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Last Tuesday, August 23, 2022, a decree (the “Decree”), issued by the Ministry of Energy (“SENER”) creating the new Decentralized Public Body called “Lithium for Mexico” (“LitioMx”) was published in the Federal Official Gazette, which will have the authority to perform activities of exploration, exploitation, profiting and utilization of lithium in our country, as well as the administration and control of the value chain of such mineral.

The Draft Official Mexican Standard on Home Office was published in the Federal Official Gazette on July 15, 2022, which contemplates the safety and health conditions for home office and establishes a period of 60 calendar days for interested parties to submit comments and suggestions to the National Advisory Committee for Standardization of Work Safety and Health and to make any changes and additions necessary to publish the final version.

The General Resolution issued by the Water Commission (“CONAGUA”), to initiate a state of emergency due to severe, extreme or exceptional droughts in water basins for the year 2022, entered into force on July 13, 2022 (“2022 Drought Resolution”).

Today the Decree modifying the entrance into force of the labor justice, union freedom and collective bargaining reform of 2019 in the last states of the country was published in the Official Gazette of the Federation.

In recent years, countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, and Peru, have revamped their anti-corruption laws to facilitate corporations’ prosecution and establish requirements or mitigation credit for companies’ anti-corruption compliance programs. Under Mexican law, when determining a corporation’s liability, law enforcement authorities must evaluate, among other aspects, the existence of proper controls within the company, such as adequate investigative methods. This has triggered a new form of corporate awareness in Mexico. Some companies are facing consequences for failing to comply with anti-corruption laws, specifically with the legal requirements, guidelines, and best practices to create and implement compliance programs.

Today the Ministry of Economy’s (SE) resolution issuing General Rules and Criteria in Foreign Trade Matters was published in the Federal Official Gazette and entered into force.