G/TBT/N/URY/86  
8 February  2024 
(24-1034) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member: URUGUAY  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles  3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Asesoría  de Política Comercial  (Trade Policy Advisory Office)  
Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas  (Ministry of Economy and Finance)  
Paraguay 1401 - 2º Piso  
Montevideo  
Tel.: +598 1712 - Ext. 4315/4319  
Email: apc.otc@mef.gub.uy  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above : 
Dirección Nacional de Energía (National Energy Directorate)  
Ministerio de Industria, Energía y Minería  (Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining)  
Rincón 719  
Montevideo  
Tel.: +598 2840 1234 - Ext. 8894  
Email: consultas.publicas@miem.gub.uy  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], 
other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading.  ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): This 
Regulation applies to motor vehicles of categories M and N equipped with electric power 
train with a maximum design speed exceeding 25  km/h, excluding those  permanently 
connected to the grid.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proyecto de 
Resolución del GMC Nº 09/23 - "Reglamento Técnico MERCOSUR sobre los Grupos 
Motopropulsores de Vehículos Eléctricos"  (Draft Common Market G roup (GMC) Resolution 
No. 09/23 - MERCOSUR Technical Regulation on power trains in electric vehicles) 
(4 page(s), in Spanish)  
6. Description of content: The notified draft MERCOSUR Technical Regulation seeks to 
establish minimum safety requirements that must be met by electric vehicles with regard 
to the electric power train, with a view to improving road safety in the MERCOSUR States 
Parties. Regulation No.  100 of the United Nations - Uniform provisions concerning the 
approval of vehicl es with regard to specific requirements for the electric power train, and 
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No.  305 of the United States were taken 
into consideration in the development of this draft Regulation.  G/TBT/N/URY/86  
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  7. Objective and rationale, inc luding the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:  
• Regulation No.  100 of the United Nations – Uniform provisions concernin g the 
approval of vehicles with regard to specific requirements for the electric power 
train 
• Federal Motor Vehicl e Safety Standard (FMVSS) No.  305 of the United States  
• Resolución GMC N° 60/19 - Reglamento Técnico MERCOSUR sobre Clasificación 
de Vehículos Automotores y Rem olques  
• Resolución GMC N° 30/21 - Guía para la elaboración de Reglamentos Técnicos 
MERCOSUR y Procedimientos MERCOSUR de Evaluación de la Conformidad  
G/TBT/N/URY/24 - GMC Resolution No.  60/19 - MERCOSUR Technical Regulation on the 
classification of motor vehicles and trailers  
9. Proposed date of adoption: To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force: To be determined; the provisions contained in the 
Regulation to be approved under this Resolution are expected to be mandatory for all 
vehicles manufactured or imported two years after the date set as the deadline for 
transposition of the Resolution into the legal system of the MERCOSUR States Parties.  
10. Final date for comments: 31 July 2024  
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if av ailable, of other body:  
The public consultation can be found at the following link: 
https://plataformaparticipacionciudadana .gub.uy/processes/rtm -grupos -
motopropulsores -vehiculos -electricos   
The full text of the notified text can be accessed directly at the following link: 
https://plata formaparticipacionciudadana.gub.uy/rails/active_storage/disk/eyJfcmFpbH
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https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/TBT/URY/24_01233_00_s.pdf