RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TRIMS/N/1/URY/1
10April 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-0874)
Original: Spanish Committee onTrade-Related Investment Measures
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 5.1OFTHE AGREEMENT
ONTRADE-RELATED INVESTMENT MEASURES
Uruguay
Thefollowing communication, dated 31March 1995, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofUruguay.
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ThePermanent Mission ofUruguay inGeneva presents itscompliments totheSecretariat of
theWorld Trade Organization andwishes hereby tonotify, under Article 5.1oftheAgreement on
Trade-Related Investment Measures (TRIMs), thedecrees inforce inUruguay containing measures
relating tothemotor-vehicle sector.
CopiesofthecorrespondingExecutivedecreescontainingtheregulationsinquestionareattached
hereto.*
Themeasure applicable totheautomotive sector consists intheprovision thatforeachUSdollar
ofvehicles orauto-parts ofnational origin exported oneUSdollar ofvehicles assembled atorigin may
beimported withapreference ofa10-point reduction inthetariff. Thisisanoptional advantage.
There isnoobligation toexport inorder tobeabletoimport, andanyperson orfirmmaycarry out
animport operation bypaying thetariff inforce. The10-point reduction inthetariff isabenefit that
replaces ataxdrawback andfurthermore istransferable. Thismeans thatitisapplied totheimport
ofvehicles ofanymake without anyobligation thattheycorrespond tothemake exported.
Thedulycompletedmodelformatcontainingthedescriptionofthemeasureandotherinformation
willbetransmitted asrapidly aspossible.
*CopiesofthesedocumentsareavailableintheSecretariatforinspectionbyinteresteddelegations(Intellectual
Property andInvestment Division).