OECD - Regulatory Governance of the Rail Sector in Mexico

The current report was led by Manuel Flores Romero, Co-ordinator of the OECD programme on regulatory policy in Latin America of the OECD Regulatory Policy Division; and by Stephen Perkins, Head of Research and Policy of the International Transport Forum (ITF). The report was co-ordinated under the leadership of Nick Malyshev, Head of the Regulatory Policy Division and Marcos Bonturi, Director of Public Governance. The team received invaluable comments by the peer reviewer , Mr. Russell Pittman from the Department of Justice of the United States. The main authors are Stephen Perkins from the ITF, Andres Blancas, Gloriana Madrigal, Erik Perez and Manuel Flores Romero from the OECD Regulatory Policy Division. Significant contributions were received from Andrea Uhrhammer, Klas Klaas, and Marcos Bonturi. Claudia Paupe and Anna Kanjovski lent administrative and organisation support. Jennifer Stein co-ordinated the editorial process.

The review is based on information collected through a questionnaire in June 2018. The review team also held meetings in Mexico City in July and October 2018, with a wide range of stakeholders, including government officials from several ministries and government agencies, representatives from the academia and business community, and experts in regulatory and rail topics.

A draft of the key findings of the review was discussed in a lunchtime session with transport regulators at the OECD Network of Economic Regulators in April 2019. Thanks are extended to all members for their input and comments.

The OECD thanks the Ministry of Communications and Transport and the Regulatory Agency of Rail Transport (ARTF), in particular Mr. Alejandro Alvarez, Head of the ARFT and Gabriela Ignacio, Director of Internal Projects.

The OECD also thanks Mr. Benjamn Aleman, former Head of the ARTF and his team: Francisco Vargas, Oscar Cortes, and Estanislao Sandoval. Special thanks to Yuriria Mascott, former Deputy Minister of Transport.

Valuable information was provided by the teams of Regulated Markets, the Investigative Authority and the Legal Affairs Unit of the Federal Commission of Economic Competition (COFECE). The OECD thanks specially Octavio Gutierrez, Andrea Gamboa, Andrea Latapie and Myrna Mustieles for their comments and useful insights.

The comments and experience from stakeholders of the private sector represented a useful input for this review. The OECD appreciates the participation of Francisco Fabila and Edgar Aguileta from Kansas City Southern Mexico; Carlos Median and Jose Luis Perez form the Isthmus of Tehuantepec Rail; Francisco Jurado and Lourdes Aranda from Ferromex; Erich Wetzel from FERROVALLE and Carlos Anaya form the Sub-urban Rail.

The OECD recognises the insights offered by Mr. Carlos Mier y Tern and Roberto Vargas Molina from Mexicos National Bank for Public Services and Construction (Banobras). In addition, the OECD thanks Mr. Guillermo Lecona from the Ministry of Finance (SHCP) for his useful comments.

The OECD also thanks Francisco Kim and Leonardo Gomez from Mexicos National Association of Private Transportation (ANTP); Iker Casillas from the Mexican Rail Association (AMF); Roberto Aguerrebere and Carmen Martinez from then Mexican Institute of Transport (IMT).

Finally, the OECD thanks Fernando Bueno, Jose Valente, Fatima Guzman, Eduardo Bravo and Jessica Chaparro from the Ministry of Transport and Communications. Also, comments were received from Victor Silva, Sandra Hernndez and Jorge Hernndez from the General Direction of Rail and Multimodal Rail Transport.