Resumption of legal deadlines and time limits at SENER

Executive Summary

• On March 25, 2020, SENER established the suspension of legal deadlines and terms as a measure to prevent and combat the spread of COVID-19. 
• On February 17, 2023, SENER published the Agreement resuming the legal deadlines and terms in the Secretariat.
• This Agreement proposes resuming the legal deadlines and terms of all procedures, processes and any activity under the jurisdiction of SENER as of March 1, 2023.

On March 25, 2020, SENER published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (“DOF”) an Agreement establishing the suspension of legal deadlines and terms in the Ministry of Energy (the “SENER”) as a measure to prevent and combat the spread of COVID-19. 

The Agreement was modified three times and, finally, the suspension was extended indefinitely until it was determined that there were no epidemiological risks related to the gradual, cautious and orderly reopening of SENER's activities.

Thus, on February 17, 2023, SENER published in the DOF the Agreement by which the legal deadlines and terms in the Secretariat are resumed (the “Agreement”). Said Agreement proposes the following:

1. Resume the legal deadlines and terms of all procedures, processes and any activity under the jurisdiction of SENER and its decentralized administrative bodies from the date of March 1th 2023.

2. The legal deadlines for SENER that were interrupted during the suspension period (originally started on March 25, 2020) will be considered extended by the same number of days as the original period, so the actions, notifications, requirements, requests or promotions submitted to SENER during the suspension period will be attended to in accordance with their order of priority as of March 1, 2023, and priority will be given to those submitted before the date of publication of the Agreement in the DOF.

3. To establish, with respect to the Social Impact Assessments received by SENER as of April 12, 2021, that the resolution deadlines provided for in article 40 of the General Administrative Provisions on the Social Impact Assessment in the Energy Sector will be computed considering the chronological order of presentation, under the legal principle of first in time, first in law, as of March 2, 2023.

4. Confirm the operation, location and hours of operation of the Common Parts Office and indicate that the electronic systems corresponding to the handling of procedures by said means remain in operation.

The Agreement will enter into force on 1 March 2023.

The original publication of the Agreement can be consulted here: https://sidof.segob.gob.mx/notas/5679953