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What is the difference
between a Law, a Regulation, a NOM, and a NMX?
The Mexican
Constitution of 1917
(La Constitución Política de 1917)
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The Mexican
Constitution of 1917, written after the Mexican
Revolution. It addresses in detail some of the
fundamental causes of that Revolution. Article 123,
which defines the Federal Labor law, and Article 27,
which defines Agrarian reform and created the ejido
system, State ownership of natural resources, etc.
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Laws
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Laws are based
directly on the Constitution; all Mexican laws
receive their authority from the Constitution. Some
Laws like the Labor law are defined in great detail
in the Constitution. Laws define and assign
authority and responsibility for enforcement.
Laws begin as
initiatives from State or Federal Diputados, or
Senators, or from the Executive branch.
They are approved
by Congress and signed by the President. Each law
designates which Secretary (cabinet branch) is
responsible for oversight. |
Regulations
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Regulations define the
Laws, Regulations are created by the Secretaries,
the President's cabinet and detail the procedures,
processes, etc. for compliance. |
Standards
(Norma Oficial Mexicana, NOM's)
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NOM's have the force
of law. Most laws have several, some many. They
detail the form, format, documentation that must be
maintained for laws and regulations; they also
detail fines and sanctions.
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What the
different parts of the code for NOM's
stand for |
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NOM |
STPS |
018 |
2000 |
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Norma
Oficial Mexicana |
abbreviation for the Government
Secretariat that it falls under. |
number of
the NOM |
Year it
went took effect |
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NMX
(Normas Mexicanas)
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NMX's
are voluntary standards and serve usually as
reference guides, they are obligatory when they are
referred to in a NOM as obligatory for the
compliance of that NOM. |
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