The Autonomous State Entities and Decentralized Services ( es, Entes Autónomos y Servicios Descentralizados) are two types of

government-owned corporation A state-owned enterprise (SOE) is a government entity which is established or nationalised by the ''national government'' or ''provincial government'' by an executive order or an act of legislation in order to earn profit for the governmen ...

s typical of the

Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

state State may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Literature * ''State Magazine'', a monthly magazine published by the U.S. Department of State * ''The State'' (newspaper), a daily newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, United States * ''Our S ...

. According to Section XI of the

Constitution of Uruguay The Constitution of Uruguay () is the supreme law of Uruguay. Its first version was written in 1830 and its last amendment was made in 2004. Uruguay's first constitution was adopted in 1830, following the conclusion of the three-year-long Cispla ...

, their

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is subject to public law.

Autonomous State Entities

* Administración Nacional de Usinas y Trasmisiones Eléctricas (UTE) * Administración Nacional de Combustibles, Alcohol y Portland (ANCAP) *

State Railways Administration of Uruguay The State Railways Administration of Uruguay ( es, Administración de Ferrocarriles del Estado), or AFE, is the autonomous agency of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay charged with rail transport and the maintenance of Uruguayan railways. Histo ...

(AFE) *

Instituto Nacional de Colonización The Instituto Nacional de Colonización y Desarrollo Rural, en, National Institute of Rural Development and Colonization, was the administrative entity that was established by the Spanish State in October 1939, shortly after the end of the Span ...

(INC) *

Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay (also known as Banco República or BROU) is a state-owned bank in Uruguay, founded in 1896 under the presidency of Juan Idiarte Borda. It is the most important Uruguayan bank with the largest number o ...

(BROU) * Banco Hipotecario del Uruguay (BHU) *

Central Bank of Uruguay The Central Bank of Uruguay ( es, Banco Central del Uruguay, BCU) is the central bank of the Uruguay. History The Central Bank of Uruguay was established on July 6, 1967 as an autonomous state entity ( es, Ente Autónomo), with the passing of t ...

(BCU) * Banco de Seguros del Estado (BSE) * Banco de Previsión Social (BPS) * University of the Republic (UdelaR) * Administración Nacional de Educación Pública (ANEP)

Decentralized Services

* Administración Nacional de Puertos (ANP) * Administración Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (ANTEL) *

Administración de los Servicios de Salud del Estado The State Health Services Administration (ASSE) ( es, Administración de los Servicios de Salud del Estado) is the state provider of health care in Uruguay. It has a network of services throughout the country. It was created in 1987 and modified ...

(ASSE) * Instituto del Niño y el Adolescente del Uruguay (INAU) * Administración Nacional de Correos (ANC) * Obras Sanitarias del Estado (OSE) * Agencia Nacional de Vivienda (ANV)

References

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