RESTRICTED  ORGANIZACIÓN MUNDIAL  
DEL COMERCIO  GPA/MOD/USA/1* 
15 de enero de 2004 
 
 (04-0123) 
Comité de Contratación Pública Original:   inglés 
  
 
ENMIENDAS PROPUESTAS POR LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS 
AL APÉNDICE I 
Notificación efectuada por los Es tados Unidos de conformidad
 
con el párrafo 6 del artículo XXIV1 del Acuerdo  
sobre Contratación Pública  
 La siguiente notificación, de fecha 13 de en ero de 2004, de la dele gación de los Estados 
Unidos se distribuye a las Partes en el Acuerdo sobre Contratación Pública. 
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I. INTRODUCCIÓN 
 De conformidad con el párrafo 6 del artícul o XXIV del Acuerdo sobre Contratación Pública 
(ACP), los Estados Unidos proponen las siguien tes enmiendas al Anexo 1 del Apéndice I del 
Acuerdo.  Las enmiendas obedecen a los cambios habidos recientemente en la estructura 
administrativa del Gobierno Federal. 
                                                      
* Para mayor comodidad de las delegaciones y por razones técnicas, especialmente en lo referente a la 
Decisión sobre los procedimientos para la distribución y la supresión del carácter reservado de los documentos 
adoptada por el Comité el 8 de octubre de 2002 (GPA/72), los documentos sobre las nuevas propuestas de enmiendas a los Apéndices de las Partes serán ahora publicados como parte de una nueva serie 
(GPA/MOD/PAÍS/…).  Todos los documentos relativos a una notificación determinada se publicarán como 
adiciones, revisiones, corrigendos, etc. de la notificación de la propuesta inicial de enmienda. 
 
1 El párrafo 6 del artículo XXIV establece lo siguiente:  Rectificaciones o enmiendas a) Las 
rectificaciones, las transferencias de entidades de un An exo a otro o, en casos exce pcionales, las enmiendas de 
otro tipo que afecten a los Apéndices I a IV serán noti ficadas al Comité, y en la  notificación se facilitará 
información en cuanto a las probables consecuencias del cambio en el alcance mutuam ente convenido previsto 
en el Acuerdo.  Las rectificaciones, transferencias o enmiendas de otro tipo de ca rácter puramente formal o 
menores surtirán efecto a condición de qu e en un plazo de 30 días no se presen te objeción a ellas.  De no ser así, 
el Presidente del Comité convocará prontamente una reunión del Comité.  El Comité 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 conven ido previsto en el pres ente Acuerdo antes de 
la notificación de que se trate. En ca so de que no se llegue a un acuerdo, podrá llevarse adelante la cuestión con 
arreglo a las disposiciones del artículo XXII;  y b) En caso de que una Parte desee, en ejercicio de su derecho, 
retirar una entidad del Apéndice I, por haberse eliminado efectivamente el control o la influencia del gobierno 
sobre ella, dicha Parte lo notificará al Comité.  La modi ficación de que se trate sur tirá efecto el día siguiente a 
aquel en que finalice la siguiente reunión del Comité, siempre que ésta no se celebre antes de transcurridos 
30 días desde la fecha de la notificación y que no se  haya formulado ninguna obj eción.  En caso de que se 
formule una objeción, podrá llevarse adelante la cuestión con arreglo al procedimiento de consultas y solución de diferencias establecido en el ar tículo XXII.  Al examin ar la propuesta modifi cación del Apéndice I y los 
eventuales arreglos compensatorios consiguientes, se te ndrán debidamente en cuenta los efectos de apertura del 
mercado de la eliminación del control o la influencia del gobierno.  GPA/MOD/USA/1 
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 II. ENMIENDAS PROPUESTAS 
1. Propuesta de adición del Department of Homeland Security  (Departamento de Seguridad del 
Territorio Nacional): 
 Los Estados Unidos proponen añadir al Anexo 1 el Department of Homeland Security  
(Departamento de Seguridad del Territorio Nacional)  (DHS), establecido de conformidad con la Ley 
sobre la Seguridad del Territorio Nacional  de 2002 (Ley General 107-296) (HSA). 
2. Elementos y funciones orgánicos tr ansferidos de otras entidades al DHS: 
 a) Los siguientes elementos y funciones orgá nicos fueron transferidos del Departamento 
de Agricultura:  Plum Island Animal Disease Center  (Centro de Enfermedades 
Animales de Plum Island) (de conformida d con el artículo 310 a) de la HSA);  y 
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  (Servicio de Inspección Zoosanitaria y 
Fitosanitaria) (de conformidad con el artículo 421 de la HSA). 
 b) Los siguientes elementos y funciones orgá nicos fueron transferidos del Departamento 
de Comercio:  Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office  (Oficina de Garantía de 
Infraestructuras Esenciales) (de conformidad c on el artículo 201 g) 3) de la HSA);  e 
Integrated Hazard Information System  (Sistema Integrado de Información sobre 
Riesgos) de la National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration  (Administración 
Nacional de los Océanos y la Atmósfera) (d e conformidad con el artículo 503 2) de la 
HSA). 
 c) Los siguientes elementos y funciones orgá nicos fueron transferidos del Departamento 
de Defensa:  National Communications System  (Sistema Nacional de 
Comunicaciones) (de conformidad con el artículo 201 g) 2) de la HSA);  y National 
Bio-Weapons Defense Analysis Center  (Centro Nacional de Análisis para la Defensa 
contra Armas Biológicas), de conformidad con el artículo 303 2) de la HSA. 
 d) Los siguientes elementos y funciones orgá nicos fueron transferidos del Departamento 
de Energía:  Energy Security and Assurance Program  (Programa de Garantía y 
Seguridad de la Energía) (de conformidad con el artículo 201 g) 4) de la HSA);  
programas y actividades de apoyo y de se guridad nacional química y biológica (de 
conformidad con el artículo 303 1) de la HSA);  Environmental Measurements 
Laboratory  (Laboratorio de Mediciones Ambi entales) (de conformidad con el 
artículo 303 1) E) de la HSA);  y National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis 
Center (Centro Nacional de Simulación y Análisis de Infraestructuras) (de 
conformidad con el artículo 201 g) 4) de la HSA). 
 e) Los siguientes elementos y funciones orgá nicos fueron transferidos del Departamento 
de Justicia:  National Infrastructure Protection Center of the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation  (Centro Nacional de Protección de Infraestructuras de la Oficina Federal 
de Investigación) (de conformidad con el artículo 201 g) 1) de la HSA) (con 
excepción de la Sección de Investig aciones y Operaciones Informáticas);  National 
Domestic Preparedness Office of the FBI  (Oficina de Alerta Nacional de la Oficina 
Federal de Investigación) (de conformidad con el artículo 503 3) de la HSA);  
Domestic Emergency Support Teams  (Equipos de Apoyo para Emergencias 
Nacionales) (de conformidad con el artículo 503 4) de la HSA);  Office for Domestic 
Preparedness  (Oficina de Alerta Nacional) (de c onformidad con el artículo 403 5) de 
la HSA);  y funciones del Immigration and Naturalization Service  (Servicio de  GPA/MOD/USA/1 
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 Inmigración y Naturalización) (de conformi dad con los artículos 441 y 451 b) de la 
HSA). 
 f) Los siguientes elementos y funciones orgá nicos fueron transferidos del Departamento 
de Sanidad y Servicios Sociales:  Strategic National Stockpile  (Reservas Nacionales 
Estratégicas) (de conformidad con el  artículo 503 6) de la HSA);  y Office of 
Emergency Preparedness  (Oficina de Alerta para Emergencias), National Disaster 
Medical System  (Sistema Médico para Catástrofes Nacionales) y Metropolitan 
Medical Response System  (Sistema de Respuesta Médica en Zonas Metropolitanas) 
(de conformidad con el artículo 503 5) de la HSA). 
 g) El Servicio de Guardacostas de los Esta dos Unidos fue transferido del Departamento 
de Transporte, de conformidad con el artículo 888 b) de la HSA. 
 h) Los siguientes elementos y funciones orgá nicos fueron transferidos del Departamento 
del Tesoro:  el Servicio Secreto de lo s Estados Unidos (de conformidad con el 
artículo 821 de la HSA);  el Servicio de Aduanas de los Estados Unidos) (de 
conformidad con el artículo 403 1) de la HSA);  y Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Center  (Centro de Formación sobre la Observa ncia de la Legislación Federal) (de 
conformidad con el artículo 403 4) de la HSA). 
 i) Los siguientes elementos y funciones orgánicos fueron transferidos de la 
Administración de Servicios Generales:  Federal Computer Incident Response Center  
(Centro Federal de Respuesta a Incident es Informáticos) (de conformidad con el 
artículo 201 g) 5) de la HSA);  y Federal Protective Service  (Servicio de Protección 
Federal) (de conformidad con el  artículo 403 3) de la HSA). 
3. Propuesta de supresión de la Federal Emergency Management Agency  (Agencia Federal de 
Gestión de Emergencias): 
 Los Estados Unidos proponen suprimir la Federal Emergency Management Agency  (Agencia 
Federal de Gestión de Emergenci as) (entidad número 63) del Anexo 1, puesto que fue transferida al 
DHS, de conformidad con el ar tículo 503 1) de la HSA. 
4. Las enmiendas propuestas no reducirán el nivel del alcance mutuamente convenido previsto 
en el Acuerdo. 
 De conformidad con el proced imiento para futuros cambios en el sistema de hojas amovibles 
para los Apéndices del Acuerdo (GPA/W/110), el Ane xo 1 del Apéndice I de los Estados Unidos debe 
rectificarse en la forma indicada en el suplemento  A del presente documento (versión con tachaduras).  
En el suplemento B del presente documento figuran las páginas pertinentes del sistema de hojas 
amovibles tal como quedarán una vez aceptadas las modificaciones.2 
                                                      
2 Ambos suplementos están en inglés solamente. 
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APPENDIX I UNITED STATES  ANNEX 1 Page 1/5
 
 
 
1 March 2000 (WT/Let/330)  ATTACHMENT A 
 
UNITED STATES  
 
(Authentic in the English language only) 
 
 
ANNEX 1 
 
Central Government Entities wh ich Procure in Accordance 
With the Provisions of this Agreement  
  
Threshold : 130,000 SDRs for supplies and services 
  5 million SDRs for construction  
 
List of Entities : 
 1. Department of Agriculture (not including procurement of agricultural products made in 
furtherance of agricultural support progr ammes or human feeding programmes) 
2. Department of Commerce (not including shipbuilding activities of NOAA, as excluded in 
Annex 4) 
3. Department of Education 4. Department of Health and Human Services  5. Department of Housi ng and Urban Development 
6. Department of the Interior (incl uding the Bureau of Reclamation)  
7. Department of Justice 
8. Department of Labor 
9. Department of State 10. United States Agency for International Develo pment (not including procurement for the direct 
purpose of providing foreign assistance) 
11. Department of the Treasury  
12. Department of Transportation (not in cluding procurement by the Federal Aviation 
Administration, and pursuant to Article XXIII, th e national security considerations applicable 
to the Department of Defense are equally appli cable to the Coast Guard, a military unit of the 
United States ) 
13. Department of Energy (pursuant to Artic le XXIII, national security exceptions include 
procurements made in support of safeguarding nuclear materials or technology and entered 
into under the authority of the Atomic Energy Act, and oil purchases related to the Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve) 
14. General Services Administration (except Federal Supply Groups 51 and 52 and Federal 
Supply Class 7340)   
15. National Aeronautics and Space Administration  
16. The Department of Veterans Affairs 
17. Environmental Protection Agency 18. United States Information Agency 19. National Science Foundation GPA/MOD/USA/1 
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1 March 2000 (WT/Let/330)  20. Panama Canal Commission 
21. Executive Office of the President 
22. Farm Credit Administration 23. National Credit Union Administration  24. Merit Systems Protection Board 25. ACTION 
26. United States Arms Contro l and Disarmament Agency  
27. Office of Thrift Supervision 28. Federal Housing Finance Board  29. National Labor Relations Board 30. National Mediation Board 31. Railroad Retirement Board 
32. American Battle Monuments Commission  
33. Federal Communications Commission 34. Federal Trade Commission 35. Interstate Commerce Commission 36. Securities and Exchange Commission 
37. Office of Personnel Management 
38. United States International Trade Commission  39. Export-Import Bank of the United States 40. Federal Mediation a nd Conciliation Service  
41. Selective Service System  
42. Smithsonian Institution 
43. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation  44. Consumer Product Safety Commission 45. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission  46. Federal Maritime Commission 47. National Transportation Safety Board 
48. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
49. Overseas Private Investment Corporation 50. Administrative Conference of the United States  51. Board for International Broadcasting 52. Commission on Civil Rights 
53. Commodity Futures Trading Commission  
54. Peace Corps 55. National Archives and Records Administration 56. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations 57. African Development Foundation 58. Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System 
59. Appalachian Regional Commission 
60. Commission of Fine Arts 61. Delaware River Basin Commission 62. Federal Election Commission 63. Federal Emergency Management Agency
Department of Homeland Security (except 
procurement by the Transportation Security Administration;  and the national security 
considerations applicable to the Department of  Defense are equally applicable to the U.S. 
Coast Guard.)  
64. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation GPA/MOD/USA/1 
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1 March 2000 (W T/Let/330)  65. Federal Maritime Commission 
66. Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission 
67. Federal Reserve System 68. Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board 69. Holocaust Memorial Council 70. Inter-American Foundation 
71. National Capital Planning Commission 
72. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science 73. National Council on Disability 74. National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities 75. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission 
76. Office of Government Ethics 
77. Office of the Nuclear Waste Negotiator 
78. Office of Special Counsel 79. Resolution Trust Corporation Oversight Board 80. Small Business Administration 81. Susquehanna River Basin Commission 
82. Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation 
83. Federal Crop Insurance Corporation 84. Federal Prison Industries, Inc. 85. Government National Mortgage Association 86. Uranium Enrichment Corporation 
87. Department of Defense, including the Corps of Army Engineers 
 This Agreement will not apply to the following purchases of the Department of Defense:  
 (a) Federal Supply Classification (FSC) 83 - all elem ents of this classification other than pins, 
needles, sewing kits, flagstaffs, flagpoles, and flagstaff trucks; 
(b) FSC 84 - all elements other than sub-class 8460 (luggage); 
(c) FSC 89 - all elements other than sub-class 8975 (tobacco products);  (d) FSC 2310 - (buses only); (e) Speciality metals, defined as steels melted in steelmanufacturing facilities located in the 
United States or its possessions, where the maximum alloy content exceeds one or more of 
the following limits, must be used in pr oducts purchased by DOD: (1) manganese, 1.65 per 
cent; silicon, 0.60 per cent; or copper, 0.06 per cen t; or which contains more than 0.25 per 
cent of any of the following elements: alumin ium, chromium, cobalt, columbium, olybdenum, 
nickel, titanium, tungsten, or vanadium; (2) meta l alloys consisting of nickel, iron-nickel and 
cobalt base alloys containing a total of other a lloying metals (except iron) in excess of 10 per 
cent; (3) titanium and titanium alloys; or (4) zirconium base alloys; 
(f) FSC 19 and 20 - that part of these classifications defined as naval vessels or major 
components of the hull or superstructure thereof; 
(g) FSC 5l and 52; (h) Following FSC categories are not generally c overed due to application of Article XXIII, 
paragraph 1:  10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 28, 31, 58, 59, 95.   GPA/MOD/USA/1 
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APPENDIX I UNITED STATES  ANNEX 1 Page 4/5
 
 
 
1 March 2000 (WT/Let/330)   
This Agreement will generally ap ply to purchases of the following FSC categories subject to United 
States Government determinations under the provisions of Article XXIII, paragraph 1. 
 FSC 22 Railway Equipment  23 Motor Vehicles, Trailers, and Cycles (except buses in 2310)  
 24 Tractors 
 25 Vehicular Equipment Components  26 Tyres and Tubes  29 Engine Accessories  30 Mechanical Power Transmission Equipment   32 Woodworking Machinery and Equipment  
 34 Metalworking Machinery 
 35 Service and Trade Equipment  36 Special Industry Machinery  37 Agricultural Machinery and Equipment  38 Construction, Mining, Excavating,  and Highway Maintenance Equipment  
 39 Materials Handling Equipment 
 40 Rope, Cable, Chain and Fittings  41 Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Equipment   42 Fire Fighting, Rescue and Safety Equipment   43 Pumps and Compressors 
 44 Furnace, Steam Plant, Drying Equipment and Nuclear Reactors  
 45 Plumbing, Heating and Sanitation Equipment   46 Water Purification and Sewage Treatment Equipment   47 Pipe, Tubing, Hose and Fittings  48 Valves  49 Maintenance and Repair Shop Equipment  
 53 Hardware and Abrasives 
 54 Prefabricated Structures and Scaffolding   55 Lumber, Millwork, Plywood and Veneer   56 Construction and Building Materials  61 Electric Wire, and Power and Distribution Equipment  
 62 Lighting Fixtures and Lamps 
 63 Alarm and Signal Systems  65 Medical, Dental, and Veterinary Equipment and Supplies   66 Instruments and Laboratory Equipment   67 Photographic Equipment  68 Chemicals and Chemical Products 
 69 Training Aids and Devices 
 70 General Purpose ADPE, Software, Supplies and Support Equipment   71 Furniture  72 Household and Commercial Furnishings and Appliances  
 73 Food Preparation and Serving Equipment 
 74 Office Machines, Visible Record Equipment and ADP Equipment  
 75 Office Supplies and Devices  76 Books, Maps and Other Publications  77 Musical Instruments, Phonographs, and Home Type Radios  GPA/MOD/USA/1 
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APPENDIX I UNITED STATES  ANNEX 1 Page 5/5
 
 
 
1 March 2000 (WT/Let/330)   78 Recreational and Athletic Equipment  
 79 Cleaning Equipment and Supplies 
 80 Brushes, Paints, Sealers and Adhesives   81 Containers, Packaging and Packing Supplies   85 Toiletries  87 Agricultural Supplies 
 88 Live Animals 
 91 Fuels, Lubricants, Oils and Waxes   93 Non-metallic Fabricated Materials   94 Non-metallic Crude Materials  96 Ores, Minerals and their Primary Products   99 Miscellaneous 
 
 
 
Note to Annex 1  
 The conditions specified in the Gene ral Notes apply to this Annex. GPA/MOD/USA/1 
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APPENDIX I UNITED STATES  ANNEX 1 Page 1/5
 
 
 
... 2004 (WT/Let/...)  ATTACHMENT B 
 
UNITED STATES  
 
(Authentic in the English language only) 
 
 
ANNEX 1 
 
Central Government Entities wh ich Procure in Accordance 
With the Provisions of this Agreement  
  
Threshold : 130,000 SDRs for supplies and services 
  5 million SDRs for construction  
 
List of Entities : 
 1. Department of Agriculture (not including procurement of agricultural products made in 
furtherance of agricultural support progr ammes or human feeding programmes) 
2. Department of Commerce (not including shipbuilding activities of NOAA, as excluded in 
Annex 4) 
3. Department of Education 4. Department of Health and Human Services  5. Department of Housi ng and Urban Development 
6. Department of the Interior (incl uding the Bureau of Reclamation)  
7. Department of Justice 
8. Department of Labor 
9. Department of State 10. United States Agency for International Develo pment (not including procurement for the direct 
purpose of providing foreign assistance) 
11. Department of the Treasury  
12. Department of Transportation (not in cluding procurement by the Federal Aviation 
Administration, and pursuant to Article XXIII) 
13. Department of Energy (pursuant to Artic le XXIII, national security exceptions include 
procurements made in support of safeguarding nuclear materials or technology and entered 
into under the authority of the Atomic Energy Act, and oil purchases related to the Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve) 
14. General Services Administration (except Federal Supply Groups 51 and 52 and Federal 
Supply Class 7340)   
15. National Aeronautics and Space Administration  16. The Department of Veterans Affairs 17. Environmental Protection Agency 
18. United States Information Agency 
19. National Science Foundation GPA/MOD/USA/1 
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APPENDIX I UNITED STATES  ANNEX 1 Page 2/5
 
 
 
… 2004 (WT/Let/…)  20. Panama Canal Commission 
21. Executive Office of the President 
22. Farm Credit Administration 23. National Credit Union Administration  24. Merit Systems Protection Board 25. ACTION 
26. United States Arms Contro l and Disarmament Agency  
27. Office of Thrift Supervision 28. Federal Housing Finance Board  29. National Labor Relations Board 30. National Mediation Board 31. Railroad Retirement Board 
32. American Battle Monuments Commission  
33. Federal Communications Commission 34. Federal Trade Commission 35. Interstate Commerce Commission 36. Securities and Exchange Commission 
37. Office of Personnel Management 
38. United States International Trade Commission  39. Export-Import Bank of the United States 40. Federal Mediation a nd Conciliation Service  
41. Selective Service System  
42. Smithsonian Institution 
43. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation  44. Consumer Product Safety Commission 45. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission  46. Federal Maritime Commission 47. National Transportation Safety Board 
48. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
49. Overseas Private Investment Corporation 50. Administrative Conference of the United States  51. Board for International Broadcasting 52. Commission on Civil Rights 
53. Commodity Futures Trading Commission  
54. Peace Corps 55. National Archives and Records Administration 56. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations 57. African Development Foundation 58. Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System 
59. Appalachian Regional Commission 
60. Commission of Fine Arts 61. Delaware River Basin Commission 62. Federal Election Commission 63. Department of Homeland Security (excep t procurement by the Transportation Security 
Administration;  and the national security consid erations applicable to the Department of 
Defense are equally applicable to the U.S. Coast Guard.) 
64. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation GPA/MOD/USA/1 
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APPENDIX I UNITED STATES  ANNEX 1 Page 3/5
 
 
 
… 2004 (WT/Let/…  65. Federal Maritime Commission 
66. Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission 
67. Federal Reserve System 68. Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board 69. Holocaust Memorial Council 70. Inter-American Foundation 
71. National Capital Planning Commission 
72. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science 73. National Council on Disability 74. National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities 75. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission 
76. Office of Government Ethics 
77. Office of the Nuclear Waste Negotiator 
78. Office of Special Counsel 79. Resolution Trust Corporation Oversight Board 80. Small Business Administration 81. Susquehanna River Basin Commission 
82. Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation 
83. Federal Crop Insurance Corporation 84. Federal Prison Industries, Inc. 85. Government National Mortgage Association 86. Uranium Enrichment Corporation 
87. Department of Defense, including the Corps of Army Engineers 
 This Agreement will not apply to the following purchases of the Department of Defense:  
 (a) Federal Supply Classification (FSC) 83 - all elem ents of this classification other than pins, 
needles, sewing kits, flagstaffs, flagpoles, and flagstaff trucks; 
(b) FSC 84 - all elements other than sub-class 8460 (luggage); 
(c) FSC 89 - all elements other than sub-class 8975 (tobacco products);  (d) FSC 2310 - (buses only); (e) Speciality metals, defined as steels melted in steelmanufacturing facilities located in the 
United States or its possessions, where the maximum alloy content exceeds one or more of 
the following limits, must be used in pr oducts purchased by DOD: (1) manganese, 1.65 per 
cent; silicon, 0.60 per cent; or copper, 0.06 per cen t; or which contains more than 0.25 per 
cent of any of the following elements: alumin ium, chromium, cobalt, columbium, olybdenum, 
nickel, titanium, tungsten, or vanadium; (2) meta l alloys consisting of nickel, iron-nickel and 
cobalt base alloys containing a total of other a lloying metals (except iron) in excess of 10 per 
cent; (3) titanium and titanium alloys; or (4) zirconium base alloys; 
(f) FSC 19 and 20 - that part of these classifications defined as naval vessels or major 
components of the hull or superstructure thereof; 
(g) FSC 5l and 52; (h) Following FSC categories are not generally c overed due to application of Article XXIII, 
paragraph 1:  10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 28, 31, 58, 59, 95.   
 GPA/MOD/USA/1 
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APPENDIX I UNITED STATES  ANNEX 1 Page 4/5
 
 
 
… 2004 (WT/Let/…  This Agreement will generally ap ply to purchases of the following FSC categories subject to United 
States Government determinations under the provisions of Article XXIII, paragraph 1. 
 FSC 22 Railway Equipment  23 Motor Vehicles, Trailers, and Cycles (except buses in 2310)   24 Tractors 
 25 Vehicular Equipment Components 
 26 Tyres and Tubes  29 Engine Accessories  30 Mechanical Power Transmission Equipment   32 Woodworking Machinery and Equipment   34 Metalworking Machinery 
 35 Service and Trade Equipment 
 36 Special Industry Machinery  37 Agricultural Machinery and Equipment  38 Construction, Mining, Excavating,  and Highway Maintenance Equipment  
 39 Materials Handling Equipment 
 40 Rope, Cable, Chain and Fittings 
 41 Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Equipment   42 Fire Fighting, Rescue and Safety Equipment   43 Pumps and Compressors  44 Furnace, Steam Plant, Drying Equipment and Nuclear Reactors  
 45 Plumbing, Heating and Sanitation Equipment  
 46 Water Purification and Sewage Treatment Equipment   47 Pipe, Tubing, Hose and Fittings  48 Valves  49 Maintenance and Repair Shop Equipment   53 Hardware and Abrasives 
 54 Prefabricated Structures and Scaffolding  
 55 Lumber, Millwork, Plywood and Veneer   56 Construction and Building Materials  61 Electric Wire, and Power and Distribution Equipment   62 Lighting Fixtures and Lamps 
 63 Alarm and Signal Systems 
 65 Medical, Dental, and Veterinary Equipment and Supplies   66 Instruments and Laboratory Equipment   67 Photographic Equipment  68 Chemicals and Chemical Products  69 Training Aids and Devices 
 70 General Purpose ADPE, Software, Supplies and Support Equipment  
 71 Furniture  72 Household and Commercial Furnishings and Appliances  
 73 Food Preparation and Serving Equipment  74 Office Machines, Visible Record Equipment and ADP Equipment  
 75 Office Supplies and Devices 
 76 Books, Maps and Other Publications  77 Musical Instruments, Phonographs, and Home Type Radios   78 Recreational and Athletic Equipment   79 Cleaning Equipment and Supplies GPA/MOD/USA/1 
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APPENDIX I UNITED STATES  ANNEX 1 Page 5/5
 
 
 
... 2004 (WT/Let/...)   80 Brushes, Paints, Sealers and Adhesives  
 81 Containers, Packaging and Packing Supplies  
 85 Toiletries  87 Agricultural Supplies  88 Live Animals  91 Fuels, Lubricants, Oils and Waxes  
 93 Non-metallic Fabricated Materials  
 94 Non-metallic Crude Materials  96 Ores, Minerals and their Primary Products   99 Miscellaneous    Note to Annex 1  
 
The conditions specified in the Gene ral Notes apply to this Annex. 
 
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