MEXICO – MEASURES AFFECTING TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES
Document: Status Report by Mexico Addendum
Date: 19 August 2005
Document codes: WT/DS204/9/Add.8
Complainant: U.S.
Respondent: Mexico
Third parties: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Cuba, EU, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Japan, Nicaragua
Dispute stage: Panel
Agreements cited: Art. VI:1, VI:5, XVI:1, XVI:2, XVII:1, XVII:2, XVII:3, XVIII  Services (GATS)

MEXICO – MEASURES AFFECTING TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES

Status Report by Mexico

Addendum

 The following communication, dated 18 August 2005, from the delegation of Mexico to the
Chairperson of the Dispute Settlement Body, is circulated pursuant to Article 21.6 of the DSU.

Status Report Regarding Implementation of the DSB Recommendations and Rulings in

 (WT/DS204)

 Mexico submits this report in accordance with Article 21.6 of the Understanding on Rules and
Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes (DSU).

 On 1 June 2004, the Dispute Settlement Bo dy (DSB) adopted its recommendations and
rulings in (WT/DS204). On that same
date, the parties to the dispute notified an agreement on implementation. The agreement specifies that
the reasonable period of time for Mexico to comply is 13 months. On 1 and 15 July, respectively, the
United States and Mexico agreed on an extension of the reasonable period of time for implementation,
in accordance with Article 21.3(b) of the DSU. The said period expired on 29 July 2005.

 The Government of Mexico has complied with the first phase of the agreement, as indicated
in its status report of 6 December 2004. In the second commitment under the agreement, Mexico
undertook to bring into force the regulations needed under Mexican legislation to authorize the
issuing of permits for the resale of international l ong distance switched telecommunications services.
Mexican and United States government officials held consultations throughout the process conducted
in order to meet commitments under the agreement of 1 June 2004. The Regulation on marketing of
long distance and international lo ng distance telecommunications services was finally published
in the Official Journal of the Federation on 12 August 2005. Notwithstanding the commitment
undertaken by Mexico vis-à-vis the United States in this dispute, the Regulation will allow the
establishment and operation of commercial agen cies for the purposes of access to not only
international long distance services but also domestic long distance services. In accordance with the
relevant domestic legislation, commercial agencies will provide such services using the capacity of an
authorized concessionaire. The Regulation will t hus enable commercial agencies to operate under
non-discriminatory conditions, in that it compels concessionaires to refrain from imposing conditions
that restrict the marketing of services or the o ffering of rates and commerc ial terms and conditions
less favourable than those offered to the public at large. The commercial agencies will be free to set
rates, on terms that will make it possible to deliv er high-quality, competitive, secure and permanent
service.

 With the issuing of this Regulation, Mexico fully complies with the terms of the agreement
reached with the United States on 1 June 2004 in respect of the recommendations of the Panel in
charge of the case, and it consequently requests that th is dispute be deemed to be definitively settled.
Finally, this is Mexico's last status report under Article 21.6 of the DSU.