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REPUBLIC OF  KOREA 
(Authentic in the English Language only ) 
ANNEX 1  
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES  
Thresholds : 
Goods       SDR 130,000  
 
Services      SDR 130,000  
 
Construction Services    SDR 5,000,000  
 
Build-operate- transfer (BOT)   SDR 5,000,000  
List of Entities:  
1. Board of Audit and Inspection;  
2. Office for Government Policy Coordination;  
3. Prime Minister's Secretariat;  
4. Ministry of Economy  and Finance ; 
5. Ministry of Education ; 
6. Ministry of Science  and ICT; 
7. Ministry of Foreign Affairs ; 
8. Ministry of Unification;  
9. Ministry of Justice ; 
10. Ministry of National Defense ; 
11. Ministry of the Interior  and Safety ; 
12. Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism ; 
13. Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs;  
14. Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy ; 
15. Ministry of Health and Welfare ; 
16. Ministry of Environment;  
17. Ministry of Employment and Labor ; 
18. Ministry of Gender Equality and Family ; 
19. Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and  Transport ; 
20. Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries; 
21.  Ministry of SMEs and Startups ; 
22. Korea Fair Trade Commission;  
23. Financial Services Commission;  
24.  Anti-corruption and Civil Rights Commission ; 
25.  Korea Communications Commission ; 
26.  National Human Rights Commission ; 
27. Ministry of Personnel Management;  
28.  Ministry of Government Legislation ;  
29. Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs ; 
30. Ministry of Food  and Drug Safety;  
31. National Tax Service ; 
32. Korea Customs Service ; 
33. Public Procurement Service (Note 3);  
34. Statistics Korea;  
35. Supreme Prosecutors' Office;  
36. Military Manpower Administration ; 
37. Defense Acquisition Program Administration ; 
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38. National Police Agency (except purchases for the purpose of maintaining public order, as 
provided in Article III of the Agreement);  
39. National Fire Agency ; 
40. Cultural Heritage Administration ; 
41. Rural Development Administration;  
42. Korea Forest Service;  
43. Korean Intellectual Property Office ; 
44. Korea Meteorological Administration ; 
45. Korea Coast Guard (except purchases for the purpose of maintaining public order, as provided 
in Article III of the A greement) ; 
46. National Agency for Administrative City Construction . 
Notes to Annex 1  
1. The above central government entities cover their "subordinate linear organizations", "special 
local administrative agencies" and "attached organs", as prescribed in the relevant provisions of the 
Government Organization Act of the Republic of Korea. Any entity with a separate legal personality 
that is not listed in this Annex is not covered.  
2. This Agreement does not apply to  any set-asides for small - and medium -sized businesses 
according to the Act Relating to Contracts to W hich the State is a Party and its Presidential Decree, 
and the procurement of agricultural, fishery and livestock products according to the G rain 
Management Act, the Act on Distribution and Price Stabilization of Agricultural and Fishery Products, 
and the Livestock Industry Act . 
3.  Where the Public Procurement Service conducts procurement on behalf of an entity listed in 
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 ANNEX 3  
OTHER ENTITIES  
Thresholds : 
Goods       SDR 400,000  
 
Services      SDR 400,000  
 
Construction Services     SDR 15,000,000  
List of Entities:  
1. Korea Development Bank;  
2. Industrial Bank of Korea;  
3. Korea Minting, Security Printing and ID Card Operating Corporation ; 
4. Korea Electric Power Corporation (except purchases of products in the categories of 
HS Nos. 8504, 8535, 8537 and 8544) (Note 3);  
5. Korea Coal Corporation;  
6. Korea Resources Corporation;  
7. Korea National Oil Corporation;  
8. Korea Trade -Investment Promotion Agency;  
9. Korea  Expressway Corporation;  
10. Korea Land and Housing Corporation;  
11. Korea Water Resources Corporation; 
12. Korea Ru ral Community Corporation;  
13. Korea Agro -Fisheries Trade Corporation;  
14. Korea Tourism Organization;  
15. Korea Workers ' Compensation & Welfare Service;  
16. Korea Gas Corporation (Note 3);  
17. Korea Railroad Corporation;  
18. Korea Rail Network Authority  (Note 4) ; 
19. Seoul Metro;  
20. Incheon Transit Corporation ; 
21. Busan Transportation Corporation ; 
22. Daegu Metropolitan Transit Corporation ; 
23. Daejeon Metropolitan Express Transit Corporation ; 
24. Gwangju Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation . 
Notes to Annex 3  
1. This Agreement does not apply to any set -asides for small - and medium -sized businesses 
according to  the Act on the Management of Public Institutions, the Rule on Contract Business of 
Public Institutions and Quasi -governmental Institutions, the Local Public Enterprises Act and the 
Enforcement Regulations of the Local Public Enterprises Act.  
2. This Agreement does not cover procurement of the transportation services that form a part 
of, or are incidental to, a procurement contract . 
 
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