COMMON QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

International Applications

Mexico

INTERNATIONAL APPLICATIONS

Acts by citizens or organizations outside the country

• To what extent are the overseas activities of your citizens or organizations covered by your competition law?
  
  Overseas activities of our citizens or organizations are covered by our Competition Law only when they have economic consequences or effects within the national economy.

Acts by foreign citizens or organizations

• To what extent are the actions of foreign citizens or organizations covered by your competition laws for actions that take place inside your borders?
  
  Since the FLEC makes no distinction between foreign and national citizens, actions of foreign citizens or organizations are covered on the same basis as those activities of our citizens and organizations as long as they have economic consequences or effects within the national economy.
• To what extent are the actions of foreign citizens or organizations covered by your competition laws for actions that take place outside your borders but affect markets within your borders?
  
  According to the FLEC actions of foreign citizens or organizations are fully covered by the law when their conduct affects competition in the Mexican market.
• To what extent are the actions of foreign citizens or organizations covered by your competition laws for actions that take place outside your borders but affect exporters from your country?
  No action is envisaged in the FLEC