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Directeur généralAPPENDIX 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 atthe 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 areexposed 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 withthe purpose of the Treaty on the Non-
Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons or with
international agreements on intellectualproperty rights is not included.  Procurementfor safety-related activities aiming atutilization and management of radioactivematerials 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 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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