WTO notification · TBT
UruguayProposed measure, may since have been adopted
Draft GMC Resolution No. 05/25 - MERCOSUR Technical Regulation on Nutritional Labeling of Packaged Foods (Repeal of GMC Resolutions No. 44/03, 46/03, 48/06 and 40/11)
Proyecto de Resolución GMC Nº 05/25 - Reglamento Técnico MERCOSUR sobre Rotulado Nutricional de Alimentos Envasados (Derogación de las Resoluciones GMC N° 44/03, 46/03, 48/06 y 40/11)
Uruguay notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 23 October 2025. The comment period closed on 21 January 2026.
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Published here:
Packaged foods (see Annex - 1. Scope of Application)
Alimentos envasados (ver Anexo - 1. Ámbito de Aplicación)
The comment period closed on 21 January 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/URY/108; it can take them up with Uruguay.
Find your country's enquiry point on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)It is proposed to approve a new MERCOSUR Technical Regulation on nutritional labeling of packaged foods, which updates and replaces previous standards, defining which nutritional information shall be mandatorily declared, under what formats and legibility criteria, in which cases the declaration is voluntary or exempted, how values shall be calculated and expressed, and what adaptation periods the different types of products and operators shall have before their mandatory incorporation in the Member States.
Se propone aprobar un nuevo Reglamento Técnico MERCOSUR sobre rotulado nutricional de alimentos envasados, que actualiza y sustituye normas previas, definiendo qué información nutricional debe declararse obligatoriamente, bajo qué formatos y criterios de legibilidad, en qué casos la declaración es voluntaria o exceptuada, cómo deben calcularse y expresarse los valores, y qué plazos de adecuación tendrán los distintos tipos de productos y operadores antes de su incorporación obligatoria en los Estados Parte.
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WTO notificationTBTProposed measure, not in force yetNew
Uruguay notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 12 August 2026. The comment period closed on 11 October 2026.
Symbol: G/TBT/N/URY/114Comment period closed
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Uruguay notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 12 August 2026. The comment period closed on 11 October 2026.
Symbol: G/TBT/N/URY/113Comment period closed
WTO notificationTBTProposed measure, not in force yetNew
Uruguay notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 16 June 2026. The comment period closed on 15 August 2026.
Symbol: G/TBT/N/URY/112Comment period closed
WTO notificationSPSUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in forceEmergencyNew
Uruguay issued an addendum on 8 May 2026 to the earlier SPS notification G/SPS/N/URY/106. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 27 February…
Symbol: G/SPS/N/URY/106/Add.1
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