The Plenary of the Commission, in its session held on June 25 and published in the Official Gazette of the Federation on June 30,1 resolved that the initial period (March 23 to April 17), the second period (April 20 to April 30), the third period (May 6 to May 29), the fourth period (June 1 to June 12) and the fifth period (June 15 to June 30) of the suspension of terms shall be extended. In this regard, and as of July 1 of this year, all deadlines
In addition to the foregoing, the proceedings for which terms will continue to run normally are: (i) requests for a formal opinion; (ii) general guidance; (iii) the opinions provided for in Article 12 of the Federal Economic Competition Law (the “Law”), sections XII, XIII, XIV, XV and XVIII; (iv) public consultations; (v) the immunity program; (vi) the benefit of waiver or reduction of the amount of fines; (vii) the stage following the conclusion of investigations into monopolistic practices or unlawful concentrations; (viii) the deadlines for the Plenary to issue a resolution in any proceeding, under certain conditions; (ix) the processing and steps necessary to take the evidence that may have been ordered, provided that such taking of evidence involves only the submission of documents; (x) in incidental proceedings or those conducted in the form of a trial, the summons for closing arguments and the deadlines to submit closing arguments; and (xi) the actions aimed at conducting the oral hearing provided for in Article 83, section VI of the Law. All filings submitted to the Commission during the first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth suspension periods that are not related to the proceedings indicated above shall be deemed submitted on July 13. For further information, contact our expert: Fernando Carreño, Partner: +52 (55) 5258-1042 | fcarreno@vwys.com.mx
