RESTRICTED  ORGANIZACIÓN MUNDIAL  
DEL COMERCIO  GPA/MOD/JPN/11 
17 de septiembre de 2004 
 (04-3912) 
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 de l Japón, de fecha 14 de septiembre 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) de l 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 relaci ón con el Anexo 3 del Apé ndice I del Acuerdo sobre 
Contratación Pública: 
- Suprímase "Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and 
Telecommunications" de la "Lista de entidad es" y la "Lista de entidades que contratan 
los servicios indicados en el Anexo 4". 
- Añádase "Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications" a la "Lista de entidades" 
y la "Lista de entidades que contratan lo s servicios indicados en el Anexo 4". 
2. Las enmiendas mencionadas supra  se deben simplemente al cambio de nombre del "Ministry 
of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications" el 7 de septiembre de 2004.  
Por consiguiente, la modificación propuesta no altera  el nivel del alcance mutuamente convenido 
previsto en el Acuerdo. 
3. En el Anexo A se incluye un resumen de las enmiendas propuestas por el Japón de las 
páginas 1/3 y 2/3 del Anexo 1 del Apéndice I.  En el Anexo B se indica cómo quedarían las 
páginas 1/3 y 2/3 del Anexo 1 del Apéndice I una vez introducidas las enmiendas propuestas.2 
                                                      
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 rec tificaciones, transferencias 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 propuesta 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. 
 
2 Los Anexos A y B existen únicamente en inglés. GPA/MOD/JPN/11 
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 ATTACHMENT A 
 
JAPAN 
 
(Authentic in the English language only) 
 
ANNEX 1 
 
Central Government Entities wh ich Procure in Accordance 
with the Provisions of this Agreement  
 
 
Supplies  
 
Threshold : 
 
130 thousand SDR 
 List of Entities : 
 
All entities covered by the Accounts Law as follows: 
 
- House of Representatives - House of Councillors 
- Supreme Court 
- Board of Audit - Cabinet 
- National Personnel Authority 
- Cabinet Office 
- Imperial Household Agency 
- National Public Safety Commission  (National Police Agency) 
- Defense Agency 
- Financial Services Agency - Ministry of Public Management, Home Af
fairs, 
Posts and Telecommunications  Ministry of 
Internal Affairs and Communications  
- Ministry of Justice 
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
- Ministry of Finance - Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science 
 and Technology 
- Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare  - Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 
- Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry 
- Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport - Ministry of Environment 
 
Services  
 
Threshold : 
 Construction services :  4,500 thousand SDR 
 
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 : 
 All entities covered by the Accounts Law as 
follows: 
 - House of Representatives 
- House of Councillors 
- Supreme Court - Board of Audit 
- Cabinet 
- National Personnel Authority - Cabinet Office 
- Imperial Household Agency 
- National Public Safety Commission  (National Police Agency) 
 GPA/MOD/JPN/11 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 1 Page 2/3
 
 
29 December 2000 (WT/Let/367 )  
 
Services  (cont'd)  
 
- Defense Agency 
- Financial Services Agency - Ministry of Public Management, Home 
Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications  
Ministry of Internal Affairs and 
Communications  
- Ministry of Justice 
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Ministry of Finance 
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, 
 Science and Technology 
- Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare 
-  Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and  Fisheries 
-  Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry 
- Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and  Transport 
- Ministry of Environment 
 
Notes to Annex 1  
 
1. Entities covered by the Accounts Law 
include all their internal sub-divisions, 
independent organs, attached organizations 
and other organizations and local branch offices provided for in the National 
Government Organization Law and the Law 
establishing the Cabinet Office. 
 
2. 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.   
 3. This Agreement shall not apply to contracts 
to be awarded to co-operatives or 
associations in accord ance with laws and 
regulations existing at the time of the entry 
into force of this Agreement for Japan.   
 4. This Agreement will generally apply to 
procurement by the Defence Agency of the 
following Federal Supply Classification (FSC) categories subject to the Japanese 
Government determinations under the 
provisions of Article XXIII, paragraph 1: 
  
 
FSC Description  
 22 Railway Equipment 
24 Tractors 
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, Air Conditioning, and Air 
Circulating Equipment 
43 Pumps and Compressors 45 Plumbing, Heating and Sanitation 
Equipment 
46 Water Purification and Sewage Treatment 
Equipment 
47 Pipe, Tubing, Hose, and Fittings 
48 Valves 51 Hand Tools 
52 Measuring Tools 
55 Lumber, Millwork, Plywood and Veneer 61 Electric Wire, and Power and Distribution 
Equipment 
62 Lighting Fixtures and Lamps 65 Medical, Dental, and Veterinary Equipment 
and Supplies 
6630 Chemical Analysis Instruments 
6635 Physical Properties Testing Equipment 
6640 Laboratory Equipment and Supplies 6645 Time Measuring Instruments 
6650 Optical Instruments 
6655 Geophysical and Astronomical Instruments 
 GPA/MOD/JPN/11 
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 ATTACHMENT B 
 
JAPAN 
 
(Authentic in the English language only) 
 
ANNEX 1 
 
Central Government Entities wh ich Procure in Accordance 
with the Provisions of this Agreement  
 
 
Supplies  
 
Threshold : 
 
130 thousand SDR 
 List of Entities : 
 
All entities covered by the Accounts Law as follows: 
 
- House of Representatives - House of Councillors 
- Supreme Court 
- Board of Audit - Cabinet 
- National Personnel Authority 
- Cabinet Office 
- Imperial Household Agency 
- National Public Safety Commission  (National Police Agency) 
- Defense Agency 
- Financial Services Agency - Ministry of Internal Affairs and 
Communications 
- Ministry of Justice - Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
- Ministry of Finance 
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science  and Technology 
- Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare 
 - Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 
- Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry 
- Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport - Ministry of Environment 
 
Services  
 
Threshold : 
 Construction services :  4,500 thousand SDR 
 
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 : 
 All entities covered by the Accounts Law as 
follows: 
 - House of Representatives 
- House of Councillors 
- Supreme Court - Board of Audit 
- Cabinet 
- National Personnel Authority - Cabinet Office 
- Imperial Household Agency 
- National Public Safety Commission  (National Police Agency) 
 GPA/MOD/JPN/11 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 1 Page 2/3
 
 
...  (WT/Let/...)   
Services  (cont'd)  
 - Defense Agency 
- Financial Services Agency 
- Ministry of Internal Affairs and 
Communications  
- Ministry of Justice - Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
- Ministry of Finance 
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports,  Science and Technology 
- Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare 
-  Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and  Fisheries 
-  Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry 
- Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and  Transport 
- Ministry of Environment 
 
Notes to Annex 1  
 
1. Entities covered by the Accounts Law 
include all their internal sub-divisions, 
independent organs, attached organizations 
and other organizations and local branch 
offices provided for in the National 
Government Organization Law and the Law establishing the Cabinet Office. 
 
2. 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.   
 3. This Agreement shall not apply to contracts 
to be awarded to co-operatives or 
associations in accord ance with laws and 
regulations existing at the time of the entry 
into force of this Agreement for Japan.   
 4. This Agreement will generally apply to 
procurement by the Defence Agency of the 
following Federal Supply Classification (FSC) categories subject to the Japanese 
Government determinations under the 
provisions of Article XXIII, paragraph 1: 
  
 FSC Description  
 
22 Railway Equipment 
24 Tractors 
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, Air Conditioning, and Air 
Circulating Equipment 
43 Pumps and Compressors 
45 Plumbing, Heating and Sanitation 
Equipment 
46 Water Purification and Sewage Treatment 
Equipment 
47 Pipe, Tubing, Hose, and Fittings 
48 Valves 
51 Hand Tools 
52 Measuring Tools 
55 Lumber, Millwork, Plywood and Veneer 61 Electric Wire, and Power and Distribution 
Equipment 
62 Lighting Fixtures and Lamps 65 Medical, Dental, and Veterinary Equipment 
and Supplies 
6630 Chemical Analysis Instruments 6635 Physical Properties Testing Equipment 
6640 Laboratory Equipment and Supplies 
6645 Time Measuring Instruments 6650 Optical Instruments 
6655 Geophysical and Astronomical Instruments 
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