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In order to pursue an amparo the means of defense established in the administrativelaws must first be exhausted (although in exceptional circumstances an affected partymay be permitted to immediately resort to the amparo proceeding).Finally, it is important to mention that when reference is made to administrative actsthe following are included: regulations, decrees, rulings, official Mexican standards, circularsand forms, guidelines, methodologies, official notices, directives, rules, manuals,provisions whose purpose is to establish specific obligations when competitive conditionsdo not exist, and any other acts analogous to the above issued by the agencies ofthe federal public administration. Such acts must be published in the Official FederalGazette to take full force and effect in Mexico.The judgment that is issued in an amparo proceeding has effects on the specific caseand is not erga omnes, and therefore the judgment issued in a particular proceeding onlybenefits the person that filed it and not other persons that could be affected by the actof authority and that have not filed an amparo action. Generally the amparo judgment isissued within a period of six months to one year from the initiation of the proceeding.4. Other Administrative Bodies and CourtsAs indicated at the beginning of this chapter, there are certain highly specialized administrativebodies and courts that regulate specific economic activities. Thus, as an exceptionto the principle of the division of powers, in Mexico there are certain cases in whichthe public administration carries out judicial functions for specific areas, among whichMexican Law contemplates the following: (i) labor courts known as Conciliation andArbitration Boards, (ii) agrarian courts, (iii) National Banking and Securities Commission,(iv) National Insurance and Bond Commission, (v) Federal Consumer ProtectionAgency, (vi) certain administrative appeals in the area of water and intellectual propertyin which, due to the necessity of involving any possible affected third parties, the proceedingbecomes a legal action among private parties and the administrative act thatresolves it contains a decision in favor of one of them, (vii) arbitration in the area oftelecommunications, (viii) National Medical Arbitration Commission, and (ix) FederalEconomic Competition Commission.307Administrative Litigation5. Legal or Governmental ArbitrationThere are laws in various domestic arenas, in labor, banking, insurance and finance,that make reference to the possibility of resorting to arbitration resolved before the stateagency itself. These arbitrations are sui generis because, in spite of the fact that it is aState body resolving them, they can only be initiated and be binding if the partiesinvolved agree that the state body resolve the dispute. Thus the authority of the state