Uruguay's Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries are to assess the procedure for regulating New Genomic Techniques (NGTs) applicable to various products and organisms within these sectors and their derivatives. The government has published a new decree outlining the framework to assess its current regulation, including establishing a Technical Working Group (TWG). The TWG is tasked with scientifically and objectively determining whether products or organisms obtained through these techniques should fall under regulations applicable to Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), with each authorisation related to the use of these novel techniques to undergo a comprehensive analysis process, with equal participation from both ministries, with technical capabilities and cooperation from other scientific institutions in the country, including the National Institute of Agricultural Research (INIA), National Seed Institute (INASE), University of the Republic (UdelaR), Pasteur Institute Montevideo, Technological Laboratory of Uruguay (LATU), and the Clemente Estable Biological Research Institute (IIBCE).