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Notifying Member: URUGUAY

If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):

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Agency responsible:

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:

Asesoría de Política Comercial (Trade Policy Advisory Office)

Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas (Ministry of the Economy and Finance)

Colonia 1206 - 2º Piso - Montevideo

apc.otc@mef.gub.uy

(+598) 1712 4319

(+598) 1712 4315

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Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ ], 2.10.1 [X], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:

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Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): All wine products

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Análisis de Productos Importados - Resolución del Directorio de INAVI de fecha 14 de febrero de 2019 (Analysis of Imported Products - Resolution of the Board of the National Grape-Growing and Wine Production Institute (INAVI) of 14 February 2019) (3 pages, in Spanish)

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Description of content: Implementation of the requirement that, as part of the import procedure, a certificate be submitted for all wine products attesting that the shipment contains no percentage of exogenous water.

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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: The presence of exogenous water in wine is illegal, as it violates Articles 2, 3, 4 and 5 of Law No. 2856 of 17 July 1903.

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Relevant documents:

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Proposed date of adoption: 1 March 2019

Proposed date of entry into force: 1 May 2019

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Final date for comments: 30 days from the date of notification

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Texts available from: National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:

http://www.inavi.com.uy/