Instructions to the Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) regarding submission SEM-20-001 loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta), which asserts that the Mexican environmental authorities are failing to effectively enforce pro

THE COUNCIL: CONSIDERING that the Submissions on Enforcement Matters (SEM) process and the preparation of factual records is now governed by Articles 24.27 and 24.28 of the United States-Mexico- Canada Agreement (USMCA) and the new Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (ECA) between the three countries, which superseded the North American Environmental Cooperation Agreement (NAAEC); AFFIRMING tha. [...] Article 4 (fifth paragraph) of the CPEUM, 182 (first paragraph), 202 (first paragraph) of the LGEEPA, and 45: Sections II, XI and XII of the RI SEMARNAT on the alleged failure to file complaints with the Federal Public Prosecutor (Fiscalía General de la República) for the death of specimens of the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) in the Gulf of Ulloa, Baja California Sur, for the period 2010 to. [...] Articles 5: Sections XIX, 161 and 171 of LGEEPA; 9: Section XXI, and 104 of LGVS; 45: Sections I, V a) and c), VI and X of RI SEMARNAT; with regard to the conduct of an average of 2 inspection and monitoring visits per year and the failure to impose administrative sanctions related to the loggerhead turtle in the Gulf of Ulloa, Baja California Sur, during the period 2010- July 2020; C. [...] Articles 60 (first paragraph) and 62 of the LGVS and 70: Sections I, III, IV and XIII of the RI SEMARNAT, regarding the promotion and development of conservation activities, their updating and evaluation, in the Gulf of Ulloa, Baja California Sur, during the period 2017 to 2019; D. [...] The Closed Season Agreement, the Turtle Refuge Agreement, and the Fish Refuge Agreement, with respect to the effectiveness of instruments to reduce by-catch and the alleged lack of mechanisms to review the measures implemented.