The governments of Mexico, United States and Canada are working together to establish the criteria, guidelines, protocols and conditions which shall be observed for allowing the reopening of the automotive industry in North America.
Today, a Decree was published in the Federal Official Gazette (DOF, by its acronym in Spanish), indicating that the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property will extend the suspension of activities until May 30th, 2020, to resume activities on June 1st, 2020.
On April 21st, 2020, the “Executive order amending the similar order establishing extraordinary actions to address the health emergency” was published, in which, derived from the technical analysis carried out by the Scientific Advisory Group to respond to the emergency and after the approval of the General Health Council, it is ordered that the suspension of non-essential activities, previously decreed, must continue until May 30th, 2020, however, the municipalities that present low or no transmission of COVID-19 may stop implementing such measures from May 18th, 2020.
Data related to the present or future health status of an identified or identifiable person is considered under the Mexican Federal Law for the Protection of Personal Data Held by Private Parties (Ley Federal de Protección de Datos Personales en Posesión de los Particulares) as sensitive personal data.
Today, a Decree was published in the Federal Official Gazette (DOF, for its acronym in Spanish), indicating that the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property will extend the suspension of activities until April 30th, 2020, to resume activities on May 4th, 2020.
The Technical Board of the Mexican Institute of Social Welfare (“IMSS” for its acronym in Spanish), published a notice whereby the legal and administrative resources in place are made known in order for the IMSS to facilitate payment of employee-employer fees.
Since the "Agreement establishing extraordinary actions to attend the health emergency generated by the SARS-CoV2 virus", published in the Federal Official Gazette on March 31st, 2020, which orders the suspension of non-essential activities, The Ministry of Labor and Social Security in coordination with the Ministry of Health, is carrying out activities to verify the compliance of the sanitary measures it ordered.
Attending to the Regulation of the Foreign Investment Law and the National Registry of Foreign Investment, these are the costs of obligations and registrations before the National Registry of Foreign Investments.
On March 26th, a Decree was published in the Federal Official Gazette indicating that, due to the fact that on March 23rd of this year, the General Health Council recognized the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus as an epidemic in Mexico, the Ministry of Economics will suspend, due to force majeure, all the procedures, resources and terms followed before the Ministry of Economics, from March 26th to April 19th, 2020.
Procedures before the National Registry of Foreign Investment (“RNIE” for its acronym in Spanish), the statutory limits and timeframes will be borne normally.
Due to the sanitary emergency caused by the COVID-19 epidemic, the Federal Economic Competition Commission (“COFECE” for its acronym in Spanish), expressing its awareness of its effects on the markets, in order to support that the supply chains are not interrupted, or the artificial restriction of output or price hikes of goods or services, on March 27 and 30 it published two communications.
