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ACCORD SUR LES MARCHÉS PUBLICS 
FAIT À MARRAKECH LE 15 AVRIL 1994 
 
CERTIFICATION DE MODIFICAT IONS APPORTÉES À L'ACCORD 
 
ENVOI DE COPIES CERTIFIÉES CONFOR MES DE PAGES DE REMPLACEMENT 
DU SYSTÈME À FEUILLETS MOBILES POUR LES APPENDICES CONTENANT 
LES MODIFICATIONS CERTIFIÉES APPORTÉES À L'ACCORD 
 
 
 J'ai l'honneur de vous faire parvenir ci-joint des copies certifiées conformes des pages de 
remplacement 1/5 à 5/5 de l'Annexe 3 de l'Appendi ce I contenant les modifications certifiées. 
 
 Ces modifications concernent le Japon  et ont pris effet le 29 janvier 2004 . 
 
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
  
  Supachai Panitchpakdi 
  Directeur général  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 
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ACCORD SUR LES MARCHES PUBLICS 
FAIT A MARRAKECH LE 15 AVRIL 1994 
 
CERTIFICATION DE MODIFICAT IONS APPORTEES A L'ACCORD 
 
  Il est certifié par la présente que les modifications apportées à l'Annexe 3 de l'Appendice I de 
l'Accord sur les marchés publics (1994), concernant le Japon , qui ont été notifiées au Comité des 
marchés publics (GPA/W/273 et GPA/W/274) c onformément aux procédures prévues à 
l'article XXIV:6, ont pris effet le 29 janvier 2004 . 
 
 Conformément à la Décision du Comité des marchés publics adoptée le 4 juin 1996 concernant l'établissement d'un système à feuille ts mobiles ayant valeur juridique pour mettre 
périodiquement à jour les Appendices de l'Accord  sur les marchés publics (GPA/M/2) et les 
procédures relatives aux modifications du système à feuillets mobiles (GPA/ M/5), ces modifications 
sont contenues dans les pages de remplacement ci-j ointes du système à feuillets mobiles.  En 
conséquence, les pages ci-jointes remplacent les pages 1/5 à 5/5 de l'Annexe 3 de l'Appendice I du 
Japon  dans le système à feuillets mobiles pour les Appendices conformément aux décisions 
susmentionnées.  
  La présente notification est présentée confor mément au paragraphe 14 de l'article XXIV de 
l'Accord. 
  La présente certification est déposée auprès du Directeur général de l'Organisation mondiale 
du commerce, qui en remettra, dans les moindres délais, une copie certifiée conforme à chaque 
partie à l'Accord sur les marchés publics.  Elle sera enregistrée conformément aux dispositions de 
l'article 102 de la Charte des Nations Unies. 
 
 Fait à Genève le trente avril deux mille quatre.  
 
  
 
  Supachai Panitchpakdi   
 
 
 
  
Copie certifiée conforme: 
  
 
  
 
  
Directeur général APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 1/5
 
29 January 2004 (WT/Let/469) JAPAN 
 
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 
- Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation 
(c) 
- Japan Small and Medium Enterprise Corporation 
- Japan Post 
- 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 
- National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan 
- 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  APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 2/5
 
29 January 2004 (WT/Let/469) 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 
 APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 3/5
 
29 January 2004 (WT/Let/469)  
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 - Japan Mint 
- National Printing Bureau 
- Japan Nuclear Energy Safety Organization 
 
 
Services  
 
Threshold :   
 Construction services :   
4,500 thousand SDR for Japan Post in Group A 
15,000 thousand SDR for all other 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 
- Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (c) - Japan Small and Medium Enterprise Corporation 
- Japan Post 
- 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 - National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan 
 
 APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 4/5
 
29 January 2004 (WT/Let/469)   
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  
 
 APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 5/5
 
29 January 2004 (WT/Let/469)  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 
- Japan Mint 
- National Printing Bureau 
- Japan Nuclear Energy Safety Organization 
 
 
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 market s.  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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