On December 11, 2025, the Mexican General Water Law (“LGA”) and amendments to the Mexican National Waters Law (“LAN”) were published in the Official Journal of the Federation.
The LGA is the regulatory law of Article 4, eighth paragraph, of the Mexican Constitution, and its purpose is to establish the conditions and mechanisms necessary to
On August 23, 2024, the Mexican Department of Agrarian, Territorial and Urban Development (“SEDATU”), published in the Official Journal of the Federation Official Mexican Standard NOM-006-SEDATU-2024 regarding the classification, characterization and delimitation of areas not suitable for human settlement due to critical risks caused by hydrometeorological, geological threats and those associated with climate change or
Although environmental law issues should generally be considered in any transaction, this article undertakes a brief review of the relevance of such issues in projects involving real estate.
In accordance with the provisions of article 4 of Mexico’s Political Constitution, any environmental damages will be the legal responsibility of the party who causes such damages
As of January 1, 2022, the State of Nuevo Leon established environmental or green taxes, which companies with operations in Nuevo León must pay when they file a monthly statement of emissions and/or polluting discharges. The applicable legislation establishes specific parameters and the obligation to pay said taxes in cases where the companies exceed certain
On March 11, 2022, the Official Mexican Standard titled NOM-001-SEMARNAT-2021 was published (“NOM” per its acronym in Spanish) setting forth new limits allowed for wastewater discharges to federal waterways. Such NOM updates and replaces Official Mexican Standard NOM-001-SEMARNAT-1996, and will enter into force in stages.
Regarding the NOM’s specifics, the following are worth noting:
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On October 29, 2021, the Second Chamber of Mexico’s Supreme Court of Justice published the judicial opinion through contradiction of prior decision number 2a./J. 1/2021 (11a.), captioned: “Audit Inspections. An inspection order issued to verify environmental compliance in accordance with the General Law for Ecological Balance and Environmental Protection need not indicate a time period