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DEL COMERCIO  GPA/W/252 
25 de febrero de 2003 
 (03-1150) 
  
Comité de Contratación Pública Original:   inglés 
 
 
 
PROPUESTA DE ENMIENDAS DEL APÉNDICE I DEL JAPÓN 
 
Notificaciones del Japón de conformidad con el apartado a)  
del párrafo 6 del artículo XXIV del ACP1 
 
  El 22 de febrero de 2003 se recibió la si guiente notificación de la Misión Permanente del 
Japón, con la petición de que se distribuyera a las Partes en el Acuerdo sobre Contratación Pública.  
_______________ 
 
  De conformidad con el apartado a) del pá rrafo 6 del artículo XXI V del Acuerdo sobre 
Contratación Pública, el Gobierno del Japón desea notificar al Comité de Contratación Pública las siguientes rectificaciones de carácter puramente formal del Anexo 3 del Apéndice I del Acuerdo 
(véase WT/Let/425/Rev.1): 
  - añádase " National Statistics Center " después de " National Agency for Vehicle 
Inspection " en el Grupo B de la "Lista de entidades", y 
 
 - añádase " National Statistics Center " después de " National Agency for Vehicle 
Inspection " en el Grupo de B de la "Lista de las entidades que contratan los servicios 
especificados en el Anexo 4". 
  Estas rectificaciones obedecen al siguiente cambio organizativo de una entidad del Gobierno central que figura en el Anexo 1.  Las rectificaciones no modifican la cobertura mutuamente 
convenida prevista en el Acuerdo. 
  1) En el proceso de reforma del Gobierno central del Japón, parte de las empresas que 
estaban a cargo de una organización auxiliar del Ministerio de Administración Pública, Asuntos Internos, Correos y Teleco municaciones que figura en el Anexo 1, 
serán dirigidas por el Centro Nacional de Estadística.  De conformidad con la Ley 
relativa al Centro Nacional de Estadística (Ley Nº 219 de 22 de diciembre de 1999) y 
las órdenes pertinentes, este cambio organiza tivo surtirá efecto a partir del 1º de abril 
                                                     
 
1 En el apartado a) del párrafo 6 del artículo XXIV se establece lo siguiente:  "Las rectificaciones, las 
transferencias de entidades de un Ane xo a otro o, en casos excepcionales, las enmiendas de otro tipo que afecten a 
los Apéndices I a IV serán notificadas al Comité, y en la  notificación se facilitará información en cuanto a las 
probables consecuencias del cambio en el alcance mu tuamente convenido previsto en el Acuerdo.  Las 
rectificaciones, transferencias o enmiendas de otro tipo de carácter puramente formal o menores surtirán efecto a 
condición de que en un plazo de 30 días no se presente objeci ón a ellas.  De no ser así, el Presidente del Comité 
convocará prontamente una reunión del Comité.  El Comi té examinará la propuesta y las posibles demandas de 
arreglos compensatorios, con el fin de mantener un equilibrio de derechos y obligaciones y un nivel comparable del alcance mutuamente convenido previsto en el presente Acuer do antes de la notificación de que se trate.  En caso de 
que no se llegue a un acuerdo, podrá llevarse adelante  la cuestión con arreglo a las disposiciones del 
artículo XXII." 
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 de 2003.  El Centro Nacional de Es tadística se constituirá como Institución 
Administrativa Independiente, jurídicamen te independiente del Gobierno y que 
dirigirá las empresas transferidas de manera eficiente y eficaz.  (En el anexo A se adjunta una breve descripción de esta entidad.) 
 
2) Dado que esta nueva organización no figura entre las entidades del Gobierno central 
sujetas a la Ley de Cuentas del Estado y no está prevista en la Ley Orgánica del 
Gobierno Nacional ni en la Ley por la que se establece el Consejo de Ministros, el Japón ha decidido añadir esta entidad al Anexo 3 relativo tanto a los suministros como a los servicios (en el Grupo B de la Lista de entidades y en la Lista de entidades 
que contratan los servicios especificados en el Anexo 4).  De este modo, se le puede 
aplicar el Acuerdo con los mismos umbrales y condiciones estipulados en el Anexo 1 para las entidades del Gobierno central. 
 
 3) A partir del 1º de abril de 2003, esta entidad dispondrá de normas de contabilidad 
para aplicar los umbrales y procedimient os pertinentes de conformidad con el 
Acuerdo.  El procedimiento de impugnación previsto en el artículo XX del Acuerdo 
se aplicará a las contrataciones realizadas por  esta entidad, que estará bajo el control 
del Ministerio de Administración Pública, Asuntos Internos, Correos y Telecomunicaciones.  
 
 4) Las rectificaciones mencionadas supra  son compatibles con la rectificación pertinente 
notificada por el Japón (documento GPA/W/129, de 19 de marzo de 2001), que entró en vigor el 5 de septiembre de 2001 (WT/Let/400). 
  En el anexo B
2 se incluye un resumen de las enmiendas propuestas por el Japón al Anexo 3 
del Apéndice I.  En el anexo C2, se indica cómo quedaría redactado el Anexo 3 del Apéndice I una vez 
introducidas las modificaciones. 
 
 
                                                      
2 Ambos anexos existen en inglés solamente.  GPA/W/252 
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 ANEXO A 
 
PRESENTACIÓN GENERAL DEL CENTRO NACIONAL DE ESTADÍSTICA 
(ENTRADA EN VIGOR PREVISTA EL 1º DE ABRIL DE 2003) 
 A. F
INES 
 La finalidad del Centro Nacional de Estadís tica es tabular los datos procedentes de censos y 
encuestas relacionados con asuntos fundamentales para  el país, por ejemplo el censo de la población, 
y llevar a cabo una investigación completa sobre las técnicas estadísticas, para contribuir a garantizar la veracidad de las estadísticas y, en general, hacer progresar las técnicas estadísticas. 
 
B. Á
MBITO DE TRABAJO  
 1) Tabulación de datos procedentes de censos y encuestas, por ejemplo el censo de la 
población, y relacionados con asuntos  fundamentales para el país. 
 
 2) Tabulación de datos procedentes de en cuestas encargadas por los órganos de la 
administración pública naciona l y las autoridades locales. 
  3) Archivo y procesamiento de los datos necesarios en relación con la recopilación y la 
utilización de estadísticas. 
 
 4) Investigación sobre técnicas estadísticas  y otros temas relacionados con los puntos 1 
a 3 supra . 
 C. O
RGANIZACIÓN  
 Sede:  Tokio 
 Sucursales: Ninguna 
 D. R
ELACIÓN CON EL GOBIERNO CENTRAL  
 El ministerio competente para esta organización será el Ministerio de Administración Pública, 
Asuntos Internos, Correos y Telecomunicacio   GPA/W/252 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 1/5
 
 
27 June 2002 (WT/Let/425/Rev.1)  ATTACHMENT B 
 
JAPAN 
 
(Authentic in the English language only) 
 
ANNEX 3 
 
All Other Entities which Procure in Accordance 
With the Provisions of this Agreement  
 
Supplies  
 
Threshold : 
 
130 thousand SDR 
  
List of Entities : 
 1. Group A 
 
- Water Resources Development Public 
Corporation 
- Japan Regional Development Corporation 
- Japan Green Resources Corporation 
- Japan National Oil Corporation (c) 
- Japan Railway Construction Public Corporation 
(a) (d) 
- New Tokyo International Airport Authority 
- Japan Highway Public Corporation - Metropolitan Expressway  Public Corporation 
- Hanshin Expressway Public Corporation 
- Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Authority - Urban Development Corporation (a) 
- Japan Science and Technology Corporation 
- Japan Nuclear Cycle Development  Institute (b) 
- Japan Environment Corporation 
- Japan International Cooperation Agency - Social Welfare and Medical Service Corporation 
- Government Pension Investment Fund 
- Agriculture and Livestock Industries 
Corporation 
- Metal Mining Agency of Japan (c) 
- Japan Small and Medium Enterprise Corporation 
- Postal Life Insurance Welfare Corporation 
- Labour Welfare Corporation  - Employment and Human Resources Development 
Organization of Japan 
- Okinawa Development Finance Corporation 
- National Life Finance Corporation - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Finance 
Corporation 
- Japan Finance Corporation for Small Business - Housing Loan Corporation 
- Japan Finance Corporation for Municipal 
Enterprises 
- Development Bank of Japan 
- Japan Bank for International Cooperation 
- Teito Rapid Transit Authority (a) 
- Japan Tobacco Inc. 
- Hokkaido Railway Company (a) - East Japan Railway Company (a) 
- Central Japan Railway Company (a) 
- West Japan Railway Company (a) - Shikoku Railway Company (a) 
- Kyushu Railway Company (a) 
- Japan Freight Railway Company (a) - Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Co. (f) 
- Northern Territories Issue Association 
- Japan Consumers Information Center - Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (b) 
- RIKEN (The Institute of Physical and Chemical 
Research) (b) 
- Pollution-Related Health Damage Compensation 
Association 
- Fund for the Promotion and Development of the 
Amami Islands 
- Japan Foundation 
- The Japan Scholarship Foundation 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 2/5
 
 
27 June 2002 (WT/Let/425/Rev.1)   Supplies  (cont'd)  
 
- Japan Arts Council - Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 
- University of the Air Foundation 
- National Stadium and School Health Center of 
Japan 
- Social Insurance Medical Fee Payment Fund 
- Association for Welfare of the Mentally and 
Physically Handicapped 
- Japan Racing Association 
- Mutual Aid Association of Agriculture, Forestry 
and Fishery Corporation Personnel 
- The National Association of Racing 
- Farmers' Pension Fund 
- Japan Keirin Association 
- Japan External Trade Organization - Japan Motorcycle Racing Organization 
- New Energy and Industrial Technology 
 Development Organization - Japan National Tourist Organization 
- Japan Institute of Labour 
- Mutual Aid Fund for Official Casualties and 
Retirement of Volunteer Firemen 
- Corporation for Advanced Transport and 
Technology (e) 
- The Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation for 
Private Schools of Japan 
- Organization for Workers' Retirement  Allowance Mutual Aid 
 
2. Group B  
- National Archives of Japan 
- Communications Research Laboratory - National Research Institute of Fire and Disaster 
- National Research In stitute of Brewing 
- National Center for University Entrance 
Examinations 
- National Institute of Special Education - National Olympics Memorial Youth Center 
- National Women's Education Center 
- National Youth Houses - National Children's Centers 
- The National Institute for Japanese Language 
 - National Science Museum 
- National Institute for Materials Science 
- National Research Institute for Earth Science and 
Disaster Prevention 
- National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan 
- National Institute of Radiological Sciences 
- National Museum of Art - National Museum 
- National Research Institute for Cultural Properties 
- National Center for Teachers' Development - National Institute of Health and Nutrition 
- National Institute of Industrial Safety 
- National Institute of Industrial Health 
- Center for Food Quality, Labeling and Consumer 
Services 
- National Center for Seeds and Seedlings 
- National Livestock Breeding Center 
- Fertilizer and Feed Inspection Station - Agricultural Chemicals Inspection Station 
- National Farmers Academy 
- Forest Tree Breeding Center - National Salmon Resources Center 
- National Fisheries University 
- National Agricultural Research Organization - National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences 
- National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences 
- National Institute for Rural Engineering - National Food Research Institute 
- Japan International Research Center for 
Agricultural Sciences 
- Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute 
- Fisheries Research Agency 
- Research Institute of Ec onomy, Trade and Industry 
- National Center for Industrial Property Information 
- Nippon Export and Investment Insurance 
- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science 
and Technology 
- National Institute of Technology and Evaluation - Public Works Research Institute 
- Building Research Institute 
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27 June 2002 (WT/Let/425/Rev.1)   
Supplies (cont'd)  
 
- National Traffic Safety and Environment 
Laboratory 
- National Maritime Research Institute - Port and Airport Research Institute 
- Electronic Navigation Research Institute 
- Civil Engineering Research Institute of 
Hokkaido 
- Marine Technical College 
- National Institute for Sea Training - Schools for Seafarers Training 
- Civil Aviation College 
- National Institute for Environmental Studies 
- Labor Management Organization for USFJ 
Employees 
- National Agency for Vehicle Inspection 
- National Statistics Center
 
 
 
Services  
 
Threshold :   
 
Construction services :   
15,000 thousand SDR for entities in Group A 
4,500 thousand SDR for entities in Group B 
 Architectural, engineering and other technical 
services covered by this Agreement:    
450 thousand SDR  
 
Other services :  130 thousand SDR 
 
List of Entities which procure the services, specified 
in Annex 4 : 
 
1. Group A  
- Water Resources Development Public 
Corporation 
- Japan Regional Development Corporation 
- Japan Green Resources Corporation 
- Japan National Oil Corporation (c) - Japan Railway Construction Public Corporation 
(a) (d) 
 - New Tokyo International Airport Authority 
- Japan Highway Public Corporation - Metropolitan Expressway  Public Corporation 
- Hanshin Expressway Public Corporation 
- Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Authority - Urban Development Corporation (a) 
- Japan Science and Technology Corporation 
- Japan Nuclear Cycle Development  Institute (b) 
- Japan Environmental Corporation 
- Japan International Cooperation Agency - Social Welfare and Medical Service Corporation 
- Government Pension Investment Fund 
- Agriculture and Livestock Industries Corporation 
- Metal Mining Agency of Japan (c) 
- Japan Small and Medium Enterprise Corporation - Postal Life Insurance Welfare Corporation 
- Labour Welfare Corporation 
- Employment and Human Resources Development 
Organization of Japan 
- Okinawa Development Finance Corporation 
- National Life Finance Corporation - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Finance 
Corporation 
- Japan Finance Corporation for Small Business - Housing Loan Corporation 
- Japan Finance Corporation for Municipal 
Enterprises 
- Development Bank of Japan 
- Japan Bank for International Cooperation 
- Teito Rapid Transit Authority (a) - Japan Tobacco Inc. (g) 
- Hokkaido Railway Company (a)(g) 
- East Japan Railway Company (a)(g) - Central Japan Railway Company (a)(g)  
- West Japan Railway Company (a)(g) 
- Shikoku Railway Company (a)(g) 
- Kyushu Railway Company (a)(g) 
- Japan Freight Railway Company (a)(g) - Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Co. (f)(g) 
- Northern Territories Issue Association 
- Japan Consumers Information Center  
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27 June 2002 (WT/Let/425/Rev.1)   
Services  (cont'd)  
 - Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (b) 
- RIKEN (The Institute of Physical and Chemical 
Research) (b) 
- Pollution-Related Health Damage Compensation 
Association 
- Fund for the Promotion and Development of the 
Amami Islands 
- Japan Foundation 
- The Japan Scholarship Foundation - Japan Arts Council 
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 
- University of the Air Foundation 
- National Stadium and School Health Center of 
Japan 
- Social Insurance Medical Fee Payment Fund 
- Association for Welfare of the Mentally and 
Physically Handicapped 
- Japan Racing Association 
- Mutual Aid Association of Agriculture, Forestry 
and Fishery Corporation Personnel 
- The National Association of Racing 
- Farmers' Pension Fund 
- Japan Keirin Association - Japan External Trade Organization 
- Japan Motorcycle Racing Organization 
- New Energy and Industrial Technology 
Development Organization 
- Japan National Tourist Organization 
- Japan Institute of Labour - Mutual Aid Fund for Official Casualties and 
Retirement of Volunteer Firemen 
- Corporation for Advanced Transport and 
Technology (e) 
- The Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation for 
Private Schools of Japan 
- Organization for Workers' Retirement 
 Allowance Mutual Aid  
2. Group B 
 - National Archives of Japan 
- Communications Research Laboratory 
- National Research Institute of Fire and Disaster - National Research In stitute of Brewing 
 - National Center for University Entrance 
Examinations 
- National Institute of Special Education - National Olympics Memorial Youth Center 
- National Women's Education Center 
- National Youth Houses - National Children's Centers 
- The National Institute for Japanese Language 
- National Science Museum - National Institute for Materials Science 
- National Research Institute for Earth Science and 
Disaster Prevention 
- National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan 
- National Institute of Radiological Sciences - National Museum of Art 
- National Museum 
- National Research Institute for Cultural Properties - National Center for Teachers' Development 
- National Institute of Health and Nutrition 
- National Institute of Industrial Safety - National Institute of Industrial Health 
- Center for Food Quality, Labeling and Consumer 
Services 
- National Center for Seeds and Seedlings 
- National Livestock Breeding Center 
- Fertilizer and Feed Inspection Station - Agricultural Chemicals Inspection Station 
- National Farmers Academy 
- Forest Tree Breeding Center - National Salmon Resources Center 
- National Fisheries University 
- National Agricultural Research Organization - National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences 
- National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences 
- National Institute for Rural Engineering 
- National Food Research Institute 
- Japan International Research Center for 
Agricultural Sciences 
- Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute 
  
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27 June 2002 (WT/Let/425/Rev.1)  Services  (cont'd)  
 
 - Fisheries Research Agency 
- Research Institute of  Economy, Trade and 
Industry 
- National Center for Industrial Property 
Information 
- Nippon Export and Investment Insurance - National Institute of Advanced Industrial 
Science and Technology 
- National Institute of Technology and Evaluation - Public Works Research Institute 
- Building Research Institute 
- National Traffic Safety and Environment 
Laboratory 
- National Maritime Research Institute - Port and Airport Research Institute 
- Electronic Navigation Research Institute 
- Civil Engineering Research Institute of 
Hokkaido 
- Marine Technical College 
- National Institute for Sea Training - Schools for Seafarers Training 
- Civil Aviation College 
- National Institute for Environmental Studies - Labor Management Organization for USFJ 
Employees 
- National Agency for Vehicle Inspection - National Statistics Center
 
 
 
Notes to Annex 3  
 
1. Products and services procured with a view to 
resale or with a view to use in the production of 
goods for sale are not included. 
 
2. This Agreement shall not apply to contracts to be 
awarded to co-operatives or associations in accordance with laws and regulations existing at 
the time of the entry into force of this Agreement 
for Japan.   
 
3. This Agreement shall not apply to contracts which 
the entities in Group A award for purposes of their daily profit-making activities which are 
exposed to competitive forces in markets.  This 
note shall not be used in a manner which circumvents the provisions of this Agreement. 
 4. Notes to specific entities:   
 
 (a) Procurement related to operational safety of 
transportation is not included.  
 
 (b) Procurement which could lead to the 
disclosure of information incompatible with 
the purpose of the Treaty on the Non-
Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons or with international agreements on intellectual 
property rights is not included.  Procurement 
for safety-related activities aiming at 
utilization and management of radioactive 
materials and responding to emergencies of nuclear installation is not included.   
 
 (c) Procurement related to geological and 
geophysical survey is not included.   
 
 (d) Procurement of advertising services, 
construction services and real estate services 
is not included. 
  (e) Procurement of ships to be jointly owned 
with private companies is not included.   
  (f) Procurement of public electrical tele-
communications equipment and of services 
related to operational safety of telecommunications is not included.   
 
 (g) Procurement of the services specified in 
Annex 4, other than construction services, is 
not included. 
 
 
 
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… 2003 (WT/Let/…) ATTACHMENT C 
 
JAPAN 
 
(Authentic in the English language only) 
  
ANNEX 3 
 
All Other Entities which Procure in Accordance 
With the Provisions of this Agreement  
 
 
Supplies  
 
Threshold : 
 
130 thousand SDR  
 
List of Entities : 
 
1. Group A 
 
- Water Resources Development Public 
Corporation 
- Japan Regional Development Corporation 
- Japan Green Resources Corporation 
- Japan National Oil Corporation (c) - Japan Railway Construction Public Corporation 
(a) (d) 
- New Tokyo International Airport Authority - Japan Highway Public Corporation 
- Metropolitan Expressway  Public Corporation 
- Hanshin Expressway Public Corporation - Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Authority 
- Urban Development Corporation (a) 
- Japan Science and Technology Corporation - Japan Nuclear Cycle Development 
 Institute (b) 
- Japan Environment Corporation - Japan International Cooperation Agency 
- Social Welfare and Medical Service Corporation 
- Government Pension Investment Fund - Agriculture and Livestock Industries 
Corporation 
- Metal Mining Agency of Japan (c) 
- Japan Small and Medium Enterprise Corporation 
- Postal Life Insurance Welfare Corporation - Labour Welfare Corporation 
 - Employment and Human Resources Development 
Organization of Japan 
- Okinawa Development Finance Corporation - National Life Finance Corporation 
- Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Finance 
Corporation 
- Japan Finance Corporation for Small Business 
- Housing Loan Corporation 
- Japan Finance Corporation for Municipal 
Enterprises 
- Development Bank of Japan - Japan Bank for International Cooperation 
- Teito Rapid Transit Authority (a) 
- Japan Tobacco Inc. - Hokkaido Railway Company (a) 
- East Japan Railway Company (a) 
- Central Japan Railway Company (a) - West Japan Railway Company (a) 
- Shikoku Railway Company (a) 
- Kyushu Railway Company (a) - Japan Freight Railway Company (a) 
- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Co. (f) 
- Northern Territories Issue Association - Japan Consumers Information Center 
- Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (b) 
- RIKEN (The Institute of Physical and Chemical 
Research) (b) 
- Pollution-Related Health Damage Compensation 
Association 
- Fund for the Promotion and Development of the 
Amami Islands 
- Japan Foundation 
- The Japan Scholarship Foundation 
 GPA/W/252 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 2/5
 
 
… 2003 (WT/Let/…) Supplies  (cont'd)  
 
- Japan Arts Council - Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 
- University of the Air Foundation 
- National Stadium and School Health Center of 
Japan 
- Social Insurance Medical Fee Payment Fund 
- Association for Welfare of the Mentally and 
Physically Handicapped 
- Japan Racing Association 
- Mutual Aid Association of Agriculture, Forestry 
and Fishery Corporation Personnel 
- The National Association of Racing 
- Farmers' Pension Fund 
- Japan Keirin Association 
- Japan External Trade Organization - Japan Motorcycle Racing Organization 
- New Energy and Industrial Technology 
 Development Organization - Japan National Tourist Organization 
- Japan Institute of Labour 
- Mutual Aid Fund for Official Casualties and 
Retirement of Volunteer Firemen 
- Corporation for Advanced Transport and 
Technology (e) 
- The Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation for 
Private Schools of Japan 
- Organization for Workers' Retirement  Allowance Mutual Aid 
 
2. Group B  
- National Archives of Japan 
- Communications Research Laboratory - National Research Institute of Fire and Disaster 
- National Research In stitute of Brewing 
- National Center for University Entrance 
Examinations 
- National Institute of Special Education - National Olympics Memorial Youth Center 
- National Women's Education Center 
- National Youth Houses - National Children's Centers 
- The National Institute for Japanese Language 
 - National Science Museum 
- National Institute for Materials Science 
- National Research Institute for Earth Science and 
Disaster Prevention 
- National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan 
- National Institute of Radiological Sciences 
- National Museum of Art - National Museum 
- National Research Institute for Cultural Properties 
- National Center for Teachers' Development - National Institute of Health and Nutrition 
- National Institute of Industrial Safety 
- National Institute of Industrial Health 
- Center for Food Quality, Labeling and Consumer 
Services 
- National Center for Seeds and Seedlings 
- National Livestock Breeding Center 
- Fertilizer and Feed Inspection Station - Agricultural Chemicals Inspection Station 
- National Farmers Academy 
- Forest Tree Breeding Center - National Salmon Resources Center 
- National Fisheries University 
- National Agricultural Research Organization - National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences 
- National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences 
- National Institute for Rural Engineering - National Food Research Institute 
- Japan International Research Center for 
Agricultural Sciences 
- Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute 
- Fisheries Research Agency 
- Research Institute of Ec onomy, Trade and Industry 
- National Center for Industrial Property Information 
- Nippon Export and Investment Insurance 
- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science 
and Technology 
- National Institute of Technology and Evaluation - Public Works Research Institute 
- Building Research Institute 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 3/5
 
 
… 2003 (WT/Let/…)  
Supplies (cont'd)  
 
- National Traffic Safety and Environment 
Laboratory 
- National Maritime Research Institute - Port and Airport Research Institute 
- Electronic Navigation Research Institute 
- Civil Engineering Research Institute of 
Hokkaido 
- Marine Technical College 
- National Institute for Sea Training - Schools for Seafarers Training 
- Civil Aviation College 
- National Institute for Environmental Studies 
- Labor Management Organization for USFJ 
Employees 
- National Agency for Vehicle Inspection 
- National Statistics Center 
 
 
Services  
 
Threshold :   
 
Construction services :   
15,000 thousand SDR for entities in Group A 
4,500 thousand SDR for entities in Group B 
 Architectural, engineering and other technical 
services covered by this Agreement:    
450 thousand SDR  
 
Other services :  130 thousand SDR 
 
List of Entities which procure the services, specified 
in Annex 4 : 
 
1. Group A  
- Water Resources Development Public 
Corporation 
- Japan Regional Development Corporation 
- Japan Green Resources Corporation 
- Japan National Oil Corporation (c) - Japan Railway Construction Public Corporation 
(a) (d) 
 - New Tokyo International Airport Authority 
- Japan Highway Public Corporation - Metropolitan Expressway  Public Corporation 
- Hanshin Expressway Public Corporation 
- Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Authority - Urban Development Corporation (a) 
- Japan Science and Technology Corporation 
- Japan Nuclear Cycle Development  Institute (b) 
- Japan Environmental Corporation 
- Japan International Cooperation Agency - Social Welfare and Medical Service Corporation 
- Government Pension Investment Fund 
- Agriculture and Livestock Industries Corporation 
- Metal Mining Agency of Japan (c) 
- Japan Small and Medium Enterprise Corporation - Postal Life Insurance Welfare Corporation 
- Labour Welfare Corporation 
- Employment and Human Resources Development 
Organization of Japan 
- Okinawa Development Finance Corporation 
- National Life Finance Corporation - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Finance 
Corporation 
- Japan Finance Corporation for Small Business - Housing Loan Corporation 
- Japan Finance Corporation for Municipal 
Enterprises 
- Development Bank of Japan 
- Japan Bank for International Cooperation 
- Teito Rapid Transit Authority (a) - Japan Tobacco Inc. (g) 
- Hokkaido Railway Company (a)(g) 
- East Japan Railway Company (a)(g) - Central Japan Railway Company (a)(g)  
- West Japan Railway Company (a)(g) 
- Shikoku Railway Company (a)(g) 
- Kyushu Railway Company (a)(g) 
- Japan Freight Railway Company (a)(g) - Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Co. (f)(g) 
- Northern Territories Issue Association 
- Japan Consumers Information Center  
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… 2003 (WT/Let/…)  
Services  (cont'd)  
 - Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (b) 
- RIKEN (The Institute of Physical and Chemical 
Research) (b) 
- Pollution-Related Health Damage Compensation 
Association 
- Fund for the Promotion and Development of the 
Amami Islands 
- Japan Foundation 
- The Japan Scholarship Foundation - Japan Arts Council 
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 
- University of the Air Foundation 
- National Stadium and School Health Center of 
Japan 
- Social Insurance Medical Fee Payment Fund 
- Association for Welfare of the Mentally and 
Physically Handicapped 
- Japan Racing Association 
- Mutual Aid Association of Agriculture, Forestry 
and Fishery Corporation Personnel 
- The National Association of Racing 
- Farmers' Pension Fund 
- Japan Keirin Association - Japan External Trade Organization 
- Japan Motorcycle Racing Organization 
- New Energy and Industrial Technology 
Development Organization 
- Japan National Tourist Organization 
- Japan Institute of Labour - Mutual Aid Fund for Official Casualties and 
Retirement of Volunteer Firemen 
- Corporation for Advanced Transport and 
Technology (e) 
- The Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation for 
Private Schools of Japan 
- Organization for Workers' Retirement 
 Allowance Mutual Aid  
2. Group B 
 - National Archives of Japan 
- Communications Research Laboratory 
- National Research Institute of Fire and Disaster - National Research In stitute of Brewing 
 - National Center for University Entrance 
Examinations 
- National Institute of Special Education - National Olympics Memorial Youth Center 
- National Women's Education Center 
- National Youth Houses - National Children's Centers 
- The National Institute for Japanese Language 
- National Science Museum - National Institute for Materials Science 
- National Research Institute for Earth Science and 
Disaster Prevention 
- National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan 
- National Institute of Radiological Sciences - National Museum of Art 
- National Museum 
- National Research Institute for Cultural Properties - National Center for Teachers' Development 
- National Institute of Health and Nutrition 
- National Institute of Industrial Safety - National Institute of Industrial Health 
- Center for Food Quality, Labeling and Consumer 
Services 
- National Center for Seeds and Seedlings 
- National Livestock Breeding Center 
- Fertilizer and Feed Inspection Station - Agricultural Chemicals Inspection Station 
- National Farmers Academy 
- Forest Tree Breeding Center - National Salmon Resources Center 
- National Fisheries University 
- National Agricultural Research Organization - National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences 
- National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences 
- National Institute for Rural Engineering 
- National Food Research Institute 
- Japan International Research Center for 
Agricultural Sciences 
- Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute 
  
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… 2003 (WT/Let/…) Services  (cont'd)  
 
 - Fisheries Research Agency 
- Research Institute of  Economy, Trade and 
Industry 
- National Center for Industrial Property 
Information 
- Nippon Export and Investment Insurance - National Institute of Advanced Industrial 
Science and Technology 
- National Institute of Technology and Evaluation - Public Works Research Institute 
- Building Research Institute 
- National Traffic Safety and Environment 
Laboratory 
- National Maritime Research Institute - Port and Airport Research Institute 
- Electronic Navigation Research Institute 
- Civil Engineering Research Institute of 
Hokkaido 
- Marine Technical College 
- National Institute for Sea Training - Schools for Seafarers Training 
- Civil Aviation College 
- National Institute for Environmental Studies - Labor Management Organization for USFJ 
Employees 
- National Agency for Vehicle Inspection - National Statistics Center 
 
 
Notes to Annex 3  
 
1. Products and services procured with a view to 
resale or with a view to use in the production of 
goods for sale are not included. 
 
2. This Agreement shall not apply to contracts to be 
awarded to co-operatives or associations in accordance with laws and regulations existing at 
the time of the entry into force of this Agreement 
for Japan.   
 
3. This Agreement shall not apply to contracts which 
the entities in Group A award for purposes of their daily profit-making activities which are 
exposed to competitive forces in markets.  This 
note shall not be used in a manner which circumvents the provisions of this Agreement. 
 4. Notes to specific entities:   
 
 (a) Procurement related to operational safety of 
transportation is not included.  
 
 (b) Procurement which could lead to the 
disclosure of information incompatible with 
the purpose of the Treaty on the Non-
Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons or with international agreements on intellectual 
property rights is not included.  Procurement 
for safety-related activities aiming at 
utilization and management of radioactive 
materials and responding to emergencies of nuclear installation is not included.   
 
 (c) Procurement related to geological and 
geophysical survey is not included.   
 
 (d) Procurement of advertising services, 
construction services and real estate services 
is not included. 
  (e) Procurement of ships to be jointly owned 
with private companies is not included.   
  (f) Procurement of public electrical tele-
communications equipment and of services 
related to operational safety of telecommunications is not included.   
 
 (g) Procurement of the services specified in 
Annex 4, other than construction services, is 
not included. 
 
 
 
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