Appendix II

MEXICO'S 18 SECRETARIATS OF STATE WEB SITES
(Secretarías de Estado)

Mexico's Presidential Cabinet is composed of 18 Secretariats of State, in addition to the Attorney General's Office and the Office of the President's Legal Counsel. All of these Secretariats (equivalent to the U.S. Departments), jointly with a number of other Administrative Departments, compose Mexico's centralized public administration, governed by the Federal Public Administration Act (Ley de la Administración Pública Federal, D.O. of December 29, 1996, as recently amended).

Each web site of these Secretariats may be accessed directly using the respective individual address. However, it is recommended to access any Secretariat's web site through www.directorio.gob.mx, Mexico's federal clearinghouse, because "Directorio," in addition to serving as the conduit to a given Secretariat, provides related information as well as a number of pertinent and useful links.

For the political and administrative hierarchy of these Secretariats, please consult Article 4 of the governing Act. The official web site address of each of Mexico's Secretariats of State (in alphabetical order) follows:

Agrarian Reform (SRA)
(Reforma Agraria)
www.sra.gob.mx
No legal materials available.

Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fishing and Food (SAGARPA)
(Agricultura, Ganadería, Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y Alimentación)
http://ganaderia.sagarpa.gob.mx 
No legal materials available.

Communications and Transport (SCT)
(Comunicaciones y Transportes)
www.sct.gob.mx
Legal materials Y Marco Jurídico del Sector

Economy (SE)
(Economía)
www.economia.gob.mx
Inversión extranjera (Foreign Investment) Tratados (Free Trade Agreements)
No legal materials available.

Energy (SENER)
(Energía)
www.energia.gob.mx/wb/distribuidor.jsp?seccion=1 
Marco Jurídico (Legal Framework).
Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT)

(Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales)
www.directorio.gob.mx
For description of legal materials see supra.

Foreign Affairs (SRE)
(Relaciones Exteriores)
www.sre.gob.mx
Tratados (Collection of treaties entered into by Mexico).

Health (SSA)
(Salud)
www.directorio.gob.mx
No legal materials available.

Interior (SEGOB)
(Gobernación)
http://www.gobernacion.gob.mx/
Marco Jurídico (Legal Framework).

Labor and Social Welfare (STPS)
(Trabajo y Previsión Social)
www.directorio.gob.mx
Sistema de Información Jurídico Laboral (Labor Law Information System).

National Defense (SEDENA)
(Defensa Nacional)
www.sedena.gob.mx
Administración y Procuración de Justicia
No legal materials available.

Navy (SEMAR)
(Marina Armada de México)
www.semar.gob.mx/index.php 
No legal materials available.

Public Education (SEP)
(Educación Pública)
www.sep.gob.mx/wb2/ 
La Educación y sus Normas Jurídicas (Education and Its Legal Norms).

Public Function (SFP)
(Función Pública)
www.funcionpublica.gob.mx
Normateca (Collection of Administrative Norms and Rules by subject and key words).
In addition Comisión para la Transparencia y el Combate a la Corrupción (Commission for Transparency and Against Corruption).

Public Security and Justice Services (SPSJ)
(Seguridad Pública y Servicios de Justicia)
www.directorio.gob.mx
No legal materials available.

Social Development (SEDESOL)
(Desarrollo Social)
www.sedesol.gob.mx/index/main.htm
Mexicanos en el Exterior (Mexicans Abroad)
No legal materials available.

Tourism (SECTUR)
(Turismo)
www.turismo.gob.mx
Marco Jurídico y Normativo

Treasury and Public Credit (SHCP)
(Hacienda y Crédito Público)
www.directorio.gob.mx
Legislación (Tax legislation) Documentos (Tax forms and other documents)
In addition Investor Relations Office (English site created in 1995 "to enhance disclosure of economic data and develop an ongoing dialogue between investors and analysts with Mexican financial authorities.").

Attorney General's Office (PGR)
(Procuraduría General de la República)
This is not a Secretariat of State but an important component of Mexico's Federal Public Administration.
www.pgr.gob.mx
Marco Jurídico (Legal Framework)
In addition an English Site

This article (Electronic Guide to the Best Mexican Law Web Sites) was posted in early January 2004 in the electronic website LLRX (www.llrx.com) thanks to the generosity of Ms. Sabrina I. Pacifici.