RESTRICTED  ORGANIZACIÓN MUNDIAL  
DEL COMERCIO  GPA/W/140 
27 de junio de 2001 
 (01-3204) 
Comité de Contratación Pública Original:   inglés 
  
 
ENMIENDAS DEL APÉNDICE I DE COREA 
 
Notificación de Corea de conformidad con el apartado a)
 
del párrafo 6 del artículo XXIV1 
 
 
 El 26 de junio de 2001 se recibió de la Mi sión Permanente de la República de Corea la 
siguiente notificación, con el ruego de que se di stribuyera a las Partes en el Acuerdo sobre 
Contratación Pública. 
 
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 De conformidad con el párrafo 6 a) del artículo XXIV del Acuerdo sobre Contratación 
Pública, Corea desea notificar por la presente al  Comité de Contratación Pública la adición de 
entidades y un cambio en el nombre de una de las entidades abarcadas por el Acuerdo. 
 
 Sírvanse tomar nota de que estas adiciones son resultado de una reorganización de la estructura gubernamental de Corea y conllevan la tr ansferencia de ciertas funciones de entidades 
existentes a otras de reciente creación.  El cambio de nombre de una de las entidades, la Oficina del Primer Ministro, es de carácter meramente formal. 
 
 De conformidad con el proced imiento para futuros cambios en el sistema de hojas amovibles 
para los Apéndices del Acuerdo (GPA/W/110), deberá n modificarse las páginas 1/4 y 2/4 del anexo 1 
del apéndice I de Corea en el documento WT/Let/3 30, de 1º de marzo de 2000, según se indica en el 
anexo A del presente documento (versión subrayada).  En el anexo B figuran las páginas pertinentes 
del sistema de hojas amovibles tal y como quedarán una vez aceptadas las enmiendas.
2 
 
                                                      
1 En el párrafo 6 a) del artículo XXIV se establece lo  siguiente:  "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 objeción a ellas.  De no ser así, el Presidente del Comité convocará prontamente una 
reunión del Comité.  El Comité 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 Acue rdo antes de la notificación de que se tr ate.  En caso de que no se llegue a 
un acuerdo, podrá llevarse adelante la cuestión con arreglo a las disposiciones del artículo XXII." 
 
2 Ambos anexos existen únicamente en inglés. GPA/W/140 
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APPENDIX I KOREA  ANNEX 1 Page 1/4
 
 
1 March 2000(WT/Let/330)  ATTACHMENT A 
 
KOREA 
 
(Authentic in the English language only) 
 
ANNEX 1 
 
Central Government Entities wh ich Procure in Accordance 
with the Provisions of this Agreement  
 
 
Supplies  
 
Threshold : 130,000 SDR 
 List of Entities : 
 
- Board of Audit and Inspection 
- Prime Minister's Secretatiat
Office of the Prime Minister  
- Office for Government Policy Coordination - Ministry of Gender Equality - Ministry of Finance and Economy 
- Ministry of Planning and Budget
 
- Financial Supervisory Commission  
- Ministry of Unification - Ministry of Government Ad ministration and Home Affairs 
- Civil Service Commission
 
- Ministry of Science and Technology 
- Government Information Agency 
- Government Legislation Agency - Patriots and Veterans  Administration Agency 
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade - Ministry of Justice 
- Ministry of National Defense 
- Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development 
- Ministry of Culture and Tourism - Cultural Properties Administration
 
- Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry - Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy 
- Ministry of Health and Welfare 
- Food and Drug Administration
 
- Ministry of Labor - Ministry of Construction and Transportation - Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries 
- Ministry of Information and Communications 
- Ministry of Environment - Public Procurement Service (limited to purchases for entities in this list only.  Regarding 
procurement for entities in Annex 2 and Annex 3 in  this list, the coverages and thresholds for 
such entities thereunde r shall be applied.) GPA/W/140 
Página 3 
 
APPENDIX I KOREA  ANNEX 1 Page 2/4
 
 
1 March 2000(WT/Let/330)   - National Tax Service 
- Customs Service 
- National Statistical Office 
- Korea Meteorological Administration - National Police Agency (except purchases fo r the purpose of maintaining public order, as 
provided in Article XXIII of the Code.) 
- Supreme Public Prosecutors' Office 
- Military Manpower Administration 
- Rural Development Administration - Forest Service - Korean Intellectual Property Office - Small and Medium Bu siness Administration 
- Korea National Railroad Administration (The Korean Government plans to change the NRA 
into a public corporation in 1996, in which case th e Korean Government has the right to transfer 
the NRA from Annex 1 to Annex 3 without any consultation and/or compensatory measures.) 
- National Maritime Police Agency (except purc hases for the purpose of maintaining public 
order, as provided in Article XXIII of the Agreement.) 
 
Services  
 
Threshold : 130,000 SDR 
 List of Entities which Procure Services Specified in Annex 4 : 
 
Same as "Supplies" section  
Construction Services  
 
Threshold : 5,000,000 SDR 
 
List of Entities which Procure Services Specified in Annex 5 : 
 Same as "Supplies" section 
 
Notes to Annex 1  
 
1. The above central government entities include  their subordinate linear organizations, special 
local administrative organs, and attached organs as prescribed in the Government Organization Act of the Republic of Korea. 
 
2. This Agreement does not apply to the products and services procured with a view to resale or to 
use in the production of goods or provision of services for sale. 
 3. This Agreement does not apply to the singl e tendering procurement including set-asides for 
small- and medium-sized busine sses according to the Act Relating to Contracts to which the 
State is a Party and its Presidential Decree, a nd the procurement of ag ricultural, fishery and 
livestock products according to the Foodgr ain Management Law, the Law Concerning 
Marketing and Price Stabilizati on of Agricultural and Fishery Pr oducts, and the Livestock Law. 
 GPA/W/140 
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APPENDIX I KOREA  ANNEX 1 Page 1/4
 
 
… 2001 (WT/Let/…)  ATTACHMENT B 
 
KOREA 
 
(Authentic in the English language only) 
  
ANNEX 1 
 
Central Government Entities wh ich Procure in Accordance 
with the Provisions of this Agreement  
 
 Supplies  
 
Threshold : 130,000 SDR 
 List of Entities : 
 
- Board of Audit and Inspection - Prime Minister's Secretaria
t  Office of the Prime Minister  
- Office for Government Policy Coordination - Ministry of Gender Equality 
- Ministry of Finance and Economy 
- Ministry of Planning and Budget
 
- Financial Supervisory Commission  
- Ministry of Unification - Ministry of Government Ad ministration and Home Affairs 
- Civil Service Commission
 
- Ministry of Science and Technology 
- Government Information Agency - Government Legislation Agency - Patriots and Veterans  Administration Agency 
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade 
- Ministry of Justice 
- Ministry of National Defense - Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development 
- Ministry of Culture and Tourism - Cultural Properties Administration
 
- Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry 
- Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy 
- Ministry of Health and Welfare - Food and Drug Administration
 
- Ministry of Labor - Ministry of Construction and Transportation 
- Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries 
- Ministry of Information and Communications - Ministry of Environment - Public Procurement Service (limited to purchases for entities in this list only.  Regarding 
procurement for entities in Annex 2 and Annex 3 in  this list, the coverages and thresholds for 
such entities thereunde r shall be applied.) GPA/W/140 
Página 5 
 
APPENDIX I KOREA  ANNEX 1 Page 2/4
 
 
… 2001 (WT/Let/…) - National Tax Service 
- Customs Service 
- National Statistical Office 
- Korea Meteorological Administration - National Police Agency (except purchases fo r the purpose of maintaining public order, as 
provided in Article XXIII of the Code.) 
- Supreme Public Prosecutors' Office 
- Military Manpower Administration 
- Rural Development Administration - Forest Service - Korean Intellectual Property Office - Small and Medium Bu siness Administration 
- Korea National Railroad Administration (The Korean Government plans to change the NRA 
into a public corporation in 1996, in which case th e Korean Government has the right to transfer 
the NRA from Annex 1 to Annex 3 without any consultation and/or compensatory measures.) 
- National Maritime Police Agency (except purc hases for the purpose of maintaining public 
order, as provided in Article XXIII of the Agreement.) 
 
Services  
 
Threshold : 130,000 SDR 
 List of Entities which Procure Services Specified in Annex 4 : 
 
Same as "Supplies" section  
Construction Services  
 
Threshold : 5,000,000 SDR 
 
List of Entities which Procure Services Specified in Annex 5 : 
 Same as "Supplies" section 
 
Notes to Annex 1  
 
1. The above central government entities include  their subordinate linear organizations, special 
local administrative organs, and attached organs as prescribed in the Government Organization Act of the Republic of Korea. 
 
2. This Agreement does not apply to the products and services procured with a view to resale or to 
use in the production of goods or provision of services for sale. 
 3. This Agreement does not apply to the singl e tendering procurement including set-asides for 
small- and medium-sized busine sses according to the Act Relating to Contracts to which the 
State is a Party and its Presidential Decree, a nd the procurement of ag ricultural, fishery and 
livestock products according to the Foodgr ain Management Law, the Law Concerning 
Marketing and Price Stabilizati on of Agricultural and Fishery Pr oducts, and the Livestock Law. 
 
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