Blue Rock Consulting
Compliance in matters of National Waters
What is a Compliance Program?
The legal framework for the operation of companies in Mexico has become extremely complex, to the extent that it presents a high level of difficulty for individuals to comply with all legal requirements in accordance with their productive activity.The compliance program reviews the actions of a company to verify that its legal obligations are being fulfilled correctly, identifying non-compliance or defective compliance to correct them before the authority detects it and legal problems may arise that lead to economic sanctions or closures. of establishments or production plants.
Our Compliance in National Waters and their Inherent Public Goods
The concession titles for the use, exploitation and exploitation of national waters and their inherent public goods, as well as the permits for the discharge of wastewater to nationally owned receiving bodies, generate more than 40 administrative and fiscal obligations for users, which many Sometimes due to lack of knowledge they do not comply adequately, putting their concession title at risk and becoming creditors that can range from significant fines to the revocation of the title/permit or the closure of the well or discharge.
In this program, our specialists audit the level of compliance with all these obligations, and determine the level of risk that the client has for each legal obligation, recommending actions to correct those non-compliance or defective compliance and thereby mitigate the possible sanctions that may be issued. authority, thus generating the certainty that they are complying with the regulations of the matter.
For whom is this Program recommended?
For users of national waters and their inherent public goods, that is, those who have:
- Concession or assignment titles for the use, exploitation or exploitation of national waters
- Wastewater discharge permits to nationally owned receiving bodies
- Concession titles for federal zones inherent to bodies of water
- Concession titles for the extraction of stone materials from bodies of water
- Concession titles for the use of federal hydraulic infrastructure
Costs and Execution Times
- The cost is estimated for each particular case, taking into account the number of titles or permits and their corresponding annexes.
- The development time of our compliance program is 120 days from the delivery of the information by the client. This may change according to the client's needs and prior agreement with our team.
Methodology
Our compliance program is executed applying a methodology of our own development, aligned with international regulations (ISO 19600, ISO 31000 y ISO /FDIS 37301)
Due Diligence in National Water
What is a due diligence program?
It is an external audit that offers a complete overview of the state of a company. These operations are carried out when the investment in a company, whether large or small, a merger or an acquisition is about to be closed in order to analyze its complete situation.
Our Due Diligence in National Water:
It consists of a formal investigation or exhaustive analysis of concession titles for the use, exploitation and exploitation of national waters, before acquiring titles from third parties or requesting new titles from the operating body, in order to verify their validity, availability, legality and that they are have legal certainty, to avoid losses.
Solving program
When detecting non-compliance with administrative and fiscal obligations regarding National Waters, our team is capable of effectively developing solutions to avoid any sanction from the authority or, where appropriate, minimize the impact of non-compliance.
Legal Advice in Trials
Legal strategies specialized in any type of administrative trials related to the issue of National Waters. We will provide attention and a specialized legal study for the favorable outcome of the particular case, to achieve a favorable resolution.
Compliance Advice and Ruling
Specific compliance reviews within these three standards:
- NOM 001 SEMARNAT 2021
- NMX AA 179 SCFI 2018
- NOM 127 SSA1 2021
Legal Strategies to Speed Responses
We understand the importance of time, which is why the prompt response of the authorities can be key to continuing with any procedure. We help our collaborators achieve this objective as quickly as possible and with a favorable response.
