Merger Control 2023 – Promotional Guidelines

1 Relevant Authorities and Legislation

1.1 Who is/are the relevant merger authority(ies)?

As a result of the amendments made in 2013 to Article 28 of the Mexican Constitution, two administrative agencies, independent from the Mexican Ministry of Economy and with technical and operational autonomy to issue resolutions, have been created to enforce competition law and the merger control notification process in Mexico: (i) the Federal Telecommunications Institute (the "IFT"); and (ii) the Federal Economic Competition Commission (the "Commission"). The IFT is the agency in charge of regulating and supervising the telecommunications, radio and TV industries, and the Commission is the agency responsible for all competition matters except for those sectors reserved for the IFT. The Commission is integrated to exercise merger authority by public officials, divisions and administrative units, of which the main authority is the Commission in Plenary session,