classification: |
CMAP 941104 |
Private Production and Transmission of Radio Programs
(limited to transmission of radio programs, MDS and uninterrupted
music) |
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CMAP 941105 |
Private Services of Production, Transmission and Retransmission
of Television Programming (limited to transmission and retransmission
of television programs, MDS, and high-definition television)
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Type of Reservation: |
National Treatment (Articles 1102, 1202)
Most-Favored-Nation Treatment (Articles 1103, 1203)
Local Presence (Article 1205)
Senior Management and Boards of Directors (Article 1107)
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Description: |
Cross-Border Services and Investment
Mexico reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure relating
to investment in, or provision of, broadcasting, multipoint distribution
systems, uninterrupted music and high-definition television services.
This reservation does not apply to measures relating to the production,
sale or licensing of radio or television programming.
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Existing Measures: |
Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos,
Artículo 32
Ley de Vías Generales de Comunicación
Ley Federal de Radio y Televisión
Ley para Promover la Inversión Mexicana y Regular la Inversión Extranjera |
Sector: |
Communications |
Sub-Sector: |
Telecommunications |
Industry Classification: |
CMAP 720006 |
Other Telecommunications Services (limited to aeronautical
mobile and fixed services) |
Type of Reservation: |
National Treatment (Articles 1102, 1202)
Most-Favored-Nation Treatment (Articles 1103, 1203)
Local Presence (Article 1205) |
Description: |
Cross-Border Services and Investment
Mexico reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure relating
to investment in, or provision of, air traffic control, aeronautical
meteorology, aeronautical telecommunications, and other telecommunications
services relating to air navigation services. |
Existing Measures: |
Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos,
Artículo 32
Ley de Vías Generales de Comunicación
Ley para Promover la Inversión Mexicana y Regular la Inversión
Extranjera
Decreto que Crea el Organismo Desconcentrado "Servicios a
la Navegación en el Espacio Aéreo Mexicano"
(SENEAM), 3 de octubre de 1978 |
Sector: |
Communications |
Sub-Sector: |
Telecommunications Transport Networks |
Industry Classification: |
CMAP 720003
CMAP 720004
CMAP 720006
CMAP 502003 |
Telephone Services
Telephone Booth Services
Other Telecommunications Services (not
including enhanced or value-added services)
Telecommunications Installations |
Type of Reservation: |
National Treatment (Articles 1102, 1202)
Most-Favored-Nation Treatment (Articles 1103, 1203)
Local Presence (Article 1205) |
Description: |
Cross-Border Services and Investment
Mexico reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure relating
to investment in, or provision of, telecommunications transport
networks and telecommunications transport services. Telecommunications
transport networks include the facilities to provide telecommunications
transport services such as local basic telephone services, long-distance
telephone services (national and international), rural telephone
services, cellular telephone services, telephone booth services,
satellite services, trunking, paging, mobile telephony, maritime
telecommunications services, air telephone, telex, and data transmission
services.
Telecommunications transport services typically involve the real-time
transmission of customer-supplied information between two or more
points without any end-to-end change in the form or content of the
customer's information, whether or not such services are offered
to the public generally. |
Existing Measures: |
Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos,
Artículo 32
Ley de Vías Generales de Comunicación
Ley para Promover la Inversión Mexicana y Regular la Inversión
Extranjera
Reglamento de Telecomunicaciones |
Sector: |
Communications and Transportation |
Sub-Sector: |
Postal Services, Telecommunications and Railroads |
Industry Classification: |
CMAP 720001
CMAP 720005
CMAP 720006
CMAP 711101 |
Postal Services
Telegraph Services, Radiotelegraph Services, Wireless
Telegraphy
Other Telecommunications Services (limited to satellite
communications)
Railway Transportation Services (limited to operation,
administration and control of traffic within the Mexican railway
system, supervision and management of railway rights-of-way, construction,
operation, and maintenance of basic railway infrastructure) |
Type of Reservation: |
National Treatment (Article 1202)
Most-Favored-Nation Treatment (Article 1203)
Local Presence (Article 1205) |
Description: |
Cross-Border Services
Mexico reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure related
to the provision of postal services (operation, administration
and organization of first class mail), telegraph services, radiotelegraphy
services, satellite communications services (establishment, ownership
and operation of satellite systems, and establishment, ownership
and operation of earth stations with international links), and
railroad services (operation, administration and control of traffic
within the Mexican railway system, supervision and management
of railway rights-of-way, construction, operation, and maintenance
of basic railway infrastructure). |
Existing Measures: |
Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos,
Artículo 28
Ley de Vías Generales de Comunicación
Ley Orgánica de Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México
Ley del Servicio Postal Mexicano |
Sector: |
Energy |
Sub-Sector: |
Petroleum and Other Hydrocarbons
Basic Petrochemicals
Electricity
Nuclear Power
Treatment of Radioactive Minerals |
Industry Classification: |
Type of Reservation: |
National Treatment (Article 1202)
Most-Favored-Nation Treatment (Article 1203)
Local Presence (Article 1205) |
Description: |
Cross-Border Services
Subject to Annex 602.3, Mexico reserves the right to adopt or
maintain any measure related to services associated with energy
and basic petrochemical goods. |
Existing Measures: |
Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos,
Artículos 27, 28
Ley Reglamentaria del Artículo 27
Constitucional en Materia Nuclear
Ley Reglamentaria del Artículo 27
Constitucional en el Ramo del Petróleo y sus reglamentos
Ley Orgánica de Petróleos Mexicanos y Organismos
Subsidiarios |
Sector: |
Minority Affairs |
Sub-Sector: |
Industry Classification: |
Type of Reservation: |
National Treatment (Article 1202)
Local Presence (Article 1205) |
Description: |
Cross-Border Services
Mexico reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure according
rights or preferences to socially or economically disadvantaged
groups. |
Existing Measures: |
Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos,
Artículo 4 |
Sector: |
Professional, Technical and Specialized Services
|
Sub-Sector: |
Professional Services |
Industry Classification: |
CMAP 951002 |
Legal Services (including foreign legal consultancy)
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Type of Reservation: |
National Treatment (Articles 1102, 1202)
Most-Favored-Nation Treatment (Articles 1103, 1203)
Local Presence (Article 1205)
Senior Management and Boards of Directors (Article 1107) |
Description: |
Cross-Border Services and Investment
Subject to Schedule of Mexico, Annex VI, page VI-M-2, Mexico reserves
the right to adopt or maintain any measure relating to the provision
of legal services and foreign legal consultancy services by persons
of the United States. |
Existing Measures: |
Ley Reglamentaria del Artículo 5o Constitucional, relativo
al ejercicio de las profesiones en el Distrito Federal
Ley para Promover la Inversión Mexicana y Regular la Inversión
Extranjera |
Sector: |
Social Services |
Sub-Sector: |
Industry Classification: |
Type of Reservation: |
National Treatment (Articles 1102, 1202)
Local Presence (Article 1205)
Senior Management and Boards of Directors (Article 1107) |
Description: |
Cross-Border Services and Investment
Mexico reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure with
respect to the provision of public law enforcement and correctional
services, and the following services to the extent they are social
services established or maintained for a public purpose: income
security or insurance, social security or insurance, social welfare,
public education, public training, health, and child care. |
Existing Measures: |
Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos,
Artículos 4, 17, 18, 25, 26, 28, 123 |
Sector: |
Transportation |
Sub-Sector: |
Specialized Personnel |
Industry Classification: |
CMAP 951023 |
Other Specialized Services (limited to ship captains
(capitanes); aircraft pilots (pilotos); ship masters (patrones);
ship machinists (maquinistas); ship mechanics (mecánicos);
airport administrators (comandantes de aeródromos); harbor
masters (capitanes de puerto); harbor pilots (pilotos de puerto);
customs brokers (agentes aduanales); crew on Mexican flagged vessels
or aircraft (personal que tripule cualquier embarcación
o aeronave con bandera o insignia mercante mexicana))
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Type of Reservation: |
National Treatment (Article 1202)
Most-Favored-Nation Treatment (Article 1203)
Local Presence (Article 1205) |
Description: |
Cross-Border Services
Only Mexican nationals by birth may serve as:
(a) captains, pilots, ship masters, machinists, mechanics and
crew members manning vessels or aircraft under the Mexican flag;
(b) harbor pilots, harbor masters and airport administrators;
and
(c) customs brokers. |
Existing Measures: |
Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos,
Artículo 32 |
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