RESTRICTED  ORGANISATION MONDIALE  
DU COMMERCE  GPA/MOD/JPN/8 
18 août 2004 
 (04-3455) 
Comité des marchés publics Original:   anglais 
   
MODIFICATIONS PROPOSÉES DE L'APPENDICE I 
CONCERNANT LE JAPON 
 
Communication du Japon au titre de l'article XXIV:6 a
)1 
de l'Accord sur les marchés publics  
 
 
 La communication ci-après, datée du 16 août 200 4 et adressée par la délégation du Japon, est 
distribuée aux Parties à l'Accord sur les marchés publics.  
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 1. Conformément à l'article XXIV, paragraphe 6 a) de l'Accord sur les marchés publics, le 
gouvernement japonais souhaite notifier au Comité des marchés publics les modifications de pure 
forme ci-après se rapportant à l'Anne xe 3 de l'Appendice I de l'Accord: 
 - Ajouter les six entités suivantes au groupe B de  la "Liste des entités" et de la "Liste 
des entités qui passent des marchés portant su r des services spécifiés à l'Annexe 4", 
respectivement: 
   - 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.  2. Les modifications susmentionnées découlent d es changements organisationnels suivants: 
 1) Dans le cadre de la réforme du go uvernement central japonais, les "national 
universities" (universités nationales) ains i que les "national colleges" (collèges 
nationaux), l'"Inter-University Research Institute" (Institut de recherche 
                                                     
 
1 L'article XXIV:6 a) dispose ce qui suit:  Rectifications ou modifications  a) Les rectifications, les 
transferts d'une entité d'une annexe à une autre ou, dans  des cas exceptionnels, les autres modifications se 
rapportant aux Appendices I à IV se ront notifiés au Comité, accompagnés de renseignements concernant les 
conséquences probables du changement  pour le champ d'application mutue llement convenu du présent accord.  
S'ils sont de pure forme ou mineurs, les rectifications, transferts ou autres modifications prendront effet à la 
condition qu'aucune objection n'y ait été faite dans un délai de 30 jours.  Dans les autres cas, le Président du 
Comité convoquera le Comité dans les moindres délais.  Le Comité examinera la proposition et toute demande 
d'ajustements compensatoires, afin de préserver l'équilibre des droits et des obligations et de maintenir le champ d'application mutuellement convenu du présent accord à un niveau compar able à son niveau antérieur à la 
notification.  S'il n'est pas possible d'arriver à un acco rd, la question pourra être  traitée ensuite selon les 
dispositions de l'article XXII. GPA/MOD/JPN/8 
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interuniversités), les "National Colleges of Technology" (collèges nationaux de 
technologie), la "National Institution fo r Academic Degrees and University 
Evaluation" (Institution nationale des dipl ômes universitaires et de l'évaluation 
universitaire), et le "Center for National University Finance" (Centre pour le financement des universités nationales), qui étaient toutes des organisations rattachées 
au Ministère de l'éducation, de la culture , des sports et de la technologie, ont été 
réorganisées en tant qu'organismes juridiquement indépendants.  Au titre des lois et ordonnances pertinentes, ce changement or ganisationnel est entré en vigueur le 
1
er avril 2004. 
 
 2) Ces organisations étaient couvertes par l' Accord en tant qu'organisations rattachées au 
Ministère de l'éducation, de la culture, des sports et de la technologie à l'Annexe 1 du 
Japon.  Comme ces nouvelles organisations ne font pas partie des entités du gouvernement central visées par la Loi sur les comptes de la nation et qu'elles ne sont assujetties ni à la Loi d'organisation des pouvoirs publics, ni à la Loi instituant le 
Bureau du cabinet, ces six organisations sont ajoutées au groupe B de l'Annexe 3.  De 
cette façon, l'Accord s'applique à ces organisations avec les mêmes valeurs de seuils et conditions que celles qui sont pré vues à l'Annexe 1 pour les entités du 
gouvernement central. 
  3) Depuis avril 2004, ces organisations ont des règles comptables pour appliquer 
pleinement les valeurs de seuil et procé dures appropriées au titre de l'Accord.  Ces 
organisations relèvent du Ministère de l'éduca tion, de la culture, des sports et de la 
technologie. 
 3. Ces modifications proposées n'altèrent pas le niveau du champ d'application mutuellement 
convenu de l'Accord.  La pièce jointe A indique l es modifications que le Japon propose d'apporter aux 
pages 3/5 et 5/5 de l'Annexe 3 de l'Appendice I.  La pièce B reprend l es pages 3/5 et 5/5 de l'Annexe 3 
de l'Appendice I telles qu'elles se présenteront après les modifications.
2 
 
 
                                                      
2 Les pièces jointes A et B sont en anglais seulement. GPA/MOD/JPN/8 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 3/5
 
 
20 May 2004 (WT/Let/475)  ATTACHMENT A 
 
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 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  
 
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) 
- Narita International Airport Corporation 
- 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 Safety Corporation - Japan International Cooperation Agency 
- Social Welfare and Medical Service Corporation 
- Government Pension Investment Fund - Agriculture and Livestock Industries Corporation 
- Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (c) 
- Japan Small and Medium Enterprise Corporation - Japan Post 
- Japan Labour Health and Welfare Organization 
- 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 - Tokyo Metro Co. Ltd. (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 
- National Consumers Affairs Center of Japan  
 GPA/MOD/JPN/8 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 5/5
 
 
20 May 2004 (WT/Let/475)   
Services  (cont'd)  
  
- Fisheries Research Agency 
- Research Institute of  Economy, Trade and 
Industry 
- National Center for Industrial Property 
Information 
- 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 market s.  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/8 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 3/5
 
 
... 2004 (WT/Let/...)  ATTACHMENT B 
 
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 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 
 
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) 
- Narita International Airport Corporation 
- 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 Safety Corporation - Japan International Cooperation Agency 
- Social Welfare and Medical Service Corporation 
- Government Pension Investment Fund - Agriculture and Livestock Industries Corporation 
- Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (c) 
- Japan Small and Medium Enterprise Corporation - Japan Post 
- Japan Labour Health and Welfare Organization 
- 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 - Tokyo Metro Co. Ltd. (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 
- National Consumers Affairs Center of Japan  GPA/MOD/JPN/8 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 5/5
 
 
... 2004 (WT/Let/...)   
Services  (cont'd)  
  
- Fisheries Research Agency 
- Research Institute of  Economy, Trade and 
Industry 
- National Center for Industrial Property 
Information 
- 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 market s.  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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