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foreign company that must issue invoices and carry out the other acts resultingfrom its commercial relationship with clients in Mexico. The non–income earningrepresentative office is not authorized to represent the foreign company legally incommercial acts or to assume legal obligations in its name. The non–income earningrepresentative office is only an intermediary between the foreigner and theMexican client, and its activities may not earn any income. The foreign companymust provide its non–income earning representative office with the necessaryresources to carry out its purpose, including the payment of the rent for the officeand administrative and personnel expenses.1.3. National Foreign Investment RegistryThe National Foreign Investment Registry (Registro Nacional de Inversiones Extranjeras,RNIE) is an agency of the SE and a source of statistics and figures on the flows of foreigninvestment in Mexico and the economic sectors and regions in which it is located.By law, the following persons and entities are required to be registered in the RNIE:a) Mexican companies having foreign investments (including Mexicans havinganother nationality and residing outside of Mexico), neutral investments, or both,either directly or through a trust;b) Foreign individuals or entities (including Mexicans having another nationalityand residing outside of Mexico) that routinely engage in business activities inMexico;c) Trusts over stock or ownership interests, real estate, or neutral investments, grantingrights in favor of foreign investment (including Mexicans having anothernationality and residing outside of Mexico).41Foreign Investment RegulationMexican companies and foreign individuals or entities registered in the RNIE mustcomply with the following obligations in relation to such Registry:1.3.1. Annual renewal. Economic-financial reportMexican companies and foreign individuals or entities registered in the RNIE must renewtheir registration annually by filing an annual economic-financial report.The time limit for filing the annual economic-financial report depends on the letterwith which the name of the person or entity filing the report begins:• From A to D: during April of each year;• From E to J: during May of each year;• From K to P: during June of each year;• From Q to Z: during July of each year.