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Comité de Contratación Pública  Original:  inglés  
 
  
MODIFICACIONES PROPUESTAS DEL APÉNDICE I DE LA REPÚBLICA DE COREA  
EN EL MARCO DEL ACUERDO SOBRE CONTRATACIÓN PÚBLICA REVISADO  
COMUNICACIÓN DE LA REPÚBLICA DE COREA  
La siguiente comunicación, de fecha 4 de noviembre de 2020, se distribuye a petición de la 
delegación de la República de Corea.  
 
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De conformidad con el párrafo 1 del artículo XIX del Acuerdo sobre Contratación Pública revisado 
(en adelante  el "Acuerdo revisado"), la República de Corea notifica por la presente al Comité de 
Contratación Pública las siguientes modificaciones de sus Anexos 1 y 3 del Apéndice I del Acuerdo 
revisado.  
 
Parte notificante  REPÚBLICA DE COREA 
Fundamento jurídico   Artículo XIX.1 a) del ACP revisado  
 Artículo XIX.1 b) del ACP revisado  
Anexo(s) del Apéndice I 
afectado(s)  • Entidades del Gobierno central (Anexo 1)  
• Otras entidades (Anexo 3)  
Descripción de las modificaciones propuestas:  
ANEXO 1 - ENTIDADES DEL GOBIERNO CENTRAL  
a. Sustitúyase "Ministry of Strategy and Finance" por "Ministry of Economy and Finance", 
ya que ha cambiado de nombre;  
b. Sustitúyase "Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning" por "Ministry of Science 
and ICT" ya que ha cambiado de nombre y algunas de sus funciones se han transferido al 
"Ministry of SMEs and Startups";  
c. Elimín ese "Ministry of Public Safety and Security (except purchases for the purpose of 
maintaining public order, as provided in Article III of the Agreement)" ya que la entidad se 
ha suprimido, que la "National Fire Agency" y la "Korea Coast Guard" se han creado  a partir 
de dicha entidad y que algunas de sus funciones se han transferido al "Ministry of the Interior 
and Safety";  
d. Sustitúyase "Ministry of the Interior" por "Ministry of the Interior and Safety" ya que 
algunas funciones del "Ministry of Public Safe ty and Security" se han transferido a dicha 
entidad;  
e. Añádase "National Fire Agency" a la lista de entidades del Anexo 1;  
f. Añádase "Korea Coast Guard (except purchases for the purpose of maintaining public 
order, as provided in Article III of the Agree ment)" a la lista de entidades del Anexo 1;  
g. Sustitúyase " Fair Trade Commission " por " Korea Fair Trade Commission " ya que ha 
cambiado de nombre;  GPA/MOD/KOR/21  
 
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  h. Sustitúyase "Small and Medium Business Administration" por "Ministry of SMEs and 
Startups" ya que dicha en tidad se ha promovido y su nombre se ha cambiado ; y 
i. Reordénese y vuélvase a enumerar la lista de entidades en función de las 
modificaciones indicadas  supra . 
ANEXO 3 - OTRAS ENTIDADES  
a. Sustitúyase "Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation" por " Korea Minting, 
Security Printing and ID Card Operating Corporation" ya que ha cambiado de nombre;  
b. Sustitúyase "Korea Labor Welfare Corporation" por "Korea Workers' Compensation & 
Welfare Service" ya que ha cambiado de nombre;  
c. Sustitúyase "Incheon Met ro" por "Incheon Transit Corporation" ya que ha cambiado 
de nombre.  
Información sobre las probables consecuencias del cambio en la cobertura mutuamente 
convenida prevista en el presente Acuerdo:  
 
Estas modificaciones no afectan a la cobertura mutuamente convenida prevista en el Apéndice I 
de la República de Corea en el marco del Acuerdo revisado.  
Suplementos1: 
• El suplemento A  del presente documento muestra (en negrita, tachado o subrayado) 
las modificaciones propuestas de las páginas correspo ndientes de los Anexos 1 y 3 
del Apéndice I de la República de Corea en el marco del ACP revisado.  
• En el suplemento B  se indica cómo quedarían las páginas pertinentes una vez 
aplicadas las modificaciones propuestas.  
 
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1 Los suplementos A y B están en inglés solamente.  GPA/MOD/KOR/21  
 
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APPENDIX I  KOREA  ANNEX 1  Page 1/2 
 
 8 May 2016 (WT/Let/1162)  
   
ATTACHMENT A 
ANNEX 1  
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES  
Threshold s: 
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 Strategy  Economy  and Finance;  
5. Ministry of Education ; 
6. Ministry of Science , and ICT and Future Planning ; 
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;  
4221. Small and Medium Business Administration  Ministry of SMEs and Startups ; 
2122. Korea  Fair Trade Commission;  
2223. Financial Services Commission;  
2324. Anti-corruption and Civil Rights Commission;  
2425. Korea Communications Commission;  
2526. National Human Rights Commission;  
26.  Ministry of Public Safety and Security (except purchases for the purpose of 
maintaining public order, as provided in Article III of the Agreement) ; 
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 Ser vice; 
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;  GPA/MOD/KOR/21  
 
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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;  
3940. Cultural Heritage Administration;  
4041. Rural Development Administration;  
4142. Korea Forest Service;  
43. Korean Intellectual Property Office;  
44. Korea Meteorological Administration;  
45. Korea Coast Guard (except purchases for the purpose of maintaining p ublic order, 
as provided in Article III of the Agreement);  
4546. National Agency for Administrative City Construction.  
Notes to Annex 1  
1. The above central government entities cover their "subordinate linear organizations", "special 
local administrative agen cies" 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 t o any set-asides for small - and medium -sized businesses 
according to the Act Relating to Contracts to Which the State is a Party and its Presidential Decree, 
and the procurement of agricultural, fishery and livestock products according to the Grain 
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 
Annex 2 or Annex 3, the scope of coverage and threshold for such entity applies.  GPA/MOD/KOR/21  
 
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APPENDIX I  KOREA  ANNEX 3  Page 1/2 
 
21 July 2019 (WT/Let/1445)  
  ANNEX 3  
OTHER ENTITIES  
Threshold s: 
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 and Security Printing Corporation  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 Resource s 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 Rural Community Corporation;  
13. Korea Agro -Fisheries Trade Corpo ration;  
14. Korea Tourism Organization;  
15. Korea Labor Welfare Corporation  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 Metro  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 Regulatio ns 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.  GPA/MOD/KOR/21  
 
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APPENDIX I  KOREA  ANNEX 1  Page 1/2 
 
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  ATTACHMENT B 
ANNEX 1  
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES  
Threshold s: 
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;GPA/MOD/ KOR/21  
 
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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 Agreement);  
46. National Agency for Administrative City Cons truction.  
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 e ntity 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 Which the State is a Party and its  Presidential Decree, 
and the procurement of agricultural, fishery and livestock products according to the Grain 
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 
Annex 2 or Annex 3, the scope of coverage and threshold for such entity applies.GPA/MOD/KOR/21  
 
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APPENDIX I  KOREA  ANNEX 3  Page 1 /2 
 
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  ANNEX 3  
OTHER ENTITIES  
Threshold s: 
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 Rural 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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