G/SPS/N/URY/52  
8 April 2019 
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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) : Veterinary products containing  colistin in their composition  
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 : Decreto Poder Ejecutivo  (Executive Decree) 
Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 2 
Text available at:  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/URY/19_2001_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The notified Executive Decree prohibits the import, export, 
manufacture, sale, use, possession and marketing of veterinary products containing 
colistin in their composition, either alone or combined with other chemical products, in 
the raw materia l state, finished products or products incorporated in animal feed.  
7. Objective and rationale : [ ] food safety , [X] animal health , [ ] plant protection, 
[X] 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) : 
[X] World Organisation for An imal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : Terrestrial Animal Health Code, 
Chapter 6.8 : Harmonisation of national antimicrobial resistance surveillance and 
monitoring programmes  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention ( e.g. I SPM No. ): 
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/URY/52  
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  9. Other relevant documents and  language(s) in which these are available:   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 22 March 2 019 
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): 60 days from the date of publication  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments : [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/o r (dd/mm/yy ): 7 June 2 019 
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  (Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and 
Fisheries)  
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 No tification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Dirección General de Servicios Ganaderos , (Directorate -General of Livestock Services)  
Ministerio de Ganadería, Agricultura y Pesca  (Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and 
Fisheries)  
Ruta Nacional N° 8, km 17.100  
Montevideo, Uruguay  
Tel.: (+598) 2220 4000, Ext. 150104  
Fax: (+598) 2220 4000, Ext. 150801  
Email : digesega@mgap.gub.uy   
Text avail able from: 
https://medios.presidencia.gub.uy/legal/2019/decretos/03/mgap_45.pdf