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Internet:  http://www.wto.orgReference:    WLI/100 22 May 2002
AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT
DONE AT MARRAKESH ON 15 APRIL 1994
CERTIFICATION OF REPLACEMENT PAGES OF THE LOOSE-LEAF SYSTEM
FOR APPENDICES TO THE AGREEMENT
TRANSMISSION OF CERTIFIED TRUE COPY
I have the honour to furnish herewith a certified true copy of the Certification of replacement
pages 3/5 and 5/5 to Appendix I, Annex 3, Japan , effective as of 14 April 2002.
   Mike Moore
Director-General
02-2828 WT/Let/419AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT
DONE AT MARRAKESH ON 15 APRIL 1994
CERTIFICATION OF MODIFICATIONS TO THE AGREEMENT
It is hereby certified that the modifications to Appendix I, Annex 3 of the Agreement on
Government Procurement (1994) concerning Japan  which were notified to the Committee on
Government Procurement (GPA/W/186) pursuant to the procedures of Article XXIV:6 became
effective as of 14 April 2002  as no objections to the proposed modifications were received within
30 days from the date of issue of the above-mentioned document.
Pursuant to the Decision of the Committee on Government Procurement adopted on
4 June 1996 regarding the establishment of a loose-leaf system with legal effect to periodically updatethe Appendices to the Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA/M/2) and procedures with
respect to the modifications to the loose-leaf system (GPA/M/5), these modifications are contained in
the attached replacement pages to the loose-leaf system.  Accordingly, the attached pages replace
pages 3/5 and 5/5 of Annex 3 to Appendix I of Japan  in the Loose-Leaf System of Appendices in
conformity with the afore-mentioned Decisions.
This Certification is deposited with the Director-General of the World Trade Organization, who
shall promptly furnish a certified true copy to each party to the Agreement on Government
Procurement, in accordance with paragraph 14 of Article XXIV of the Agreement.  It shall beregistered in accordance with the provisions of Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations.
Done at Geneva this twentieth day of May, two thousand and two.
Mike Moore
Certified true copy:
Director-GeneralAPPENDIX I JAPAN ANNEX 3 Page 3/5
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
Services
Threshold :
Construction services :
15,000 thousand SDR for entities in Group A4,500 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
WT/Let/419APPENDIX I JAPAN ANNEX 3 Page 5/5
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
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 inaccordance 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 oftheir daily profit-making activities which are
exposed to competitive forces in markets.  This
note shall not be used in a manner whichcircumvents 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 withinternational agreements on intellectualproperty rights is not included.  Procurementfor safety-related activities aiming atutilization 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 servicesis 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 servicesrelated to operational safety oftelecommunications is not included.
(g) Procurement of the services specified in
Annex 4, other than construction services, isnot included.
WT/Let/419
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