FRONTPAGE
Andrea Marván Saltiel, new commissioner of Cofece
  • COMPETITION STUDIES
    Cofece identifies competition and free market access problems in insurance of medical expenses and proposes a set of recommendations to mitigate them
  • INVESTIGATIONS
    In the national flat glass market and products manufactured from flat glass
  • RECOMMEN DED READING
    What does Mexico stand to gain when there is competition?

FRONTPAGE
Cofece imposes fines for more than 2 thousand 400 million Mexican pesos to LP gas distributors for manipulating prices and sharing the market to the detriment of consumers
  • ANTICOMPETITIVE CONDUCTS
    Various economic agents are notified of a statement of probable responsibility for a possible collusion in the market of equipment for the utilization of industrial gases
    The Board of Commissioners of Cofece closes the procedure to determine the existence of relative monopolistic practices in the commercialization of hydrocarbons in the country
  • COFECE INITIATES TWO INVESTIGATIONS
    In the maritime transport of passengers and roll-on/roll-off cargo in Baja California Sur, to determine whether there are effective competition conditions
    In the markets of corn and corn flour on possible barriers to competition and essential inputs
  • OPINIONS
    SHCP, Banxico and CNBV are recommended to establish measures to promote competition in the Financial Technology Institutions sector
  • RECOMMENDED READING
    Las cosas que debes saber de competencia económica [Things you should know about economic competition]

FRONTPAGE
Jornada por la Competencia 2022, Economic competition, a powerful tool to improve the living conditions of families
  • SPECIAL PROCEDURES
    The lack of effective competition was determined in the distribution of LP Gas to end users
  • ANTICOMPETITIVE CONDUCTS
    Cofece sanctions companies and executives for manipulating prices and segmenting routes in the market of land passenger transport
    Cofece initiates two investigations
    In the services related to credit card transactions in interest-free monthly installments
    Concerning public procurement procedures for the acquisition, leasing, maintenance services and managed services of information and communication technologies
  • COMPETITION ADVOCACY
    Meet the winners of the “17th International Poster Biennial in Mexico” Category E, Unpublished poster on competition in the digital economy
  • RECOMMENDED READING
    Third Quarterly Report 2022 Learn about the Commission’s main activities between July and September

FRONTPAGE
Cofece imposes fines of more than 51 million Mexican pesos on AT&T and Warner Bros. Discovery for not notifying a concentration
  • INTERNATINAL COMPETITION COMMUNITY
    Competition authorities of North America reaffirm joint work to promote the enforcement of antitrust laws with greater rigor and effectiveness
    Global Competition Review ratifies the three and a half star rating for Cofece In its 2022 ranking, it recognizes the Commission’s improving performance
  • BARRIERS TO COMPETITION
    Due to a lack of appointment of Commissioners, Cofece suspends the period to resolve the procedure on barriers to competition in the national market for jet fuel. The Federal Economic Competition Law specifies that in order to resolve this type of procedure, the affirmative vote of at least five commissioners is required
    Cofece fines Infra and Cryoinfra for not complying with commitments undertaken to restore competition, the sanction is related to the markets for the distribution and commercialization of the oxygen, nitrogen and industrial argon
  • INVESTIGATIONS
    Cofece investigates possible relative monopolistic practices in the market for development, distribution and processing of payments of mobile applications and digital content
  • RECOMMENDED READING
    Memoria del Programa Cofece Estudiantil de Verano 2022 [Memoir of the Cofece Student Summer Program 2022]

FRONTPAGE
Cofece notifies an economic agent of a statement of probable responsibility for possible relative monopolistic practices in the market of LP Gas
  • CONCENTRATIONS
    Cofece sanctioned different economic agents for not notifying a concentration. In three separate files, the Commission imposed total fines of 6.1 million Mexican pesos; 1 million 884 thousand 966 and 985 thousand 820 Mexican pesos
  • DEFENSE BEFORE THE JUDICIAL POWER
    The fine imposed by Cofece for the realization of absolute monopolistic practices is confirmed in the market for the commercialization of gasolines at service stations of Baja California
  • RECOMMENDED READING
    Agenda de Rendición de Cuentas 2022-2025 [2022-2025 Accountability Agenda]

FRONTPAGE
Cofece warns of risks to competition In the market of natural gas derived from the strategy established by the Ministry of Energy
  • ANTICOMPETITIVE PRACTICES
    Cofece initiates investigations about the possible realization of absolute monopolistic practices Related to the acquisition of electoral material and documentation; as well as to the provision of maritime transport services for passengers and goods in Quintana Roo
  • RECOMMENDED READING
    Cofece en números 2021 [COFECE by the numbers 2021]

FRONTPAGE
Cofece fines several companies For the omission to notify two concentrations
  • MARKET STUDY
    Initiation of market study on matters of competition In the market of digital financial services
  • ANTICOMPETITIVE PRACTICES
    Initiation of investigation of probable barriers to competition and free market access in the national market of federal passenger transport that uses terminals for the boarding and disembarking of passengers, and related services
  • OPINION
    On the Initiative with a Draft Decree that Reforms Article 380 and Adds Article 380 bis to the Commercial Code
  • DEFENSE BEFORE THE JUDICIAL POWER
    The PJF denies the amparo to Rubén Ernesto Monroy León and Combustibles Otay, S.A. de C.V., Operadora El Peñasco, S.A. de C.V. and Combustibles Rancho Viejo, S.A. de C.V. (Grupo APPRO)
  • RECOMMENDED READING
    Beneficio económico de las intervenciones de la Cofece 2021 [Economic benefit from Cofece’s 2021 interventions]

FRONTPAGE
Cofece initiates study on free market access and economic competition in the markets of production, distribution and commercialization of beef and related markets
  • ANTICOMPETITIVE CONDUCTS
    Cofece investigates possible relative monopolistic practices in the market of access to commercial spaces and the provision of commercial services in the airports of South-Southeast Mexico
  • RECOMMENDED READING
    Study on competition in the modern channel of retail commerce of food and beverages

FRONTPAGE
Cofece submits to the Executive and Legislative Powers its First Quarterly Report of Activities 2022
  • APPOINTMENTS
    Cofece announces that Mario Fócil Ortega was appointed as Director General of Administration
  • AWARDS
    Cofece was awarded at the Antitrust Writing Awards 2022, for the document A converging competition agenda for the prosperity of Mexico and the United States
  • RECOMMENDED READING
    2021 Concentrations Report

ON COVER
Preliminary Opinion of Cofece identifies barriers to competition throughout the value chain of jet fuel in Mexico
  • ANTI-COMPETITIVE CONDUCT
    Fine to the AICM for preventing an economic agent from providing public service of federal motor transport and establishing exclusive advantages in favor of two permit holders
    Beginnings of research
    Due to possible relative monopolistic practices in the domestic insecticide market
    For potential barriers to competition and essential inputs in the retail e-commerce market
    Various economic agents are summoned for possible collusion in the sale of tortillas in Huixtla, Chiapas
    Sanction to AC Holdco, GCMyFranklin for failing to notify two mergers
  • OPINIONS
    Cofece makes recommendations
    In order not to approve the constitutional reform initiative in electrical matters due to the risks of affecting consumers and companies
    To favor users of AIFA taxi and bus services
  • PUBLIC CONSULTATION
    The Project of the Strategic Plan 2022 - 2025 is submitted to Public Consultation
  • RECOMMENDED READING
    Jurisdictional jurisdiction of technology platforms: the Uber-Cornershop case