In this ever-changing environment, the Mexican government issued
an additional executive order (the "Executive Order") on
Friday, May 29, 2020, setting forth the country's strategy and
specific technical guidelines to resume economic activities in a
safe, responsible and staggered manner.
According to the Executive Order, those companies recently
qualified as essential (i.e., automotive, construction and mining)
that obtained authorization of their health and safety measures
from the Mexican Government will be able to resume their operations
by June 1, 2020, with no further formalities.
Most importantly, companies that have not obtained the
aforementioned authorization will need to file an online
self-assessment at the platform
made available by the government for such purpose. The filing of
the self-assessment is mandatory for those companies that perform
essential activities and optional for those performing
non-essential activities. This online
