The Ministry of Economy issues general rules and criteria in Foreign Trade, which establish the following:

Numerals 3.2.27, 3.2.28 and 3.2.29 are added, which establish the following:

• Establishes the requirements to obtain a favorable opinion from the SAT,

• Indicates the requirements that the description of the production process must meet.

• Indicates the stages that the investment program schedule must meet.

The specific requirements of the IMMEX program are also modified, highlighting the following:

•The requirements that must be attached to the authorization request for the expansion of the IMMEX Program are specified, for the purposes of sensitive merchandise.

• The requirements that must be declared in the free writing are modified, as well as those declared in the registered public accountant's report, which must be attached to the subsequent extension request for importation of sensitive product. In addition, it adds the obligation to present a document containing the total volume requested, broken down by tariff fraction; It adds the assumption of carrying out a verification visit by the Ministry of Economy in conjunction with the SAT, prior to the SE issuing the corresponding authorization; and the authority's resolution period is added, which will be 10 days from the day after the request is received.

The Agreement specifies that the Digital Window will be enabled to carry out the IMMEX Program extension process as of the business day following the publication of the Agreement.

In addition, authorizations for extensions of the aforementioned merchandise that are issued before the entry into force of this Agreement will be in force until the day before it enters into force.

The aforementioned Agreement will enter into force 45 calendar days following its publication.

Source: http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5465032&fecha=12/12/2016