G/TBT/N/URY/87  
15 April 2024 
(24-3125) 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  
Tel. (+598) 1712 - Ext. 4315/4319  
Email: apc.otc@mef.gub.uy  
Montevideo  
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 Industrias  (National Directorate of Industry)  
Ministerio de Industria, Energía y Minería  (Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining)  
Mercedes 1041 - 1º Piso  
Tel. (+598) 2840 1234 - Ext. 2103/2135  
Email: consultas.publicas@miem.gub.uy  
Montevideo  
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) : Hydrogen 
and fuel  cell vehicles  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico MERCOSUR sobre Vehículos a Hidrógeno y Celdas de Combustible  
(Draft MERCOSUR Technical Regulation on hydrogen and fuel cell vehicles) (4 page s, in 
Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft seeks to establish a MERCOSUR Technical 
Regulation on hydrogen and fuel cell vehicles, to be applied to locally manufactured or 
imported vehicles circulating in MERCOSUR member States, with a view to ensuring the 
safety of their compressed hydrogen storage systems and the specific components of 
these systems , and to improve  road safety.  
The draft builds on UNECE Regulation No. 134 - Uniform provisions concerning the 
approval of motor vehicles and their components with regard to the safety -related 
performance of hydrogen -fuelled vehicles, annexed to the 1958 W P.29 Agreement.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of human health or safety  G/TBT/N/URY/87  
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  8. Relevant documents:  
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force : To be determined ; the provisions contained in the 
draft Regulation are expected to be mandatory for all vehicles manufactured or imported 
two years after the date set as the deadline for the transposition of the Regulation into 
the legal system s of MERCOSUR memb er States.  
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 Regulation is attached to this notification.  
https://pl ataformaparticipacionciudadana.gub.uy/processes  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/TBT/URY/24_02621_00_s.pdf