On June 1st, 2016, it was published on the Mexican Federal
Official Gazette, the decree by which the Special Economic Zones
Federal Law was issued (the "Law").
On the other hand, on June 30th, 2016, it was published in the
Mexican Federal Official Gazette the regulation of the Law. This
new regulation is an innovative and cutting-edge legal instrument
that complements and establishes the institutional and legal design
of the Law. In addition, that same day, it, was published in the
mentioned Gazette, the decree by which the Federal Authority for
the Development of the Special Economic Zones was created.
Background
On September 29th 2015, the President of the Mexican United
States, in exercise of his constitutional faculties, sent to the
House of Representatives, the Legislative Initiative of the Law.
Such initiative aims to set the standards for the planning,
establishment and further operation of the Special Economic Zones
(the "Zones"), as instruments to
