COVID-19

Dear Clients and Friends, Today, the Ministry of Communications and Transport published a clarification on what is considered as an essential activity within its sphere of competence: A.      In the area of Infrastructure: (i) The conservation of toll free federal roads; (ii) The Program for the Conservation and Rehabilitation of Rural Roads and Feeder…

Dear friends, according to recent news which have been shared across diverse social networks, Federal Courts allegedly issued a constitutional ruling compelling the Federal Executive Branch to remit certain taxes, as a result of the current epidemic related to COVID-19. We therefore recognize the importance of providing accurate information in connection with the situation referred…

Dear Clients and Friends, Today, April 6, 2020, the Ministry of Health published in the Federal Official Gazette the technical guidelines related to activities described in subparagraphs c) and e), second paragraph of the first Section of the accord published on March 31. These are the core points: – Activities whose suspension may have irreversible…

Estimados Clientes y Amigos: El día de hoy 6 de abril de 2020, la Secretaria de Salud publicó en el Diario Oficial de la Federación, los lineamientos técnicos relacionados con las actividades descritas en los incisos c) y e) de la fracción II del artículo primero, del decreto publicado el 31 de marzo. Estos son…

Dear Clients and Friends, On March 25, 2020, the National Banking and Securities Commission (“CNBV”) jointly with the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (“SHCP”), reported that, in order to mitigate the economic effects derived from the contingency due to the SARS-CoV2 virus (COVID-19), the CNBV has issued certain special and temporary accounting criteria applicable…

Dear Clients and Friends, Today, on March 31st, the Accord establishing extraordinary actions to address the health emergency arising from the Covid-19 virus was published in the evening edition of the Official Gazette of the Federation. As an extraordinary measure, the immediate suspension of non-essential activities from March 30th to April 30th, 2020 is established…

Dear Clients and Friends, We inform you that the Technical Council of the Mexican Institute of Social Security (“IMSS”, for its acronym in Spanish) approved the online contingency disability process of COVID-19. Under this new process, the person with symptoms of the disease must complete a screening questionnaire on the website of such Institute to…

Dear Clients and Friends, Yesterday, March 30, the General Health Council issued an Agreement declaring a health emergency due to force majeure of the epidemic generated by the SARS-CoV2 virus (COVID-19) (“Agreement”), published in the afternoon edition of the Official Gazette of the Federation. The Agreement will be in force until April 30th and establishes that…