Legal Notes 2011
 
JANUARY
13/01/2011 Amendment to the Regulations on Health Products
This amendment enables distribution and sale of products with a biological or hemoderived origin in a simplified manner.
 
14/01/2011 Amendment to the Federal District Law on Access by Women to a Life Free of Violence
This amendment establishes that the Federal District Government will create “specialized refuges”.
 
17/01/2011 Law on Nutritional Aid for Workers
This is a new law that tries to encourage workers to have a healthy diet.
 
17/01/2011 Amendment to the Federal District Law on Citizen Participation
An addition was made to this law to nail down how the Governing Boards of the Citizens Councils are to be elected.
 
18/01/2011 New General Provisions Applicable to Securities Depository Institutions and Securities Markets
This document compiles various circulars that had been issued by the Mexican Banking and Securities Commission in order to systematize them.
 
19/01/2011 Amendments to the Regulations to the General Population Law
Personal identification data on the Population Register will include fingerprints of all ten fingers and an image of the iris of the eye.
 
20/01/2011 Federal District Law on Commercial Establishments
This is a new law that repeals the law published barely two years ago on January 26, 2009.
 
21/01/2011 Federal District Registry Law
This is a new law that replaces the Federal District Regulations for the Public Property Registry (November 24, 2006).
 
26/01/2011 Amendment to the Regulations for Sanitary Control of Products and Services
This amendment provides that the text on labels for imported products must be in Spanish.
 
27/01/2011 Law on Refugees and Complementary Protection
This new law sets forth justifiable conditions for the Ministry of the Interior to grant the category of “refugee” to a foreigner.
 
27/01/2011 Amendments to the General Population Law
This amendment complements the Refugees Law.
 
27/01/2011 Amendments to the Federal Law on Private Security
These amendments tend to establish tighter control over private security businesses.
 
27/01/2011 Amendments to the Commercial Code
These amendments refer in part to the intervention of a judge in commercial arbitration proceedings, with the purpose of favoring such intervention.
 
27/01/2011 Amendments to the Law on Sustainable Rural Development
These amendments only seek to have better information disseminated about all the programs and economic benefits deriving from the Programa Especial Concurrente para el Desarrollo Rural Sustentable.
 
27/01/2011 Federal District Law on Condominium Ownership of Property
This law abrogates the former law about this matter that was published on December 31, 1998.
 
27/01/2011 Amendments to the Federal District Civil Code
This is a complementary amendment to the new Condominium Law.
 
27/01/2011 Amendments to the Federal District Code of Civil Procedure
These amendments establish that credits for unpaid condominium maintenance fees can be claimed by an executory action that will allow immediate attachment of sufficient property to assure payment.
 
28/01/2011 Amendments to the Bylaws of the Federal District Government
These amendments only affect the Consejo de la Judicatura del Distrito Federal [Federal District Judiciary Council].
 
28/01/2011 Amendments to the General Law on Ecological Balance and Environmental Protection
Three amendments were published in three decrees on the same day.
 
28/01/2011 Amendments to the Federal Law on Contentious Administrative Procedure
These amendments complement the preceding law.
 
28/01/2011 Amendments to the Federal Consumer Protection Law
This is an important change.
 
28/01/2011 Amendments to the Federal Law to Foster Activities of Civil Society Organizations
Congruently with the preceding amendments, civil society organizations involved in promotion and defense of consumers’ rights are now included among the civil society organizations this law attempts to foster.
 
28/01/2011 Amendments to the Law on Sustainable Rural Development
The Federal Government will set up a “padrón de comercializadores confiables” [roster of trustworthy tradespeople].
 
28/01/2011 Amendments to the General Law on Education
Most of these amendments have to do with making the text more precise.
 
28/01/2011 Amendments to the Science and Technology Law
The Special Program on Science, Technology and Innovation was established.
 
31/01/2011 New General Provisions Applicable to Financial Group Holding Companies
Here is another example of simplification and improvement of regulations.
 
 
FEBRUARY
03/02/2011 Federal District Law on the Office of the Ombudsman
This is a new law that abrogates the law published on September 28, 1998.
 
03/02/2011 Amendment to the Federal District Law on Physical Education and Sports
This amendment merely adds a new member to the Federal District Council on Sports.
 
03/02/2011 Amendments to the Federal District Youth Law
Three amendatory decrees were published on the same day.
 
03/02/2011 Amendment to the Federal District Law on Education
One of the Federal District objectives for education is to once more develop educational programs and actions for prevention and early detection of breast and cervical or uterine cancers.
 
04/02/2011 Amendments to the Regulations of the Institute for Protection of Savings Accounts
These amendments affected only the articles that have to do with the authority of agencies to impose sanctions and require information.
 
04/02/2011 Amendments to the Federal District Law on Transport and Public Roadways
The Secretariat of Transport and Public Roadways will establish a program such that upon renewing or issuing all kinds of driver’s licenses an indication may be included that expresses the will of the driver to donate body parts and tissues when he or she dies.
 
08/02/2011 Amendments to the Law on Alternative Justice of the Superior Court of the Federal District
This change states that this law has a new objective: “to regulate Article 17 paragraph 3 and Article 18 paragraph 6 of the Mexican Constitution,” which is obviously excessive, as that sort of task is a federal issue.
 
08/02/2011 Amendment to the Federal District Law on Adolescent Justice
This law that refers to criminal justice for crimes committed by adolescents (from 12 to 17 years of age).
 
14/02/2011 Amendments to the Federal District Environment Law
These amendments established new means, besides the existing measures, of prevention of pollution of the soil.
 
14/02/2011 Amendment to the Federal District Institute of Administrative Verification
This is a clearly administrative change that tends, among other things, to strengthen the role of the “[Delegaciones],” which are now also referred to as “Órganos Político Administrativos” [political and administrative offices].
 
16/02/2011 Amendment to the Federal District Law on Civic Culture
This amendment made a strictly formal change on introducing the term “adolescent”.
 
18/02/2011 Amendments to the Federal District Environment Law
These amendments mainly have to do with encouraging foresting and reforesting of urban conservation areas, green areas, and protected areas.
 
23/02/2011 Federal District Mental Health Law
This is a new law whose purpose is to regulate mental health services rendered in the Federal District by public institutions as well as private and social institutions.
 
23/02/2011 Federal District Law to Prevent and Eliminate Discrimination
This law abrogates the law published on July 19, 2006.
 
 
MARCH
04/03/2011 Amendment to General Provisions Applicable to Banking Institutions
This amendment was intended to regulate transactions of banking institutions with “personas relacionadas o relevantes” [related or relevant persons].
 
04/03/2011 Regulations to the Federal District Law on Business Establishments in Matters of Occupancy and Security in Zonal Impact Establishments
These regulations indicate that the aforo which includes the number of persons working at a business establishment plus those using it has to be calculated as a function of the surface area of the establishment for services and attention to customers.
 
10/03/2011 Amendment to the Decree that Amended the Federal District Code of Civil Procedure published on September 10, 2009
The decree published in September 2009 introduced, among other items, the oral proceeding in civil matters.
 
16/03/2011 Amendment to the Federal District Law on Citizen Participation
This law establishes a participative budget.
 
17/03/2011 General Provisions Referred to in Article 115 of the Banking Law in Reference to Article 87-D of the General Law on Auxiliary Credit Organizations and Activities and Article 95 bis of the last-mentioned law Applicable to Full Service Financial Institutions
These are new provisions containing rules applicable to regulated and unregulated Full Service Financial Institutions.
 
17/03/2011 General Provisions Referred to in Article 115 of the Banking Law, Applicable to Limited Purpose Financial Societies
These new provisions are issued to avoid or combat money laundering and financing of terrorism in Limited Purpose Financial Societies (SOFOLES for the name in Spanish).
 
18/03/2011 Amendment to the Organic Law of the Federal District Superior Court of Justice
This is an amendment that modifies several important aspects of how the Tribunal functions and in particular paves the way for the oral civil proceedings.
 
18/03/2011 Amendments to the Federal District Code of Civil Procedure
Most of these changes refer to the oral civil proceeding, which has not yet been implemented and that will start on January 27 of next year.
 
31/03/2011 Amendment to the Federal District Water Law
This amendment establishes that new buildings in Zones I and II of the Federal District must have a way to collect rainwater and channel it back to the subsoil via wells or absorption ditches, paved areas with filters, grass covered parking lots or those with any material that allows rainwater to filter through it.
 
31/03/2011 Amendment to the Federal District Notarial Law
This change regulates issuance by notaries of “certified electronic copies” that will have the same legal value as the printed documents called “testimonios notariales” in the law.
 
 
APRIL
01/04/2011 Agreement between Mexico and the Government of the Republic of Singapore for the Reciprocal Promotion and Protection of Investments
This is another of the agreements Mexico has entered into with other countries.
 
01/04/2011 Statute of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
This international statute (approved in Bonn in 2009) creates the International Renewable Energy Agency
 
06/04/2011 Law on International Cooperation for Development
This new law created the Mexican Agency of International Cooperation for Development [Agencia Mexicana de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AMEXCID)], as an independent agency of the Ministry of Foreign Relations.
 
 
MAY
03/05/2011 Amendments to the Federal District Environmental Law
These changes came about through two decrees published on the same day.
 
04/05/2011 Amendment to the Federal District Health Law
This amendment provides that the Secretariat of Health will carry out a campaign for the businesses where food is sold or served to provide information about the risks of excess weight and obesity.
 
10/05/2011 Amendments to the Federal Law on Economic Competition
These are important amendments to Mexico’s antitrust law.
 
23/05/2011 Amendment to the Federal District Code of Civil Procedure
This is a formal amendment, merely adjusting some terms in the Code.
 
24/05/2011 Regulations to the Federal District Law on Physical Education Infrastructure
These are new regulations that spell out the scope of the Federal District Law on Physical Education Infrastructure.
 
24/05/2011 Amendments to the Federal Code of Civil Procedure
Articles that had to do with presenting evidence during a judicial action and the final hearing in the case now provide that if one or both parties are hearing or locution challenged.
 
24/05/2011 Amendments to the Regulations to the Law on Mexican Waters
A change was made that was small in terms of text but of great economic importance.
 
25/05/2011 Immigration Law
This is a new law. It replaces some chapters of the Population Law.
 
25/05/2011 Amendments to the General Population Law
These amendments are in the same decree that contained the Immigration Law above mentioned.
 
25/05/2011 Amendment to the Law on Religious Associations and Public Worship
This amendment is also an outcome of the new Immigration Law.
 
25/05/2011 Amendments to the Foreign Investment Law
Two changes adjust the text of this law to the new provisions of the Immigration Law.
 
25/05/2011 Amendments to the Federal District Health Law
This amendment brings one article of the Tourism Law into line with the new Immigration Law.
 
25/05/2011 Amendments to the Federal District Health Law
These amendments have a very concrete objective: to prevent illnesses from exposure to asbestos.
 
26/05/2011 Amendment to the Federal Consumer Protection Law
The Consumer Protection office will apply “controles de confianza” to assure the uprightness and honesty of its employees.
 
26/05/2011 Amendment to the Sustainable Rural Development Law
This is another housekeeping sort of reform in response to the publication of a new law.
 
26/05/2011 Amendment to the Law on Navigation and Maritime Trade
This amendment merely corrects two erroneous references to articles in the same law; it formerly pointed to Articles 89 and 41, but now the references are to Articles 90 and 42.
 
26/05/2011 Amendment to the Regulations on Health Resources
This regulates establishments where “mezclas parenterales, nutricionales y medicamentosas” [parenteral (feeding by catheter), nutritional and medicinal] preparations are made.
 
27/05/2011 Amendments to the Social Security Law
Offsprings of an insured person who are older than 25 years but are handicapped by a chronic illness or physical or mental disability may continue to receive a pension, equivalent to 30% of the insured’s pension.
 
30/05/2011 General Law on Inclusion of the Handicapped
This law repeals the General Law on Handicapped Persons (2005) and has a broader outlook, which is to obtain, not only respect for the rights of such persons, but also promote their full inclusion as members of society.
 
30/05/2011 Federal District Law on the Human Rights Program
This is a new law with pretensions of being a sort of fundamental law for the Federal District, as it establishes obligations for the Mayor, the Legislative Assembly, and the Superior Court of Justice.
 
31/05/2011 Amendment to the Law on Overall Attention to the Consumption of Psychoactive Substances in the Federal District
This amendment gives a larger role to the [Instituto para la Atención y Prevención de las Adicciones en la Ciudad de México].
 
 
JUNE
01/06/2011 Amendment to the Law on Prizes, Stimuli, and Civil Awards
Only the part about the Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle decoration was amended.
 
01/06/2011 Amendment to the Law on Using Renewable Sources of Energy and Financing of the Energy Transition Period
The main change here is a new obligation for the Ministry of Energy.
 
01/06/2011 Amendments to the Law on the Public Service of Electricity
It was established that the Federal Electricity Commission must consider technologies to produce electricity at the lowest possible cost.
 
01/06/2011 Amendments to the General Law on Physical Culture and Sports
Three types of conduct were added to the law as “very serious infringements” of the law.
 
01/06/2011 Amendment to the Social Wellbeing Law
The article that defines basic health services in the social wellbeing area was amended.
 
03/06/2011 Amendments to the Agrarian Law
The objective of the “unidad productiva para el desarrollo integral de la juventud” [productive unit for full development of youth] was modified.
 
06/06/2011 Amendment to the Constitution
This is an important amendment that primarily affects amparo proceedings.
 
06/06/2011 Amendment to the Commercial Code
This change refers only to arbitration.
 
07/06/2011 Amendment to the General Wildlife Law
This affects the registration of plots of land as “unidades de manejo para la conservación de la vida silvestre” [wildlife conservation units].
 
07/06/2011 Amendment to the General Health Law
The name “perfume and beauty products” has been changed to “cosmetic products,” with a new definition.
 
08/06/2011 Amendments to the Federal Law on Commercial Brokers
This change is formal rather than material.
 
08/06/2011 Amendments to the Regulations to the General Law on Health in Matters of Social Protection in Health
The Social Protection in Health System was changed in several ways.
 
09/06/2011 Amendment to the Commercial Code
This is a very simple amendment: it emphasizes that in all the hearings in a mercantile proceeding both parties are to be treated equally.
 
10/06/2011 Amendment to the Constitution
This is an important amendment that will have many effects.
 
10/06/2011 Amendment to the Regulations to the Industrial Property Law
From now on promotions may be made by electronic means, according to a ruling the Industrial Property Institute will issue.
 
10/06/2011 Amendment to the General Health Law
This is a correction to the law, changing the numbers of some sections under Article 3.
 
14/06/2011 Regulations to the Federal District Law on Condominium Ownership of Property
This is a correction to the law, changing the numbers of some sections under Article 3.
 
14/06/2011 Amendments to the Federal District Regulations on Administrative Verification
Many articles were amended.
 
15/06/2011 Amendment to the Law on Acquisitions, Leases and Services of the Public Sector
A correction was made to an omission in the law.
 
15/06/2011 Amendments to the Federal District Civil Code
The regime of adoption has been completely amended.
 
15/06/2011 Amendments to the Federal District Code of Civil Procedure
These amendments complement those of the Civil Code with new rules for facilitating various proceedings related to adoption.
 
15/06/2011 Amendments to the Federal District Law on the Rights of Children
These amendments also complement the changes in adoptions.
 
16/06/2011 Amendments to the Federal District Law on the Rights of Children
The same change is made in all three laws.
 
16/06/2011 Amendments to the Federal District Law on Transparency and Access to Public Information
These amendments provide that all the delegaciones in the Federal District must keep their public information up to date.
 
16/06/2011 Federal District Law on Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change and Sustainable Development
These amendments provide that all the delegaciones in the Federal District must keep their public information up to date.
 
16/06/2011 Amendment to the Organic Law of the Federal District Superior Court of Justice
Drug traffickers will be tried in criminal and juvenile courts once the Congress has approved the necessary amendments to the Organic Law of the Federal District Office of the District Attorney.
 
16/06/2011 Amendments to the Federal District Health Law
These amendments have to do with policy on preventing addictions.
 
17/06/2011 Amendment to the Law on the Emblem, the Flag and the National Anthem
A new date has been added to the calendar for raising the Mexican flag to full mast.
 
17/06/2011 Amendments to the Organic Law of the Superior Court of Justice of the Federal District
One amendment increases the number of institutions and functionaries who are considered auxiliaries in the administration of justice and are obligated to follow the orders issued by the judges.
 
20/06/2011 Amendments to the Law on Planning
Gender is introduced as one of the guiding principles for national planning.
 
20/06/2011 Amendment to the National Water Law
The President may limit the free extraction of water from the subsoil.
 
20/06/2011 Amendments to the Federal District Water Law
The Federal District Secretariat of the Environment may establish systems for electrical monitoring and saving of energy in the water mains, especially with regard to pumping water.
 
21/06/2011 Amendments to the Regulations to the Mining Law in Matters of Gas Associated with Coal Mines
The procedure for granting permits to recover and use coal gas is the main change here.
 
21/06/2011 Amendment to the Physical Culture and Sports Law
The national planning system must include policy on physical culture and sports.
 
21/06/2011 Amendment to the General Education Law
Fostering education on nutrition has been added as one of the proper and mandatory purposes of the education system.
 
21/06/2011 Amendment to the Federal District Education Law
A new objective for education in the Federal District has been defined: that of promoting, fostering, and disseminating human rights.
 
22/06/2011 Amendments to the Agrarian Law
These amendments have to do with legal actions in agrarian matters where indigenous peoples participate.
 
23/06/2011 Amendment to the Law on the National Commission for Development of the Indigenous Peoples
The governing board of this commission will have the chairman of the Consejo Consultivo as a new voting member.
 
24/06/2011 Amendment to the Amparo Law
This amendment established a practical advantage for taxpayers who have requested an amparo against the levying of some tax.
 
24/06/2011 Amendments to the Federal District Civil Code
Two amendatory decrees were published the same day.
 
 
JULY
08/07/2011 Law on the Federal District Civil Protection System
This new law repeals the Federal District Civil Protection Law of July 23, 2002.
 
08/07/2011 Amendments to the Law on the Administrative Verification Institute
This institute oversees the application of all the administrative laws in the Federal District.
 
11/07/2011 Amendment to the Federal District Health Law
The Federal District government will establish programs to prevent bullying and will include this topic in health education programs.
 
12/07/2011 Amendments to the Federal District Youth Law
Forty-three new articles were added to this law listing new rights for young people such as the right to have a family, social protection, development, housing, intimacy and self image, and the Federal District Youth Institute was established.
 
14/07/2011 Amendments to the Constitution
Three articles related to criminal procedure were amended.
 
20/07/2011 Amendments to the Law on Demographic Planning and Statistics for the Federal District
The main change was to detail the objectives of the Population Policy for the Federal District.
 
20/07/2011 Amendments to the Federal District Law on Fostering Reading and Books
These amendments clarify many incorrect, ambiguous, and overly ambitious terms that were formerly in the law.
 
 
AUGUST
03/08/2011 Amendments to the General Law on Auxiliary Credit Organizations and Activities
Two new auxiliary organizations are regulated here: “centros cambiarios” [currency exchange firms] and “centros transmisores de dinero” [money transfer centers].
 
05/08/2011 Regulations for Passports and the Identity and Travel Document
These are new regulations repeal those issued on January 9, 2002.
 
05/08/2011 Amendments to the Federal Private Security Law
These amendments include regulation of car alarm and electronic monitoring systems. A new title regulates the rendering of such services.
 
05/08/2011 Amendments to the Federal Law Fostering Activities of Civil Society Organizations
This reform states that the authority of the Technical Secretariat of the Commission Fostering Activities of Civil Society Organizations formerly designated by the President of Mexico is to be vested in the Ministry of Social Development [Secretaría de Desarrollo Social] in matters of applying and interpreting this law.
 
05/08/2011 Amendment to the Law on Developing Competitivity of Micro-, Small, and Mid-size Businesses
This amendment merely establishes that the federal budget amount earmarked for development of micro, small and mid-size businesses may not be lower, in real terms, than the amount authorized for the previous year.
 
05/08/2011 Amendments to the Law on the Mexican Youth Institute
These amendments give more importance and weight to the Mexican Youth Institute.
 
05/08/2011 Amendments to the General Health Law
These amendments only affect the treatment of those whom the law formerly called “mentally ill” and that are now to be designated as persons with “mental and behavioral afflictions.”
 
08/08/2011 Amendments to the Federal District Health Law
The matter at issue here is “animal health,” that is, it has to do with the measures that must be taken so that domestic animals, especially dogs and cats, do not pass on illness to human beings.
 
12/08/2011 Amendments to the General Provisions Referred to in Article 115 of the Banking Law
These provisions refer to the banks’ duty of obtaining and preserving customer data with the purpose of preventing money laundering transactions.
 
12/08/2011 Amendments to the General Provisions Applicable to Banks
These amendments have to do with rules concerning the authority of banks to receive US dollars from concessionaires that operate in an area where this currency circulates frequently, especially in towns along the northern border.
 
15/08/2011 Regulations to the Federal District Law on Outdoor Advertising
These are new regulations that repeal various former provisions.
 
16/08/2011 Amendments to the Federal District Law on Electronic Signatures
A term of twelve months is established for each government agency to set up an Internet site and email facility.
 
16/08/2011 Amendments to the Federal District Law on Transparency and Access to Public Information
These amendments complement the ones just commented on.
 
17/08/2011 Amendment to the Constitution
This amendment limits the veto the President may make of laws approved by both chambers of Congress.
 
18/08/2011 Amendments to the Federal District Civil Code
A new area within the Civil Registry is introduced, a “Roster of Overdue Alimony Debtors”.
 
29/08/2011 Amendments to the Federal District Law on Transparency and Access to Public Information
This is a broad reworking of this law that affects almost all of its 97 articles.
 
30/08/2011 Amendments to the Federal Code of Civil Procedure
This amendment admits and regulates group actions, and a new book was added to the code called the “Libro Quinto De las acciones Colectivas”.
 
30/08/2011 Amendment to the Federal Civil Code
An article was added to this law stating that the person who causes damage to a group of the type foreseen in that chapter of the code must indemnify it in accordance with the Federal Code of Civil Procedure concerning group actions.
 
30/08/2011 Amendment to the Federal Antitrust Law
This is a significant change.
 
30/08/2011 Amendment to the Federal Consumer Protection Law
An article was amended that provided for a case in which the Federal Consumer Protection Agency could act in representation of a group of consumers.
 
30/08/2011 Amendment to the Organic Law of the Federal Judicial Power
This amendment established that the judges competent to hear group actions are the civil district judges.
 
30/08/2011 Amendment to the General Law on Ecological Balance and Environmental Protection
This amendment indicates that the Federal Environmental Protection Agency may bring collective action for violation of environmental provisions, whether federal or local provisions.
 
30/08/2011 Amendment to the Law on Protection and Defense of Banking Services Users
The National Commission on Protection and Defense of Banking Services Users may bring group actions as foreseen in the Federal Code of Civil Procedure when the interests of a group of banking services users are damaged.
 
 
SEPTEMBER
01/09/2011 Amendments to the General Health Law
These amendments mainly regulate the practice of specialized surgical procedures.
 
02/09/2011 Regulations to the Federal Law on Production, Certification, and Sale of Seeds
These regulations repeal the former regulations that were published on May 26, 1993.
 
06/09/2011 Amendments to the Federal District Law on the Prevention and Treatment of Obesity and Eating Disorders
The main change here is semantic.
 
13/09/2011 Amendment to the Federal District Law on Social Development
An article was added to this law establishing that all Federal District Government agencies and those of the delegaciones “must at all times” invite the beneficiaries of social programs to various “formation and information activities”.
 
13/09/2011 Amendments to the Regulations to the Federal District Law on Registration and the Public Property and Commercial Registry
These are new regulations to the Registration Law published on January 21, 2011; they also regulate the functioning of the Public Property Registry that is referred to in the Federal District Civil Code.
 
28/09/2011 Amendments to the Regulations on the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
Two documents with amendments were published on the same day in the Diario Oficial.
 
30/09/2011 Amendment to the General Provisions Applicable to Banking Institutions
This amendment modifies a rule governing bank-customer contracts regarding the use of electronic means.
 
30/09/2011 Regulations to the Federal District Filmatography Law
These are new regulations to a law published on February 17, 2009.
 
 
OCTOBER
05/10/2011 Amendments to the General Provisions Applicable to Banking Institutions
Changes were made following the recommendations of the Basel Committee concerning estimation of credit reserves in order to establish new methodology that will permit timely identification of losses.
 
11/10/2011 Regulations for Control of Parking on Roads in the Federal District
These are new regulations that refer to the parking of vehicles on public roads after payment at a pay station or parking meter.
 
12/10/2011 Amendments to the Mexican Constitution
A paragraph was added to Article 4 stating that everyone has the right to physical culture and to participate in sports and that the state must promote and foster both activities.
 
12/10/2011 Amendments to the Mexican Constitution
These are other amendments to Articles 4 and 73.
 
13/10/2011 Amendments to the Mexican Constitution
Here we have another amendment to Article 4, but this time combined with an amendment to Article 27.
 
17/10/2011 Amendments to the Federal Law on Private Security
These amendments only affect the requirements for obtaining authorization to render private security services in two or more States in Mexico.
 
18/10/2011 Federal Protection Service Regulations
These regulations abrogate the regulations published on December 9, 2008.
 
18/10/2011 Regulations to the Federal Law on Private Security
These are new regulations with almost double the number of articles (77 vs. 42) of the abrogated regulations that were published on April 13, 2004.
 
19/10/2011 Amendment to the Commercial Code
One article was amended concerning the sale of attached goods in an executory process.
 
19/10/2011 Amendments to the Regulations on Inputs for Health
These amendments govern “biotechnological medicines” —medicines made from “biopharmaceuticals” that are substances produced through molecular biotechnology.
 
24/10/2011 General Law on Services for Attention, Care and Overall Infant Development
This is a new law issued after the amendment to Article 73 authorized Congress to legislate in the matter.
 
27/10/2011 Amendment to the General Provisions Applicable to Banking Institutions
This amendment complements the amendments published on October 5 of this year about estimating credit reserves (see above).
 
28/10/2011 Regulations of the Federal District Institute of Access to Public Information and Protection of Personal Data in Matters of Transparency and Access to Public Information
These regulations abrogate the regulations published on December 26, 2008, but they conserve the same structure and are about the same length as the former regulations.
 
 
NOVEMBER
16/11/2011 Amendments to the General Law on Sustainable Forestry
This law was modified by two decrees published on the same day.
 
16/11/2011 Amendment to the General Wildlife Law
A paragraph about protecting marine mammals was added.
 
16/11/2011 Amendments to the Federal Plantlife Health Law
The amendment states that such a fine is the maximum fine and now reads “up to one thousand five hundred days” but the authorities may impose lower fines.
 
16/11/2011 Amendments to the General Education Law
These amendments emphasize the government’s obligation, at all levels of government, to foster technological development and innovation and to disseminate the results throughout Mexico.
 
16/11/2011 Amendments to the General Education Law
A chapter about the human genome was added to this law.
 
18/11/2011 Amendments to the Federal District Law on Public Performances and Showings
This is merely a formal semantic adjustment concerning the names of the laws mentioned as complementary.
 
24/11/2011 Amendments to the Federal District Environmental Law
Before issuing authorizations in matters of environmental impact, the authorities must visit the place in question, in order to inspect and verify and, if applicable, impose penalties if there are irregularities.
 
24/11/2011 Amendment to the Federal District Health Law
The government must create and support special programs for the prevention of public health problems related with violence and bullying in schools as the text formerly read; problems related to “harassment in the workplace” have been added to this law.
 
 
 
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