SEM-01-003
The thirty-day term expired without the Secretariat receiving a submission that conformed to Article 14(1). Under guideline 6.2, the process was therefore terminated.
Status: Closed
The company Mercerizados y Teñidos de Guadalajara, S.A. asserts that Mexico failed to enforce effectively Articles 5, 6 and 7 of the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC) and Article 194 of the General Law of Ecological Equilibrium and Environmental Protection (Ley General de Equilibrio Ecológico y Protección Ambiental-LGEEPA), by denying probative value in a civil trial to a technical opinion issued by the Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection (Procuraduría Federal de Protección al Ambiente-Profepa), in relation to groundwater contamination caused by the firm Dermet, S.A. de C.V. that produces pesticides and fungicides and is located in the city of Guadalajara in Jalisco.
North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation, Articles 5(2)(j) and (l), 6(3)(a) and (d) and 7(1)(d). General Law on Ecological Balance and Environmental Protection, Article 194.
Mercerizados y Teñidos de Guadalajara, S.A.
Submission - Submission authored by Submitter(s) on 21/05/2001
Acknowledgement - Communication to Submitter(s) authored by Secretariat on 15/06/2001
Other Documents - Communication to Submitter(s) authored by Secretariat on 19/09/2001
Determination - Secretariat Determination under Article 14 (1) authored by Secretariat on 19/09/2001
