This Act is further complemented by Decree No 414/009 of 31 August 2009, adopted in order to clarify several aspects of the Act and to lay down the detailed regulation of the organisation, powers and functioning of the data protection supervisory authority; The Preamble of the Decree sets out that it is appropriate to adjust the national legal system on this matter to the most accepted comparable legal regime, essentially that established by European countries through Directive 95/46/EC.

Viviane REDING

Vice-President

(1) OJ L 281, 23.11.1995, p. 31.

(2) Letter of 31 August 2011.

(3) Organisation of American States; OAS, Treaty Series, No 36, 1144 UNTS 123. http://www.oas.org/juridico/english/treaties/b-32.html

(4) Council of Europe: https://wcd.coe.int/wcd/ViewDoc.jsp?Ref=CM/Del/Dec(2011)1118/10.3&Language=lanEnglish&Ver=original&Site=CM&BackColorInternet=DBDCF2&BackColorIntranet=FDC864&BackColorLogged=FDC864

(5) Opinion 6/2010 on the level of protection of personal data in the Eastern Republic of Uruguay. Available at http://ec.europa.eu/justice/policies/privacy/docs/wpdocs/2010/wp177_en.pdf

ANNEX

Competent supervisory authority referred to in Article 1(2) of this Decision:

Unidad Reguladora y de Control de Datos Personales (URCDP)

Andes 1365, Piso 8

Tel. + 598 2901 2929 Int. 1352

11.100 Montevideo