WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  GPA/37/Add.1 
7 April 2004 
 (04-1583) 
Committee on Government Procurement Original:   English 
   
 
NOTIFICATION OF NATIONAL IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION 
 
Communication from Japan Pursuant to Article XXIV:5(b)
1 of the GPA  
 
Addendum  
 
   The following communication, dated 5 April 2004, from the Delegation of Japan is being 
circulated to the Parties to the Agreement on Government Procurement. 
 
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   Pursuant to Article XXIV:5(b) of the WT O Agreement on Government Procurement, the 
Government of Japan wishes to inform the Comm ittee on Government Procurement of the following 
change in its regulations con cerning the government procurement.
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NOTIFICATION OF THE PARTIAL REVISION OF THE "BASIC POLICY FOR THE 
PROMOTION OF PROCUREMENT OF ECO-FRIENDLY GOODS AND SERVICES" 
UNDER THE "LAW CONCERNING THE PROMOTION OF PROCUREMENT  
OF ECO-FRIENDLY GOODS AN D SERVICES BY THE STATE  
AND OTHER ENTITIES" 
 
  1. Agency responsible: 
 
 Ministry of the Environment  2. Description of the partial revision of the Basic Policy:  
 The original "Basic Policy for the Promoti on of Procurement of Eco-Friendly Goods and 
Services" based on the "Law Concerning the Promo tion of Procurement of Eco-Friendly Goods and 
Services by the State and Other Entities" (hereinafter  referred to as Basic Policy) was adopted by a 
cabinet decision in February 2001 (GPA/W/131) and partially revised in February 2002 and 
                                                     
 
 1 Article XXIV:5(b) reads as follows:  National Legislation " (b) Each Party shall inform the Committee of any 
changes in its laws and regulations relevant to this Agreem ent and in the administration of such laws and regulations."  
2 Previous notifications of Japan's implementing le gislation were made in GPA/37, dated 20 June 2000 
and GPA/67, dated 15 April 2002. GPA/37/Add.1 
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February 2003).  The revision of the Basic Policy, including the addition of 23 designated procurement items, was adopted by a cabinet decisi on in March 2004.  (The summary of the revision 
is attached hereto.  The Japanese text of the revised  Basic Policy is available on the Ministry of the 
Environment website as follows:  http://www.e nv.go.jp/policy/hozen/green/g-law/index.html.) 
 
3. Starting date of procurement based on the revised Basic Policy: 
 
1 April 2004 
 
4. Enquiry point:   Environment and Economy Division, Integrated Environmental Policy Bureau,  Ministry of the Environment  Telephone:  +(81 3) 5521-8229;   Fax: +(81 3) 3580-9568 
 
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APPENDIX 
 
DESIGNATED PROCUREMENT ITEMS AND EVALUATION CRITERIA, ETC. 
 
(SUMMARY) 
 
Addition of Designated Procurement Items, etc. 
(Cabinet decision on 16 March 2004)  Category Designated Procurement 
Items 
(Cabinet decision on 
28 February 2003) 
* denotes revisions beside 
additional items  Evaluation criteria for 
additional items, etc. 
Paper 9 items, including computer 
paper (copier paper, 
diazotype paper, optical character reader's paper), printing paper, and hygienic paper (toilet paper and tissue paper). 
  
 
 
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3 items including dust 
blowers. 
 Global warming 
coefficient, etc. Stationery 72 items, including 
mechanical pencils, 
ball-point pens, scissors, glue, files, binders, desk mats, albums, binding strings, blackboard erasers, 
and can and bottle 
squashing devices.  * Vegetable based plastics 
added as criteria for clear holders, and OHP film for inkjet printers.  
 
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Office furniture 10 items, including chairs, 
desks, shelves, coat hangers, umbrella stands, and blackboards. 
 * Re-evaluation of 
packaging material reuse etc. added as factors for consideration.  
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Digital stencil duplicator 
 Energy efficiency Office 
automation 
machines 11 items, including copiers, 
computers, printers, 
facsimiles, and computer monitors. * Re-evaluation of 
packaging material reuse etc. added as Factors for Consideration. * The establishment of future standards added to 
Note for copiers. 
  
  
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Addition of Designated Procurement Items, etc. 
(Cabinet decision on 16 March 2004)  Category Designated Procurement 
Items 
(Cabinet decision on 
28 February 2003) 
* denotes revisions beside 
additional items  Evaluation criteria for 
additional items, etc. 
Electric toilet seats  Energy efficiency 
Home 
electronic 
appliances 5 items, including 
refrigerators, air 
conditioners, televisions, and VCRs.  * Criteria for non-furon 
refrigerators. 
* Re-evaluation of packaging material reuse etc. added as Factors for Consideration. 
  
 
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Space heaters Energy efficiency. Air 
conditioners, 
etc. Air conditioners, gas heat 
pump air conditioners. 
* Re-evaluation of 
packaging material reuse etc. added as Factors for Consideration.   
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Water heaters, etc. 
 
  
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system, gas water heaters, 
oil water heaters, gas 
cooking appliances.  Energy efficiency. 
Lighting Fluorescent lighting 
equipment and fluorescent light bulbs.  * Re-evaluation of 
packaging material reuse etc. added as Factors for Consideration. 
* The establishment of 
future standards added to Note.   
 
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Vehicles, etc. Vehicles (natural gas 
vehicles, hybrid vehicles, etc.) 
Receivers/transmitters for 
Electronic Toll Collection system, receivers for Vehicle Information Communication System.  * Adjustment made to 
energy conservation law regarding fuel efficiency 
criteria for LP gas vehicles.  
 
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Addition of Designated Procurement Items, etc. 
(Cabinet decision on 16 March 2004)  Category Designated Procurement 
Items 
(Cabinet decision on 
28 February 2003) 
* denotes revisions beside 
additional items  Evaluation criteria for 
additional items, etc. 
Uniforms and work clothes 
 Uniforms and work clothes. ___ ___ 
* Re-evaluation of 
packaging material reuse etc. added as Factors for Consideration for bed frames. 
  
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Interior fixtures and bedding  Carpets, curtains, blankets, 
comforters, bed frames, and mattresses. 
* Mattresses for medical and 
nursing services added to 
mattresses.  Ratio of recycled 
material content, use 
of unused fibre, etc. 
Other fibre products  Tents, tarps, and safety nets. ___ ___ 
Work gloves 
 Work gloves. ___ ___ 
Facilities Solar power generation 
systems, fuel cells, solar heating systems, 
composting equipments for 
kitchen garbage.   
 
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Addition of Designated Procurement Items, etc. 
(Cabinet decision on 16 March 2004)  Category Designated Procurement 
Items 
(Cabinet decision on 
28 February 2003) 
* denotes revisions beside 
additional items  Evaluation criteria for 
additional items, etc. 
11 items added to materials category (1), including steel 
slug for ground improvement, eco-cement, pavement block using recycled material (burnt), 
lumber, glued laminated 
timber, transformer, etc.  Ratio of recycled 
material content, use 
of lumber from thinning, energy efficiency, etc. 
* Non-furon criteria added to thermal insulating material included in materials category (1).   
 
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Public-works 
projects 1. Materials (31 items, 
including reconstituted 
wood boards, tiles, blended cement, recycled aggregate, base-coating paint, permeable 
concrete, insulated 
windows/doors, automatic faucets, automatically controlled lighting systems, and fertilizers using sewer 
sludge). 
2. Construction machines 
(low emission machines, low-noise machines). 
3. Construction methods 
(5 methods, including 
recycling treatment of construction sludge, and recycling treatment of concrete masses). 
4. Others (greening of 
rooftops, porous pavement, and permeable pavement). 
 Method for effectively using 
low quality soil added to construction methods category (3). Use within the site 
where the low quality soil is produced. 
Services Energy conservation 
diagnosis, cafeteria, 
printing, recycling of 
automobile tires. Automobile repair. Use of recycled 
material. 
 
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