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The Oriental Republic of Uruguay is located in south-eastern South America on the east bank of the Uruguay River and the Rio de la Plata, bordered by Brazil to the north, Argentina to the west and the Atlantic Ocean to the south-east. It covers 176,200 km², is divided into 19 departments, and its capital is Montevideo.
Under Article 70 of Law No. 17,296 of 21 February 2001, URSEC (Unidad Reguladora de Servicios de Comunicaciones) was established as a direct agency of the Uruguayan government responsible for radio and telecommunications regulation. The 2003 radio spectrum regulations also explicitly require radio transmitting equipment to comply with technical specifications to ensure the normal use of the radio spectrum.
URSEC applications are submitted through Uruguay's single trade platform VUCE. Brand owners submit technical documentation and corresponding test reports for the radio equipment; after review URSEC issues the URSEC certificate and VUCE transmits the information to the Uruguayan National Customs Directorate for entry. Certificate numbers issued by customs begin with the prefix VU followed by the date, a hyphen and six digits.
