1.

2.

Official Gazette of the Federation ("Diario Oficial de la Federación")

Judicial Weekly of the Federation ("Semanario Judicial de la Federación") (for precedential judicial decisions only).

3. Mexico shall endeavor to establish a specialized publication for administrative rulings of general application and any procedure, including standard contract clauses regarding procurements. When established, the publication shall substitute for those set out in paragraphs 1 and 2 for this purpose.

(e)

(f)

Boards of Contract Appeals (unofficial publication by Commerce Clearing
House); and

Comptroller General of the United States (Those not officially published as
decisions of the Comptroller General are published unofficially by Federal
Publications, Inc.).

3. All U.S. laws, regulations, judicial decisions, administrative rulings and procedures regarding government procurement covered by this Chapter are codified in the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) and the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), both of which are published as a part of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). The DFARS and the FAR are published in title 48 of CFR.

PART FIVE

INVESTMENT, SERVICES AND RELATED MATTERS

Chapter Eleven

Investment

Section A - Investment

1.

Article 1101: Scope and Coverage

This Chapter applies to measures adopted or maintained by a Party relating to:

(b)

investments of investors of another Party in the territory of the Party; and

(c)

2.

with respect to Articles 1106 and 1114, all investments in the territory of the Party.

A Party has the right to perform exclusively the economic activities set out in Annex III and to refuse to permit the establishment of investment in such activities.

3.

This Chapter does not apply to measures adopted or maintained by a Party to the extent that they are covered by Chapter Fourteen (Financial Services).

4. Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to prevent a Party from providing a service or performing a function such as law enforcement, correctional services, income security or insurance, social security or insurance, social welfare, public education, public training, health, and child care, in a manner that is not inconsistent with this Chapter.

Article 1102: National Treatment

1.

Each Party shall accord to investors of another Party treatment no less favorable than that it accords, in like circumstances, to its own investors with respect to the establishment, acquisition, expansion, management, conduct, operation, and sale or other disposition of investments.

2.

Each Party shall accord to investments of investors of another Party treatment no less favorable than that it accords, in like circumstances, to investments of its own investors with respect to the establishment, acquisition, expansion, management, conduct, operation, and sale or other disposition of investments.

3.

The treatment accorded by a Party under paragraphs 1 and 2 means, with respect to a state or province, treatment no less favorable than the most favorable treatment accorded, in like circumstances, by that state or province to investors, and to investments of investors, of the Party of which it forms a part.

(a)

(b)

impose on an investor of another Party a requirement that a minimum level of equity in an enterprise in the territory of the Party be held by its nationals, other than nominal qualifying shares for directors or incorporators of corporations; or

require an investor of another Party, by reason of its nationality, to sell or otherwise dispose of an investment in the territory of the Party.

Article 1103: Most-Favored-Nation Treatment

1.

Each Party shall accord to investors of another Party treatment no less favorable than that it accords, in like circumstances, to investors of any other Party or of a nonParty with respect to the establishment, acquisition, expansion, management, conduct, operation, and sale or other disposition of investments.

2. Each Party shall accord to investments of investors of another Party treatment no less favorable than that it accords, in like circumstances, to investments of investors of any other Party or of a non-Party with respect to the establishment, acquisition, expansion, management, conduct, operation, and sale or other disposition of investments.

Article 1104: Standard of Treatment

Each Party shall accord to investors of another Party and to investments of investors of another Party the better of the treatment required by Articles 1102 and 1103.