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Internet:  http://www.wto.orgReference:    WLI/100  3 October 2001
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 1/4 and 2/4 of Annex 1;  and page 1/2 of Annex 3 of Appendix I of Korea , effective as of
14 September 2001 .
   Mike Moore
Director-General
01-4962 WT/Let/401AGREEMENT 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 1 and Annex 3 of the
Agreement on Government Procurement (1994) concerning Korea  which were notified to the
Committee on Government Procurement (GPA/W/128 and Corr. 1 and 2 and GPA/W/140) pursuant to
the procedures of Article XXIV:6 became effective as of 14 September 2001 .
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 withrespect to the modifications to the loose-leaf system (GPA/M/5), these modifications are contained inthe attached replacement pages to the loose-leaf system.  Accordingly, the attached pages replace
pages 1/4 and 2/4 of Annex 1;  and page 1/2 of Annex 3 to Appendix I of Korea in the Loose-Leaf
System of Appendices in conformity with the afore-mentioned Decisions.
This notification is furnished in accordance with paragraph 14 of Article XXIV of the
Agreement.
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 GovernmentProcurement.  It shall be registered in accordance with the provisions of Article 102 of the Charter ofthe United Nations.
Done at Geneva this third day of October, two thousand and one.
Mike Moore
Certified true copy:
Director-GeneralAPPENDIX I KOREA ANNEX 1 Page 1/4
14 September 2001 (WT/Let/401)KOREA
(Authentic in the English language only)
ANNEX 1
Central Government Entities which Procure in Accordance
with the Provisions of this Agreement
Supplies
Threshold : 130,000 SDR
List of Entities :
- Board of Audit and Inspection
- 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 Administration 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 thereunder shall be applied.)APPENDIX I KOREA ANNEX 1 Page 2/4
14 September 2001 (WT/Let/401)- 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 Business Administration
- Korea National Railroad Administration (The Ko rean Government plans to change the NRA
into a public corporation in 1996, in which case the 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 pur chases 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 single tendering procurement including set-asides for
small- and medium-sized businesses according to  the Act Relating to Contracts to which the
State is a Party and its Presidential Decree, a nd the procurement of agricultural, fishery and
livestock products according to the Foodgra in Management Law, the Law Concerning
Marketing and Price Stabilization of Agricultu ral and Fishery Products, and the Livestock Law.APPENDIX I KOREA ANNEX 3 Page 1/2
14 September 2001 (WT/Let/401)ANNEX 3
All Other Entities which Procure in Accordance
With the Provisions of this Agreement
Supplies
Threshold : 450,000 SDR
List of Entities :
- Korea Development Bank
- Industrial Bank of Korea
- Kookmin Bank
- Housing and Commercial Bank (H&CB)
- Korea Tobacco & Ginseng Corporation
- Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation
- Korea Electric Power Corporation (except purchases of products in the categories of
HS Nos. 8504, 8535, 8537 and 8544)
- Korea Coal Corporation
- Korea Resources Corporation
- Korea National Oil Corporation
- Korea General Chemical Corporation
- Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency- Korea Highway Corporation
- Korea National Housing Corporation
- Korea Water Resources Corporation
- Korea Land Corporation
- Korea Agriculture and Rural Infrastructure Corporation- Agricultural and Fishery Marketing Corporation
- Korea Telecom (except purchases of common telecommunications commodity products and
telecommunications network equipment)
- Korea National Tourism Organization
- Daehan Printing and Publishing Co. Ltd.- Korea Labor Welfare Corporation
- Korea Gas Corporation
Construction Services
Threshold : 15,000,000 SDR
List of Entities which Procure Services Specified in Annex 5 :
Same as "Supplies" section
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