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North American Free Trade Agreement

Annexes

Annex III: Activities Reserved to the State


Schedule of Mexico

Section A - Activities Reserved to the Mexican State

Mexico reserves the right to perform exclusively, and to refuse to permit the establishment of investments in, the following activities:

1. Petroleum, Other Hydrocarbons and Basic Petrochemicals

2. Electricity

3. Nuclear Power and Treatment of Radioactive Minerals

4. Satellite Communications

5. Telegraph Services

Measures:

6. Radiotelegraph Services

Measures:

7. Postal Services

8. Railroads

9. Issuance of Bills (currency) and Minting of Coinage

Measures:

10. Control, Inspection and Surveillance of Maritime and Inland Ports

Measures:

11. Control, Inspection and Surveillance of Airports and Heliports

Measures :

The measures referred to are provided for transparency purposes and include any subordinate measure adopted or maintained under the authority of and consistent with such measures.

Section B - Deregulation of Activities Reserved to the State

1. The activities set out in Section A are reserved to the Mexican State, and private equity investment is prohibited under Mexican Law. Where Mexico allows private investment to participate in such activities through service contracts, concessions, lending arrangements or any other type of contractual arrangement, such participation shall not be construed to affect the State's reservation of those activities.

2. If Mexican law is amended to allow private equity investment in an activity set out in Section A, Mexico may impose restrictions on foreign investment participation notwithstanding Article 1102, and describe them in Annex I. Mexico may also impose derogations from Article 1102 on foreign equity investment participation when selling an asset or ownership interest in an enterprise engaged in activities set out in Section A, and describe them in Annex I.

Section C - Activities Formerly Reserved to the Mexican State

Where an activity was reserved to the Mexican State on January 1, 1992 and is not reserved to the Mexican State on the date of entry into force of this Agreement, Mexico may restrict the initial sale of a stateowned asset or an ownership interest in a state enterprise that performs that activity to enterprises with majority ownership by Mexican nationals, as defined by the Mexican Constitution. For a period not to exceed three years from the initial sale, Mexico may restrict the transfer of such asset or ownership interest to other enterprises with majority ownership by Mexican nationals, as defined by the Mexican Constitution. On expiration of the three-year period, the obligations of national treatment set out in Article 1102 apply. This provision is subject to Article 1108.

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