THE UNITED MEXICAN STATES AND THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA, hereinafter referred to as “Contracting Parties”; 

DESIRING to create favourable conditions for greater economic co-operation between the Contracting Parties; 

RECOGNIZING that the promotion and protection of investments may strengthen the readiness for such investments and hereby make an important contribution to the development of economic relations; 

CONSIDERING that a bilateral agreement is aimed at granting and assuring equal treatment of investors of both Contracting Parties in accordance with the principles of international reciprocity; 

HAVING IN MIND that the entry and the expansion of investments in their territory by investors of the other Contracting Party are subject to relevant instruments of the OECD in the field of international investments; 

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS: