MEXICO – MEASURES AFFECTING TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES
Document: Request for Consultations by the United States Addendum
Date: 16 November 2000
Document codes: WT/DS204/1/Add.1; S/L/88
Complainant: EU
Respondent: U.S.
Third parties: Japan
Dispute stage: Panel
Agreements cited: Art. VIII, III, XIII, XXII:2  Government Procurement (GPA)

MEXICO – MEASURES AFFECTING TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES
Request for Consultations by the United States
Addendum
The following communication, dated 10 November 2000, from the Permanent Mission of the
United States to the Permanent Mission of Mexico and to the Chairman of the Dispute Settlement
Body, is circulated in accordance with Article 4.4 of the DSU.
My authorities have instructed me to reques t consultations with the Government of Mexico
pursuant to Article 4 of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of
Disputes (DSU) and Article XXIII of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) regarding
measures affecting trade in telecommunications services.
In recent months, the Government of Mexico has adopted several measures affecting
telecommunications services. The Federal Telecommunications Commission adopted the
"Administrative Resolution whereby the Ministry of Communications and Transportation, through the
Federal Telecommunications Commission, establishes for Teléfonos de México S.A. de C.V., specific
obligations in connection with rates, service quality and information, in its capacity as public
telecommunications network concessionaire with substantial power in five relevant markets, in
accordance with Article 63 of the Federal Telecommunications Law", published in the Diario Oficial
on 12 September 2000. The United States believes that this measure may be inconsistent with
Mexico's GATS commitments and obligations, including Article VI and Mexico's additional
commitments under Article XVIII as set forth in the Reference Paper inscribed in Mexico's Schedule
of Specific Commitments, including Sections 1 and 5.
In addition, the Government of Mexico has established a regime governing the terms and
conditions of local and long-distance interconnection, including for calls terminating in cities in which
competitive carriers lack facilities. This regime includes the measures listed below – which apply to
certain market participants – as well as any amendments to, replacements of, or other measures
adopted to govern the terms and conditions of interconnection for other market participants:
(1) Resolution No. P/EXT/061000/007, by whic h the Secretary of Communications and
Transport, through the Federal Telecommunications Commission, resolves the conditions of
interconnection not agreed upon by the public telecommunications network concessionaires
Avental, S.A., and Teléfonos de México, S.A. de C.V., and Teléfonos del Noroeste, S.A. de
C.V., for the period 1 January to 31 December 2001, dated 6 October 2000;
(2) Resolution No. P/EXT/111000/008, by whic h the Secretary of Communications and
Transport, through the Federal Telecommunications Commission, resolves the conditions of
interconnection not agreed upon by the public telecommunications network concessionaires

S/L/88/Add.1

Alestera, S. de R.L. de C.V., and Teléfonos de México, S.A. de C.V., and Teléfonos del
Noroeste, S.A. de C.V., for the period 1 January to 31 December 2001, dated
11 October 2000;
(3) Resolution by which the Secretary of Communi cations and Transportation, by direction of the
Federal Telecommunications Commission, resolves the interconnection conditions not agreed
by the public network concessionaires Avantel Servicios Locales, S.A. and Teléfonos de
México, S.A. de C.V./Teléfonos del Noroeste, S.A. de C.V., dated 23 August 2000.
The United States believes that these measures may be inconsistent with Mexico's GATS
commitments and obligations, including Article VI and Mexico's additional commitments under
Article XVIII as set forth in the Reference Paper inscribed in Mexico's Schedule of Specific
Commitments, including Sections 2 and 5.
This request for consultations supplements and does not replace the earlier request of the
United States for consultations made in WTO Document WT/DS204/1, circulated on 29 August 2000.
We look forward to receiving your reply to this request and to fixing a mutually convenient
date for consultations.