On March 18, 2025, President Claudia Sheinbaum published in the Federal Register (“DOF”) the Decree enacting a package of implementing legislation concerning the Mexican energy industry (the “Decree”). This communication focuses on the portion of the Decree related to midstream and downstream activities of the oil and gas sector. Particularly, the new Hydrocarbons Sector Law (“LSH”) and the Biofuels Law (“LBC”). In previous communications, we have addressed legislation in the electricity sector, the Comisión Federal de Electricidad, on energy planning and transition, the National Energy Commission, Petróleos Mexicanos (“PEMEX”), upstream activities in the oil and gas sector, and other areas of the energy industry.

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