The amendments to the Internal Regulations of the Ministry of Economy have their basis in the structural reforms in energy, in order to strengthen and make an effective and competitive framework for the Ministry in terms of the provisions established by the Hydrocarbons Law and Electric Industry Law. The abovementioned led to the need of adapting and extending the attributions of the specialized unit that will be in charge of monitoring strategies for industrial development of local supply chains in the hydrocarbon industry, to define the methodology for measuring local content in allocations and contracts of exploration and extraction, and verify the compliance with the goals of local content, attributions in monitoring strategies and local content, that will be also exercised in terms of the provisions of the Electric Industry Law. For that purpose, the attributions of the administrative units are being reorganized in order to be assisted in the exercise as a result of the incorporation of the General Directions of Processes and Support Programs; and Promotion of Investment in the Energy Sector.