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DEL COMERCIO  GPA/W/255 
4 de marzo de 2003 
 (03-1254) 
  
Comité de Contratación Pública Original:   inglés 
 
 
 
MODIFICACIONES PROPUESTAS POR EL JAPÓN AL APÉNDICE I 
 
Notificación del Japón de conformidad con el  
párrafo 6 a) del artículo XXIV1 del ACP  
 
  El 3 de marzo de 2003 se recibió de la Misi ón Permanente del Japón la siguiente notificación 
con el ruego de que se distribuya a las Partes en el Acuerdo sobre Contratación Pública.  
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  De conformidad con el párrafo 6 a) del artículo XXIV del Acuerdo sobre Contratación 
Pública de la OMC, el Gobierno del Japón desea notificar al Comité de Contratación Pública las siguientes rectificaciones de carácter puramente formal en relación con los anexos 3 y 5 y las Notas 
generales del Apéndice I del Acuerdo (véanse lo s documentos WT/Let/400 y WT/Let/425/Rev.1): 
  - suprímase "- Postal Life Insurance Welfar e Corporation" del grupo A de la lista de 
entidades del anexo 3; 
 
 - añádase "- Japan Post" al grupo A de la lista de entidades del anexo 3; 
  - modifíquense como sigue los valores de umbral pertinentes de los servicios de 
construcción que figuran en el anexo 3: 
   " 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"; 
 
                                                     
 
1 En el párrafo 6 a) del artículo XXIV  se establece lo siguiente:  "Las rectificaciones, las transferencias 
de entidades de un Anexo a otro o, en casos excepci onales, 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 mu tuamente convenido previsto en el Acuerdo.  Las 
rectificaciones, transferencias o enmiendas de otro tipo de carácter puramente formal o menores surtirán efecto a 
condición de que en un plazo de 30 días no se presente objeci ón a ellas.  De no ser así, el Presidente del Comité 
convocará prontamente una reunión del Comité.  El Comi té examinará la propuesta y las posibles demandas de 
arreglos compensatorios, con el fin de mantener un equilibrio de derechos y obligaciones y un nivel comparable del 
alcance mutuamente convenido previsto en el presente Acuer do antes de la notificación de que se trate.  En caso de 
que no se llegue a un acuerdo, podrá llevarse adelante  la cuestión con arreglo a las disposiciones del 
artículo XXII." GPA/W/255 
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  - suprímase "- Postal Life Insurance Welfar e Corporation" del grupo A de la lista de 
entidades que contratan los servicios indi cados en el anexo 4, del anexo 3; 
 - añádase "- Japan Post" al grupo A de la lis ta de entidades que contratan los servicios 
indicados en el anexo 4, del anexo 3; 
 
 - modifíquense como sigue los valores de umbral del anexo 5: 
   "4,500 thousand SDR for entities set out in ANNEX 1;   15,000 thousand SDR for those in ANNEX 2;   4,500 thousand SDR for Japan Post in Group A in ANNEX 3 ; 
  15,000 thousand SDR for all other entities  in Group A in ANNEX 3;  and 
  4,500 thousand SDR for entities  in Group B in ANNEX 3"; 
  - modifíquese como sigue el párrafo 1 de las "GENERAL NOTES":  
  "1. For goods and services (including construction services) of Canada and 
suppliers of such goods and services, this  Agreement does not apply to procurement 
by the entities listed in Annexes 2 and 3 (except for Japan Post in Group A and the 
entities  in Group B set out in Annex 3)." 
  Las rectificaciones mencionadas son resultado de los siguientes cambios orgánicos relativos a 
una entidad del Gobierno central que figura en el anexo 1 y a una entidad del anexo 3: 
  1) En el proceso de reforma del Gobierno central y las empresas públicas del Japón, 
suprímanse los dos órganos siguientes: 
 
 - la "Postal Service Agency" (Secretaría de Servicios Postales), un órgano 
independiente del "Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and 
Telecommunications" (Ministerio de Administración Pública, del Interior y de Correos y Telecomunicaciones), del anexo 1, y 
  - la "Postal Life Insurance Welfare Co rporation" (Caja Postal de Seguros de 
Vida) del grupo A del anexo 3. 
   Las empresas, de cuya dirección se encarg aban hasta la fecha los dos órganos antes 
mencionados, pasarán a ser competencia del "Japan Post" (Correos del Japón).  Con 
arreglo a la Ley de Correos del Japón (L ey Nº 97 de 31 de julio de 2002) y a las 
correspondientes ordenanzas, este cambio orgáni co surtirá efecto a partir del 1º de 
abril de 2003.  Se creará el órgano "Japan  Post" como empresa pública jurídicamente 
independiente del Gobierno, que dirigirá las empresas transferidas de manera eficiente y eficaz (en el anexo A se adjunt a una breve descripción de esta entidad). 
  2) Como quiera que esta nueva organización no figura entre las entidades del Gobierno 
central sujetas a la Ley de Cuentas y no está prevista en la Ley Orgánica del Gobierno 
Nacional ni en la Ley por la que se esta blece la Oficina del Gobierno, el Japón ha 
decidido añadirla al anexo 3, en relación tanto con los suministros como con los servicios (al grupo A de la lista  de entidades y a la lista de  entidades que contratan los 
servicios que se detallan en el anexo 4) con los siguientes valores de umbral y 
condiciones, a fin de mantener un equilibri o de derechos y obligaciones y un nivel 
comparable del alcance mutuamente convenido previsto en el presente Acuerdo con 
anterioridad a esta notificación.  GPA/W/255 
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  Aunque el valor de umbral de 15 millones de DEG para los servicios de construcción 
se ha aplicado a la "Postal Life Insuran ce Welfare Corporation" del grupo A del 
anexo 3, la nueva entidad ("Japan Post") te ndrá un valor de umbral de 4,5 millones de 
DEG para los servicios de construcción, que es la cifra que se aplica actualmente a la 
"Postal Service Agency" del "Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts 
and Telecommunications", del anexo 1. 
  3) Desde el 1º de abril de 2003 la nueva entidad utilizará normas contables para aplicar 
los valores de umbral y los procedimientos pertinentes en el marco del Acuerdo.  Los 
procedimientos de impugnación previstos en el artículo XX del Acuerdo se aplicarán 
a las contrataciones efectuadas por esta entid ad, que estará sometida al control del 
"Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications". 
  En el anexo B ("Attachment B"
2) se incluye un resumen de las enmiendas propuestas por el 
Japón para las páginas 1 y 3 del anexo 3, el anexo 5 y las Notas generales del Apéndice I.  En el 
anexo C ("Attachment C"2) puede verse cómo quedarán los anexos 3 y 5 y las Notas generales del 
Apéndice una vez introducidas las enmiendas.  
                                                     
 
2 Los "Attachments" B y C existen únicamente en inglés. GPA/W/255 
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 ANEXO A ("ATTACHMENT A") 
 
BREVE DESCRIPCIÓN DE LA ENTIDAD "JAPAN POST" 
(QUE SE CREARÁ EL 1º DE ABRIL DE 2003) 
  
A. F
INALIDAD  
 Realizar de manera exhaustiva y eficiente las actividades relativas a los servicios postales, las 
cajas postales de ahorros, los giros postales, las tr ansferencias postales, las cajas postales de seguros 
de vida, etc., como empresa pública de titularida d estatal pero financieramente autosuficiente. 
 
B. ALCANCE DE LAS ACTIVIDADES  
 1) Actividades relacionadas con los servicios postales, las cajas postales de ahorros, los 
giros postales, las transferencias postales y las cajas postales de seguros de vida. 
 
 2) La venta de timbres fiscales y las emisiones relativas a los fondos de pensiones y 
otros fondos del Tesoro por encargo del Estado. 
  3) Otros servicios (por ejemplo, propuesta de suscripciones a obligaciones del Estado, 
servicios de cambio de divisas, tramitación de cheques de viaje). 
 
C. O
RGANIZACIÓN  
 Oficina central:   Tokio 
 Otras oficinas de correos: 24.700 oficinas en todo el país  D. R
ELACIONES CON EL GOBIERNO CENTRAL  
 El Ministerio competente es el "Ministry of  Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and 
Telecommunications".    GPA/W/255 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 1/5
 
 
5 September 2001 (WT/Let/400)  ATTACHMENT B 
 
JAPAN 
 
(Authentic in the English language only) 
 
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 
- Metal Mining Agency of Japan (c) 
- Japan Small and Medium Enterprise Corporation 
-
 Postal Life Insurance Welfare 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 
- Japan Consumers Information Center - 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 
 
 GPA/W/255 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 3/5
 
 
27 June 2002 (WT/Let/425/Rev.1)  
  
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 
 
 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 
- Metal Mining Agency of Japan (c) 
- Japan Small and Medium Enterprise Corporation -
 Postal Life Insurance Welfare 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 - Japan Consumers Information Center 
 
  GPA/W/255 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 5 Page 1/1
 
 
5 September 2001 (WT/Let/400)    
ANNEX 5 
 
Construction Services  
 
 
Definition : 
  A construction services contract is a contract  which has as its objective the realization by 
whatever means of civil or building works, in the sense of Division 51 of the Central Product 
Classification (CPC).    
 
List of Division 51, CPC :   
  All services list ed in Division 51. 
 
 
Threshold : 4,500 thousand SDR for entities set out in ANNEX 1; 
  15,000 thousand SDR for those in ANNEX 2;   4,500 thousand SDR for Japan Post in Group A in ANNEX 3;
 
  15,000 thousand SDR for those  all other entities  in Group A in ANNEX 3;  and 
  4,500 thousand SDR for those  entities  in Group B in ANNEX 3. 
 GPA/W/255 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  GENERAL NOTES Page 1/1
 
 
5 September 2001 (WT/Let/400)  
  
GENERAL NOTES 
  1. For goods and services (including construction services) of Canada and suppliers of such goods 
and services, this Agreement does no t apply to procurement by the ent ities listed in Annexes 2 and 3 
(except for thos
e listed  Japan Post in Group A and the entities  in Group B set out in Annex 3). 
 2. In case Parties do not apply Article XX to suppliers or servic e providers of Japan in contesting 
the award of contract by entities, Japan may not apply the Article to suppliers or  service providers of the 
Parties in contesting the award of cont racts by the same kind of entities. 
 
 
  GPA/W/255 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 1/5
 
 
… 2003 (WT/Let/…) ATTACHMENT C 
 
JAPAN 
 
(Authentic in the English language only) 
  
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 
- Metal Mining Agency of Japan (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 - Japan Consumers Information Center 
- 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 
 
 GPA/W/255 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 3/5
 
 
… 2003 (WT/Let/…)  
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 Printing Bureau 
 
 
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 
- Metal Mining Agency of Japan (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 
- Japan Consumers Information Center  
  GPA/W/255 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 5 Page 1/1
 
 
… 2003 (WT/Let/…)  
ANNEX 5 
 
Construction Services  
 
 Definition : 
 
 A construction services contract is a contract  which has as its objective the realization by 
whatever means of civil or building works, in the sense of Division 51 of the Central Product 
Classification (CPC).     
List of Division 51, CPC :   
  All services list ed in Division 51. 
  
Threshold : 4,500 thousand SDR for entities set out in ANNEX 1; 
  15,000 thousand SDR for those in ANNEX 2;   4,500 thousand SDR for Japan Post in Group A in ANNEX 3;   15,000 thousand SDR for all other en tities in Group A in ANNEX 3;  and 
  4,500 thousand SDR for entities in Group B in ANNEX 3. 
 
 GPA/W/255 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  GENERAL NOTES Page 1/1
 
 
… 2003 (WT/Let/…)  
 
GENERAL NOTES 
  1. For goods and services (including construction services) of Canada and suppliers of such goods 
and services, this Agreement does no t apply to procurement by the ent ities listed in Annexes 2 and 3 
(except for Japan Post in Group A and the entities in Group B set out in Annex 3). 
 2. In case Parties do not apply Article XX to suppliers or servic e providers of Japan in contesting 
the award of contract by entities, Japan may not apply the Article to suppliers or  service providers of the 
Parties in contesting the award of cont racts by the same kind of entities. 
 
 
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