The State reserves itself the provision of national and international passenger services (both regularly scheduled and non-regularly scheduled), but grants concessions and permits to private enterprises. Only Uruguayan nationals or enterprises may be granted such concessions and permits for regular passenger transport. Uruguayan enterprises are those (i) managed, (ii) controlled, and (iii) in which more than 50% of the capital is owned by Uruguayan nationals domiciled in Uruguay.
Additionally, by virtue of the International Road Transportation Agreement signed by Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay, only enterprises with more than 50% of their share capital owned and effectively controlled by Uruguayan nationals may provide international passenger transport.
"Article 5.1.- National companies, individuals or legal entities may only manage authorizations for regular collective passenger transport services by road. Those in which the management, effective control of the company and more than half of the share capital belong to natural or legal citizens with real domicile in the country will be considered as such.[...]" (Decree approving regulation for the exploitation of regular services of transportation of people by road (No. 285/006 of 22/08/2006), Article 5.1 of Annex [google translation])
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""CHAPTER I - General provisions
Article 2.- The international transport of passengers or cargo may only be carried out by authorized companies, under the terms of this Agreement and its Annexes.
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CHAPTER II - International road transport
Article 20.- In order to establish international road transport services and their modalities, a prior agreement must be entered into between the signatory countries. These will grant the corresponding permits in order to make reciprocity effective, independently between passenger and cargo companies.
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Article 22.-
1. The signatory countries will only grant original permits to companies incorporated in accordance with their own legislation and with real domicile in their territory. [...]
3. More than half of the capital stock and effective control of the company will be in the hands of natural or naturalized citizens of the signatory country that grants the original permit.[...]" (Resolution approving the International Road Transportation Agreement signed by Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay (MTOP S/N of 10/05/1991), Articles 2, 20 and 22 of Annexed text of the Agreement [google translation])"
Decree approving regulation for the exploitation of regular services of transportation of people by road (No. 285/006 of 22/08/2006), Article 5.1 of Annex
Resolution approving the International Road Transportation Agreement signed by Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay (MTOP S/N of 10/05/1991), Articles 2, 20 and 22 of Annexed text of the Agreement
[<a href="https://www.impo.com.uy/bases/decretos-reglamento/285-2006">Decree</a>],[<a href="https://www.impo.com.uy/bases/resoluciones-internacional/SN99105101-1991">Agreement</a>]