IP/N/1/MEX/11  
IP/N/1/MEX/O/1  
8 April 2016  
(16-1977)  Page: 1/2  
Council for Trade-Related Aspects 
of Intellectual Property Rights  Original: Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER 
ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT 
MEXICO: DECREE ISSUING THE FEDERAL TELE COMMUNICATIONS AND BROADCASTING LAW 
AND THE MEXICAN PUBLIC BROADCASTING SYSTEM LAW AND AMENDING, ADDING AND 
REPEALING CERTAIN PROVISIONS ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND BROADCASTING 
Notifying Member M EXICO  
 
Details of the notified legal text 
 
Title Decreto por el que se expiden la Ley Federal de Telecomunicaciones y 
Radiodifusión, y la Ley del Sistema Público de Radiodifusión del Estado 
Mexicano; y se reforman, adicionan y derogan diversas disposiciones en 
materia de telecomunicaciones y radiodifusión  (Decree issuing the Federal 
Telecommunications and Broadcasting Law and the Mexican Public 
Broadcasting System Law and amending, adding and repealing certain 
provisions on telecommunications and broadcasting) 
Subject matter Copyright and related rights 
Nature of 
notification  Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation 
  Other law or regulation 
Link to legal text http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/IP/MEX/16_1426_00_s.pdf 
Notification status  First notification 
 Amendment or revision to notified legal text 
 Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s) 
Previous 
notification(s) referred to IP/N/1/MEX/C/3 (8 January 2013) 
https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/FE_Search/FE_S_S006.aspx?DataSource
=Cat&query=@SymbolMatc h=IP/N/1/MEX/C/3&Language=English&Context
=ScriptedSearches&languageUIChanged=true  
 
IP/N/1/MEX/3 (19 December 2012) https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/FE_Search/FE_S_S006.aspx?DataSource
=Cat&query=@SymbolMatc h=IP/N/1/MEX/3&Language=English&Context=
ScriptedSearches&languageUIChanged=true  
 
IP/N/1/MEX/C/1/Add.1 (6 March 2007) 
https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/FE_Search/FE_S_S006.aspx?DataSource
=Cat&query=@SymbolMatc h=IP/N/1/MEX/C/1/Add.1&Language=English&
Context=ScriptedSearches&languageUIChanged=true  
 
IP/N/1/MEX/2 (5 March 2007) https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/FE_Search/FE_S_S006.aspx?DataSource
=Cat&query=@SymbolMatc h=IP/N/1/MEX/2&Language=English&Context=
ScriptedSearches&languageUIChanged=true  IP/N/1/MEX/11 • IP/N/1/MEX/O/1 
- 2 - 
   IP/N/1/MEX/C/1 (17 March 2000) 
https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/FE_Search/FE_S_S006.aspx?DataSource
=Cat&query=@SymbolMatc h=IP/N/1/MEX/C/1&Language=English&Context
=ScriptedSearches&languageUIChanged=true  
 
IP/N/1/MEX/1/Corr.1* (25 February 2000) (in Spanish only) https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/FE_Search/FE_S_S006.aspx?DataSource
=Cat&query=@SymbolMatc h=IP/N/1/MEX/1/Corr.1&Language=Spanish&C
ontext=ScriptedSearches&languageUIChanged=true  
Brief description of the notified legal text 
 Addition of a second paragraph to both Article 27 and Article 144 of the Federal Law on Copyright, 
as follows: 
 Article 27.- ... 
I. to VII. ... 
The foregoing shall be without prejudice to the obligation of broadcasting concessionaires to permit the retransmission of their signal and the ob ligation of restricted television concessionaires 
to retransmit this signal in accordance with the terms laid down in the Federal Telecommunications 
and Broadcasting Law and without prejudice to the corresponding copyright and related rights. 
Article 144.- ... 
I. to VI. ... The foregoing shall be without prejudice to the obligation of broadcasting concessionaires to permit the retransmission of their signal and the ob ligation of restricted television concessionaires 
to retransmit this signal in accordance with the terms laid down in the Federal Telecommunications 
and Broadcasting Law and without prejudice to the corresponding copyright and related rights.  
Language(s) of 
notified text Spanish  
Date of adoption Date of publication in the Official Journal of the Federation ( Diario Oficial de 
la Federación ), i.e. 14 July 2014 
Entry into force 13 August 2014 
 
Notification details 
 
Submission date 
of notification 1 April 2016 
Other information   
Agency or 
authority 
responsible Instituto Nacional del Derecho de Autor  (Mexican Copyright Institute)