Venezuela has only partially appended the World Trade Organization (WTO) Telecom Reference Paper to its schedule of commitments.

Venezuela is not a signatory of the 1996 World Trade Organization (WTO) Information Technology Agreement (ITA) nor the 2015 expansion (ITA II).

Art. 11 of Decree No. 1399 establishes that the President can mandate temporary changes in the bidding process under exceptional circumstances in accordance with economic development plans that promote national development or provide preferences to domestic goods and suppliers. It is reported that these measures include reserving procurement for nationals, although there is no further information on how this reservation would be implemented.

Decree No. 356/014 sets some rules regarding the de minimis threshold, which is the minimum value of goods below which customs do not charge duties. According to Arts. 3-4 of the Decree, the de minimis threshold for purchases made by non-express mail is USD 50, while for purchases made by express mail, it is USD 200. Moreover, the de minimis applies under certain conditions: only up to 3 purchases per year, for non-commercial purposes, by a natural person of legal age with a valid Uruguayan identity card, and when the gross weight of the items does not exceed 20 kilograms.

In accordance with Art. 9 of the Technical Instructions: Registration of Names under the ".UY" Domain, the applicant for a domain name registration must communicate the registered address of the holder(s) and the address in Uruguay for contractual and extra-contractual purposes of these instructions.

The Consumer Relations and Consumer Defence Law provides a comprehensive consumer protection framework that applies to online transactions. The law covers competition, product and user safety, environmental concerns, and financial regulations.

Uruguay has not signed the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts.

Uruguay has not adopted national legislation based on or influenced by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on Electronic Commerce.

Uruguay has not adopted national legislation based on or influenced by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on Electronic Signatures.

Art. 12 of the Regulation approved by Decree No. 292/024, requires prior authorisation from the Ministry of Environment for the importation of used general-use electrical and electronic equipment and used components intended for reuse, commercialisation, repair or reconditioning. The Regulation defines the covered equipment functionally rather than by HS code, and the Ministry’s implementing classification includes monitors, screens and small information-technology and telecommunications equipment.

It is reported that self-declaration of conformity (SDoC) is not allowed for foreign companies for any radio transmitting devices, such as cellular exchanges, radio alarm devices, wireless remote controls, wireless microphones, cellular phones, cordless phones, radio communications transceiver equipment, wireless network cards, wifi/bluetooth transmitter devices, drone transceivers, among others. The approvals in Uruguay are regulated by the Regulatory Unit of Communications Service (URSEC). The approvals, once obtained, are valid for 15 years. Typically, approvals can be obtained in less than 10 weeks without in-country testing.

Uruguay has not appended the WTO Telecom Reference Paper to its schedule of commitments.

It is reported that the Communications Services Regulatory Unit (URSEC), the executive authority for the supervision and administration of services in the telecommunications sector, is independent from the government in the decision-making process. In accordance with national legislation (Law 17.296), the URSEC has been established as a decentralised and autonomous public entity.