Mexican Competition Authority

COFECE sanctions toothbrush suppliers for bid rigging in public health sector tenders* • The sanctioned companies coordinated and rigged bids in public tenders, or abstained from participating, to divide amongst them the market of toothbrushes for adults and infants procured by the health (...)

COFECE notifies economic agents of a statement of probable responsibility for collusion in the market for pharmaceuticals* • The Investigative Authority concluded their probe and issued a statement indicating probable collusion. • The notification of a statement of probable responsibility (...)

COFECE blocked Walmart/Cornershop concentration* • The proposed deal could generate incentives to unduly displace or block competitors’ access to the Cornershop platform and/or hinder the development of new platforms. • The new economic agent resulting from the transaction would gain sufficient (...)

COFECE initiates market study in retail food and beverage sector* • COFECE’s electronic mail address: estudiocomercio@cofece.mx is made available to receive any element deemed relevant for the assessment of the sector, from a competition perspective. • The study may identify market structures, (...)

COFECE submits for public consultation the modification to the Guidelines for Concentration Notification via Electronic Means and the Regulatory Provisions on the Use of Electronic Means* • The consultation period for the Guidelines is 30 working days, while the period for the Provisions is 20 (...)

COFECE issues recommendations on Infonavit public procurement regulations * • These recommendations are issued in response to the Institute’s request, which has publicly stated its goal of more efficient spending. • The regulations currently in force for the Institute’s acquisition of goods and (...)

COFECE probes national market for corn flour for possible anticompetitive practices* • The investigation should not be construed as a prejudgment, but as the authority’s verification of compliance with the Federal Law on Economic Competition. • The corn flour industry has sales for more than 24 (...)

COFECE’s Investigative Authority preliminarily determines the lack of effective competition in the rail transport of chemical and petrochemical products in the south of the state of Veracruz* The Investigative Authority’s Preliminary Opinion stipulates that lack of competition affects the rail (...)

Clarification on Disney/Fox transaction* Mexico City, February 6, 2019.- In August 2018, the Walt Disney Company (Disney) and Twenty-First Century Fox (Fox) notified, both the Federal Economic Competition Commission (COFECE or Commission) and the Federal Institute for Telecommunications (...)

COFECE investigates securities transportation services* Mexico City November 5th 2015.- Through the Mexican Official Gazette and its website, the Federal Economic Competition Commission’s (COFECE) Investigative Authority publicly announces the opening of an investigation derived from a (...)

COFECE sanctions Alsea and Grupo Axo for failing to notify a concentration* Mexico City, November 2nd 2015. - The Mexican Federal Competition Commission (COFECE) imposed sanctions for 1.5 million dollars to Alsea S.A.B de C.V (Alsea) and for one hundred and seventy four thousand dollars4 to (...)

COFECE conditions concentration1 between Soriana and Comercial Mexicana* Mexico City, October 8th 2015. - The Mexican Federal Competition Commission (COFECE) decided to challenge the concentration between Organización Soriana (Soriana) and Controladora Comercial Mexicana (CCM) in the terms in (...)

COFECE initiates public consultation on Guidelines for performing Absolute Monopolistic Practices investigations* The draft describes the nature of the investigation procedure for absolute monopolistic practices, how it is started and its main stages, among other aspects Mexico City, September (...)

COFECE opens public consultation on Technical Criteria for the request and emission of injunctive measures as well as the setting of sureties* Mexico City, September 22nd 2015. - The Mexican Federal Economic Competition Commission (COFECE) opened a 30 working day public consultation period so (...)

COFECE issues regulatory opinion to the Coahuila government regarding a proposal to regulate the distance between fuel service stations* Mexico City, September 15th 2015.- The Mexican Federal Economic Competition Commission (COFECE) issued a recommendation to the Head of the Executive Branch (...)

COFECE publishes an english version of the federal economic competition law* Mexico City, August 20th 2015. – Mexico’s Federal Economic Competition Commission has released an English version of the Federal Economic Competition Law (Law). This document is a courtesy translation of the Law (...)

COFECE shall be vigilant of coordination to fix prices* In the context of the Mexican peso’s recent depreciation, the Federal Economic Competition Commission (COFECE or Commission) would like to make the following statements: The Mexican Constitution and applicable legislation that establish a (...)

COFECE sanctions passenger transportation companies in the state of Chiapas for absolute monopolistic practices* The Federal Economic Competition Commission’s (COFECE) Board of Commissionerssanctioned 7 passenger transportation companiesin the state of Chiapas with a total fine of $2.78 (...)

COFECE to Investigate Possible Absolute Monopolistic Practices in the Market for Pension Fund Administration Services in Mexico* Through the Mexican Federal Official Gazette and its website, the Federal Economic Competition Commission’s (COFECE or Commission) Investigative Authority announced (...)

COFECE publishes new monopolistic pratices guidelines* The Board Of Commissioners of the Federal Economic Competition Commission (COFECE or Commission) approved the Leniency Program and Sanction Reduction Guidelines, the Guidelines for filing an investigation process for relative monopolistic (...)

COFECE CONDITIONS MERGER BETWEEN BIO PAPPEL AND SCRIBE * The Mexican Federal Economic Competition Commission (COFECE) accepted commitments presented by Bio Pappel Group to merge with Scribe Corporation. COFECE deemed these commitments would avoid risks to competition and free market access in (...)

COFECE recommends that the State of Tlaxcala review its transportation regulation* The Federal Economic Competition Commission (COFECE) issued an ex-officio opinion for the Tlaxcala State Government and its local Congress to review the State’s Communications and Transport Law (CTL), its (...)

COFECE initiates investigation into air transport sector* Through the Mexican Federal Official Gazette and its website, the Federal Economic Competition Commission’s (COFECE) Investigative Authority publicly announced the extract of its ex-officio investigation initiation decision under file (...)

The Supreme Court of Justice decides on bid rigging in social security public tenders case* The Mexican Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) confirmed the legality of a resolution issued by the extinct Federal Competition Commission in 2010, against pharmaceutical enterprises Baxter, Fresenius, Eli (...)

COFECE opens investigation into the egg market* Mexico City, March 26th 2015. – Through its website, the Federal Economic Competition Commission’s (COFECE) Investigation Authority publicly announced the extract of its ex-officio initiation decision under file number IO-004-2015 concerning the (...)

COFECE Resolution Will Allow Haas Avocado Exportation to the U.S.A. for all Packers in Mexico* • The APEAM agreed to eliminate anticompetitive practices that imposed barriers on Hass avocado exports to the U.S.A. • COFECE will survey the APEAM’s strict compliance with proposed remedies. Mexico (...)

COFECE issues opinion on the regulation draft for iron and steel products* Mexico City, March 5th 2015. – On February 26th 2015, the Board of Commissioners of the Federal Economic Competition Commission (COFECE) unanimously issued an opinion regarding the Draft Mexican Official Regulation (...)

Extract of the order by which the Federal Economic Competition Commission begins the ex officio investigation identified under the file number IEBC-001-2015, in the market of the provision of air transport services that use the International Airport of Mexico City for landing and/or take off (...)

COFECE Issues Opinion Regarding the Public Works and Related Services Bill* On February 9th, the Mexican Federal Economic Competition Commission’s (COFECE) Board of Commissioners unanimously issued an opinion regarding the Public Works and Related Services Bill, currently being discussed in the (...)

NOTICE by which the Federal Economic Competition Commission informs of the beginning of the ex officio investigation under file number IO-001-2015, on the possible commission of conducts contrary to the Federal Law of Economic Competition* At the margin a seal of the National Coat of Arms, (...)