...Volkswagen de Mexico (VWM) has carried out its activities in a responsible manner during the COVID-19 pandemic, taking into consideration –before any other condition- the health of our workforce.

Therefore, our company has observed all the relevant regulations issued by our Government during the sanitary emergency.

It is important to mention that, by means of the resolutions of the Mexican Federal Government published in the Official Gazette on May 14th and 15th, the Automotive Industry –among others- was declared as an essential industry. In said resolutions, the referred authority established that said industry could restart operations whenever the relevant companies could prove that they had submitted the statement of fulfilment of the sanitary protocols established by the authorities. Any automotive industry accomplishing those conditions would be authorized to restart activities on June 1st, 2020, even if the sanitary “traffic light” were marked as RED.

Notwithstanding that our company duly complied with the above mentioned requirements –and implemented many additional sanitary measures- before the end of May, VWM decided to delay its ramp up until June 16th, taking into consideration both the arguments and resolutions established by our local/State Government as well as the commitments agreed with them, including an intensive training program during the last two weeks of June, which were key to implement and carry out the strict sanitary measures which were taken up from VW operations across the world...