G/SPS/N/URY/61  
16 August  2021 
(21-6243) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member : URUGUAY  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible : Ministerio de Ganadería, Agricultura y Pesca  (Ministry of Livestock, 
Agriculture and Fisheries)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO ; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable) : Paraquat dichloride  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document : Proyecto de Resolución Restricción al uso de Productos 
Fitosanitarios que contengan el ingrediente activo Dicloruro de Paraquat  (Draft Resolution 
restricting the use of phytosanitary products containing the active ingredient paraquat 
dichloride) Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 2 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/URY/21_5218_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The notified text prohibits the use of paraquat dichloride as a 
desiccant herbicide on crops, with the exception of potatoes ( Solanum tuberosum  L.), 
sugar cane ( Saccharum officinarum  L.) and forage legume seedbeds.  
7. Objective and rationale : [X] food safety , [ ] animal health , [ ] plant protection , [ ] 
protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international standard ? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : 
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : 
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. I SPM No.) : 
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  G/SPS/N/URY/61  
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  10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined  
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : To be determined  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 15 October 2 021 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address (if 
available) of other body:  
Unidad de Asuntos Internacionales  (International Affairs Unit)  
Ministerio de Ganadería, Agricultura y Pesca  
Constituyente 1476, tercer piso  
Montevideo, Uruguay  
Tel.: (+598) 2412 6358  
Fax: (+598) 2410 7205  
Email : uai@mgap.gub.uy  
13. Text(s) available from : [X] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Dirección General de Servicios Agrícolas  (Directorate -General of Agricultural Services)  
Ministerio de Ganadería, Agricultura y Pesca  
Montevideo, Uruguay  
Tel.: (+598) 2309 8410, Ext. 216  
Email : dgssaa.direccion@mgap.gub .uy