A draft law was recently presented before the Legislature under file N.º 21.941 that adds a transitory amendment to article 148 bis of the Labor Code to reschedule the enjoyment of all holidays to Fridays during the years 2020 and 2021, to promote internal tourism given the consequences of COVID-19. ¿How would this work? Any holiday that falls…
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Costa Rica Status of Trademark Office (TMO) 50% reduction in personnel without a defined date to return to 100% operational. Suspension of calculation of legal terms No. Emergency measures decreed by the Government and other considerations Only vehicle restriction from 7pm to 5am. Guatemala Status of Trademark Office (TMO) The full operation of the Trademark…
As a rule, our Constitution requires administrative contracts to be managed through public tender or bidding. Public bidding is a transparent and competitive process that compels the Administration to widely advertise purchases of goods and services and promote healthy competition among interested companies. This is how the government ensures that contracts are awarded to the…
Traditionally, when an administrative contract is entered into, the contractor is guaranteed to obtain the economic benefit projected in its proposal, so that when this benefit is altered for reasons that are attributable to the Public Administration, or for reasons not attributable to it, but which are nevertheless subsequent, the contractor has the right and…
The Legislative Assembly, in session of April 30, 2020, approved the Special Transitory Law to facilitate the filing and payment of income tax, paymen on account of Income Tax and other formal obligations, in the framework of the emergency by COVID-19. This law seeks to reduce the economic consequences and minimize the negative impact on…
Meeting the delivery deadline agreed upon in an administrative contract may be significantly complicated by the pandemic that we are currently experiencing. Since this situation was not caused by the government, it is not in their hands to amend or correct the contract. In addition, complying with the term of execution of the contractual object is…
The Costa Rica´s General Directorate of Customs issued the statement DGA-010-2020, which expands the list of products for surgical use that have export and re-export restrictions, which they had initially established through directive DGA-003-2020. The products added are as follows: Mono-glasses: Mono-glasses with indirect ventilation, transparent lens, foam covered frame and adjustable headband. Ergonomic and panoramic…
On Monday, April 6, 2020, the Guatemalan Migration Institute -IGM- in compliance with the presidential provisions, in relation to the state of calamity, issued a statement on its official page which contains special provisions to protect foreigners with the quality of tourists so that they can remain in Guatemala for the duration of the decreed state of…
On April 1, 2020, the Costa Rican Health Ministry executed the directive DM-RM-0838-2020, related to the Administrative Regulations pertaining Registration, Renovation and Post-Registration Changes of Products of Sanitary Interest on the governmental platform “Registrelo”. These are some of the regulations issued in said directive: The validity of the registers of products of sanitary interest is…
The new legislation that authorizes companies to reduce working hours by up to 75% due to the health emergency of COVID-19 pandemic for Costa Rican society, must include gender equality and equity in its application. It is established that when the gross income of companies is reduced by 20% or more due to the emergency,…