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DEL COMERCIO  GPA/MOD/JPN/16 
10 de noviembre de 2004 
 (04-4764) 
Comité de Contratación Pública Original:   inglés 
   
ENMIENDAS PROPUESTAS POR EL JAPÓN AL APÉNDICE I 
 
Comunicación del Japón de conformidad con el
 
párrafo 6 a) del artículo XXIV1 del ACP  
 
 
 La siguiente comunicación de la delegación del Japón, de fecha 5 de noviembre de 2004, se 
distribuye a las Partes en el Acuerdo sobre Contratación Pública.  
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 1. De conformidad con el párrafo 6 a) del artículo XXIV del Acuerdo sobre Contratación 
Pública, el Gobierno del Japón desea notificar al  Comité de Contratación Pública las siguientes 
enmiendas de carácter puramente formal en relación con el Anexo 3 del Apéndice I del Acuerdo sobre Contratación Pública: 
 
 - Suprímase "National Center for Industria l Property Information" de la "Lista de 
entidades" y la "Lista de entidades que contratan los servicios indicados en el Anexo 4". 
 
 - Añádase "National Center for Industrial  Property Information and Training" a la 
"Lista de entidades" y la "Lista de entidad es que contratan los servicios indicados en 
el Anexo 4". 
 2. Las enmiendas anteriores se deben simplement e al cambio de nombre del "National Center 
for Industrial Property Information".  A partir de l 1º de octubre de 2004 el "National Center for 
Industrial Property" se llama "National Center for Industrial Property and In formation and Training", 
en razón de la transferencia de algunas de las ac tividades que desempeñaba h asta esa fecha la Oficina 
de Patentes del Japón, a saber, la formación del pers onal y la facilitación de información en materia de 
patentes.  El Ministerio de Economía y Comercio Internacional, incluida la Oficina de Patentes del 
Japón (que no aparece en el Anexo 1 del Ja pón porque es una organización adscrita a dicho 
Ministerio), sigue figurando como entidad del Anexo 1. 
                                                     
 
1 El párrafo 6 a) del artículo XXIV ("Rectificaci ones o enmiendas") establece lo siguiente:  
Rectificaciones o enmiendas  a) Las rectificaciones, las transferencias de entidades de un Anexo a otro o, en 
casos excepcionales, las enmiendas de otro tipo que afecten  a los Apéndices I a IV serán notificadas al Comité, 
y en la notificación se facilitará información en cuanto a las probables consecuencias del cambio en el alcance 
mutuamente convenido previsto en el Acuerdo.  Las rectificaciones, transfer encias o enmiendas de otro tipo de 
carácter puramente formal o menores su rtirán efecto a condición de que en un plazo de 30 días no se presente 
objeción a ellas.  De no ser así, el Presidente del Comité convocará prontamente una reunión del Comité.  
El Comité examinará la propu esta y las posibles demandas de arreglos compensatorios, con el fin de mantener 
un equilibrio de derechos y obligaciones y un nivel comp arable del alcance mutuamente  convenido previsto en 
el presente Acuerdo antes de la notificación de que se tr ate.  En caso de que no se  llegue a un acuerdo, podrá 
llevarse adelante la cuestión con arregl o a las disposiciones del artículo XXII. 
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3. Por consiguiente, la modificación propuesta no altera el nivel del alcance mutuamente 
convenido previsto en el Acuerdo.  En el Anexo A se incluye un resumen de las enmiendas propuestas 
por el Japón de las páginas 2/5 y 5/5 del Anexo 3 del Apéndice I.  En el Anexo B se indica cómo quedarían las páginas 2/5 y 5/5 del Anexo 3 del Apéndice I una vez introducidas las enmiendas propuestas.
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2 Los Anexos A y B existen únicamente en inglés. GPA/MOD/JPN/16 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 2/5
 
 
17 September  2004 (WT/Let/ 478) ATTACHMENT A 
 
 
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  Economy, Trade and 
Industry 
- National Center for Industrial Property 
Information  National Center for Industrial 
Property Information and Training  
- 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 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 5/5
 
 
17 September  2004 (WT/Let/ 478) Services  (cont'd) 
 
- Fisheries Research Agency - Research Institute of  Economy, Trade and 
Industry 
- National Center for Industrial Property 
Information  National Center for Industrial 
Property Information and Training  
- 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 
- National Hospital Organization 
- National University Corporation 
- Inter-University Research  Institute Corporation 
- Institute of National Colleges of Technology, 
Japan 
- National Institution for Academic Degrees and 
University Evaluation 
- Center for National University Finance and 
Management 
- National Institute of Multimedia Education 
 
 
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 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 
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. 
 
 
 GPA/MOD/JPN/16 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 2/5
 
 
... (WT/Let/...)  ATTACHMENT B 
 
 
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  Economy, Trade and 
Industry 
- National Center for Industrial Property 
Information and Training 
- 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 
 GPA/MOD/JPN/16 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 5/5
 
 
... (WT/Let/...)  Services  (cont'd) 
 
- Fisheries Research Agency - Research Institute of  Economy, Trade and 
Industry 
- National Center for Industrial Property 
Information and Training 
- 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 
- National Hospital Organization 
- National University Corporation 
- Inter-University Research  Institute Corporation 
- Institute of National Colleges of Technology, 
Japan 
- National Institution for Academic Degrees and 
University Evaluation 
- Center for National University Finance and 
Management 
- National Institute of Multimedia Education 
 
 
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 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 
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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