G/TBT/N/URY/72  
26 January  2023 
(23-0639) 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 Calidad y Ev aluación Ambiental  (National Directorate for 
Environmental Quality and Assessment)  
Ministerio de Medio Ambiente  (Ministry of the Environment)  
Plaza Independencia 710, Piso 6, Torre Ejecutiva  
Montevideo  
Tel.: (+598) 2900 6136, Ext. 4319  
email: electronicos@ambiente.gub.uy  
silvana.martinez@ambiente.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) : Electrical 
and electronic equipment, and waste electrical and electronic equipment.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Reglamento para la Gestión Integral de Residuos de Aparatos Eléctricos y Electrónicos 
(RAEE)  (Draft regulations for the comprehensive management of waste electrical and 
electronic equipm ent (WEEE)) ; (32 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft regulations seek to protect the environment 
and health from adverse effects arising from the generation and management of waste 
electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) . The draft establishes the framework 
necessary to promote a decrease in the generation of such waste, and making use of it 
rather than disposing of it definitively,  through a circular economy approach . The 
proposed conceptual management model applie s, on the one hand, the principle of 
extended responsibility to the importer and/or manufacturer of electrical and electronic 
equipment, the characteristics or design of which mean that it can be used by households, 
businesses, industry or other productive  economic activities . On the other hand, the G/TBT/N/URY/72  
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  "polluter pays" principle applies to electrical and electronic equipment designed for 
specialized applications in productive economic activities.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent probl ems where 
applicable : Protection of human health or safety ; Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:  
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9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force : To be determined  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
The text of the draft decree is attached to this notification.  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/URY/23_0693_00_s.pdf