Sector:

Professional, Technical and Specialized Services

Sub-Sector:

Professional Services

Industry Classification:

CMAP 951002 - Legal Services (limited to foreign legal consultancy)

Level of Government:

Federal and State

Measures:

Description:

1. Mexico will ensure that:

(a) A lawyer authorized to practice in a province of Canada or a state of the United States who seeks to practice as a foreign legal consultant in Mexico will be granted a license to do so if lawyers licensed in Mexico are accorded equivalent treatment in such province or state; and

(b) A law firm headquartered in a province of Canada or a state of the United States that seeks to establish in Mexico to provide legal services through licensed foreign legal consultants will be authorized to do so if law firms headquartered in Mexico are accorded equivalent treatment in such province or state.

2. Mexico will, pursuant to paragraph 1(a), deny benefits to foreign lawyers employed by or associated with foreign legal consultancy firms established in Mexico, pursuant to paragraph 1(b), if such lawyers are not authorized to practice in a province of Canada or a state of the United States that authorizes lawyers licensed in Mexico to practice as foreign legal consultants in its territory.



3. Subject to paragraphs 1 and 2, Mexico will adopt measures regarding the practice of foreign legal consultants in the territory of Mexico, including matters related to association with and hiring of lawyers licensed in Mexico.

Sector:

Transportation

Sub-Sector:

Land Transportation

Industry Classification:

CMAP 711201 - Road Transport Services for Construction Materials

CMAP 711202 - Road Transport Moving Services

CMAP 711203 - Other Services of Specialized Cargo Transportation

CMAP 711204 - General Trucking Services

CMAP 711311 - Inter-City Busing Services

CMAP 711318 - School and Tourist Transportation Services (limited to tourist transportation services)

Level of Government:

Federal and State

Measures:

Description:

An enterprise authorized in Mexico to provide bus or truck transportation services may use equipment of its own, leased vehicles with an option to purchase (financial leasing), leased vehicles (operational leasing), or short term rental vehicles.



Federal measures will be established in relation to leasing and rental operations.