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Reference: WLI/201 19January 1998
AGREEMENT ONGOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT
DONE ATMARRAKESH ON15APRIL 1994
CERTIFICATION OFMODIFICATIONS
Itishereby certified thatthemodifications toAppendix IoftheAgreement on
Government Procurement (1994), which areattached hereto, have been notified tothe
Committee onGovernment Procurement on24October 1997 indocument GPA/W/59, in
accordance withtheprovisions ofparagraph 6(a)ofArticle XXIV oftheAgreement. As
noobjections totheproposed modifications were received within thirty daysfromthedate
ofissue oftheabove-mentioned document, themodifications have become effective as
of23November 1997.
Thisnotification isfurnished inaccordance withparagraph 14ofArticle XXIV of
theAgreement.
R.Ruggiero
Director-General
98-0230 WT/Let/207WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
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Modifications toAppendix I Korea
ANNEX 1
Delete: "Economic Planning Board";
"Ministry ofFinance"
Add: "Ministry ofFinance andEconomy"
Delete: "Ministry ofAgriculture, Forestry andFisheries";
"Fisheries Administration";
"Korea Maritime andPortAdministration"
Add: "Ministry ofAgriculture andForestry";
"Ministry ofMaritime Affairs andFisheries"
Delete: "Ministry ofConstruction";
"Ministry ofTransportation"
Add: "Ministry ofConstruction andTransportation"
Delete: "Industrial Advancement Administration"
Add: "Small andMedium Business Administration"
Add: "National Maritime Police Agency (except purchases forthepurpose of
maintaining public order, asprovided inArticle XXIII oftheCode)"
Delete: "Ministry ofHealth andSocial Affairs"
Add: "Ministry ofHealth andWelfare"
Notes toAnnex 1
Note 3: Replace theBudget andAccount Lawby"theActRelating toContracts
towhich theState isaParty"WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
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Modifications toAppendix I Korea
Korea 'sNew ListofCentral Government Entities (Annex 1)
- Board ofAudit andInspection
- Prime Minister 'sSecretariat
- Office ofAdministrative Coordination
- FirstMinister ofPolitical Affairs
- Second Minister ofPolitical Affairs
- Economic Planning Board (delete)
- Ministry ofFinance andEconomy (add)
- National Unification Board
- Ministry ofGovernment Administration
- Ministry ofScience andTechnology
- Ministry ofInformation
- Government Legislation Agency
- Patriots andVeterans Affairs Agency
- Ministry ofForeign Affairs
- Ministry ofHome Affairs
- Ministry ofFinance (delete)
- Ministry ofJustice
- Ministry ofNational Defense
- Ministry ofEducation
- Ministry ofCulture andSports
- Ministry ofAgriculture, Forestry andFisheries (delete)
- Ministry ofAgriculture andForestry (add)
- Ministry ofTrade, Industry andEnergy
- Ministry ofInformation andCommunication (rename)
- Ministry ofConstruction (delete)
- Ministry ofEnvironment (relocate)
- Ministry ofHealth andWelfare (rename)
- Ministry ofLabor
- Ministry ofTransportation (delete)
- Ministry ofConstruction andTransportation (add)
- Ministry ofMaritime Affairs andFisheries (add)
- Office ofSupply (limited topurchases forentities inthislistonly. Regarding
procurement forentities inAnnex 2andAnnex 3inthislist,thecoverages and
thresholds forsuch entities thereunder shallbeapplied.)
- National TaxAdministration (relocate)
- Customs Administration (relocate)
- National Statistical Office
- Korea Meteorological Administration
- National Police Administration (except purchases forthepurpose ofmaintaining
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Modifications toAppendix I Korea
- Supreme Public Prosecutors 'Office
- Military Manpower Administration
- Rural Development Administration
- Forestry Administration
- Fisheries Administration (delete)
- Industrial Advancement Administration (delete)
- Small andMedium Business Administration (add)
- Korea Industrial Property Office
- Korea Maritime andPortAdministration (delete)
- Korea National Railroad Administration (TheKorean Government plans tochange
theNRAintoapublic corporation in1996, inwhich case theKorean
Government hastherighttotransfer theNRAfrom Annex 1toAnnex 3without
anyconsultation and/or compensatory measures.)
- Small andMedium Business Administration (add)
- National Maritime Police Agency (except purchases forthepurpose of
maintaining public order, asprovided inArticle XXIII oftheCode) (add)
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