Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade - Notification - Uruguay - Domestic gas appliances, portable containers and their accessories for liquefied petroleum gas and natural gas - Addendum

NOTIFICATION

Addendum

The following submission, dated 17 August 2021, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of Uruguay.

 

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Title: Preliminary draft Regulation on the safety of domestic gas appliances, portable containers and their accessories for liquefied petroleum gas and natural gas

 

Reason for Addendum:

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Comment period changed - date:

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Notified measure adopted - date: 20 July 2021

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Notified measure published - date:

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Notified measure enters into force - date: 1 September 2021; Compliance with the notified Regulation will be mandatory six months following its entry into force, after which time it will not be possible to import or market in the country any domestic gas appliances, portable containers and their accessories that fail to comply with this Regulation.

Annex I and the regulations in Annex III are exempt from immediate compliance and will become mandatory twelve months after the entry into force of this Regulation.

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Text of final measure available from[1]:

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/URY/final_measure/21_5234_00_s.pdf

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/URY/final_measure/21_5234_01_s.pdf

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/URY/final_measure/21_5234_02_s.pdf

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/URY/final_measure/21_5234_03_s.pdf

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/URY/final_measure/21_5234_04_s.pdf

http://www.ursea.gub.uy

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Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:

Relevant symbol if measure re-notified:

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Content or scope of notified measure changed and text available from1:

New deadline for comments (if applicable):

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Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:

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Other:

 

Description: The preliminary draft Regulation notified in document G/TBT/N/URY/43 (of 28 September 2020) was adopted on 20 July 2021 with the title "Regulation on the safety of domestic gas appliances, portable containers and their accessories for liquefied petroleum gas and natural gas", with minor amendments having been incorporated following the public consultation period.

The notified Regulation will enter into force on 1 September 2021, as provided for in Section IV thereof.

The full text of the adopted measure and its annexes is available for consultation in the files attached to this addendum.

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[1] This information can be provided by including a website address, a PDF attachment, or other information on where the text of the final measure/change to the measure/interpretative guidance can be obtained.