URY/60
WTO/TBT
UY Uruguay
  • 43 - Véhicules routiers
2022-05-16
2022-03-25

Vehicles and others

Decreto N° 135/021 del Poder Ejecutivo - Reglamento de Calidad del Aire (Executive Decree No. 135/021 - Air Quality Regulations) (15 pages, in Spanish)

The notified regulations are intended to protect the environment by preventing air pollution, establishing air quality goals to reduce risks to human health and ecosystems, and setting maximum limits for emissions for both stationary and mobile sources.

Article 42 establishes a ban on imports of motor vehicles that do not meet or are not approved for compliance with the emissions standards for moving sources, as set out in these regulations, to begin two years from the date of publication of the Decree. The placing on the market of zero km-motor vehicles that do not fulfil these requirements shall also be prohibited at the same time.