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GPA/MOD/JPN/103  
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Comité de Contratación Pública  Original:  inglés  
 
  
MODIFICACIONES PROPU ESTAS DEL APÉNDICE I  DEL JAPÓN EN EL  
MARCO DEL ACUERDO SO BRE CONTRATACIÓN PÚB LICA (1994)  
COMUNICACIÓN DEL JAP ÓN DE CONFORMIDAD CO N EL 
PÁRRAFO 6 A) DEL ART ÍCULO XXIV1 DEL ACP (1994)  
La siguiente comunicación , de 18 de noviembre de 2019, se distribuye a petición de la delegación 
del Japón. 
 
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1.  De conformidad con el párrafo 6 a) del artículo XXIV del Acuerdo sobre Contratación Pública, 
hecho en Marrakech el 15 de abril de  1994 (en adelante el "Acuerdo de  1994"), el Gobierno del  Japón 
notifica por la presente al Comité de Contratación Pública las siguientes modificaciones en relación 
con el Anexo  1 del Apéndice I del Acuerdo de  1994: 
Anex o 1 
 
• Añádase  "Japan Casino Regulatory Commission"  a la lista de entid ades y la lista de 
entidad que contraten los servicios especificados en el  Anexo 4, respectivamente . 
2.  Las modificaciones anteriores obedecen a lo siguiente : 
• La "Comisión de Reglamentación de los Casinos del Japón" ("Japan Casino Regulatory 
Commission") se e stablecerá como órgano independiente adscrito a la Oficina del 
Consejo de Ministros el 7 de enero de 2020, de conformidad con las leyes nacionales 
pertinentes que rigen el establecimiento de este órgano . La Comisión se encargará de 
adoptar las medidas nece sarias relacionadas con la explotación de los casinos en el 
Japón, como las relativas a la concesión de licencias, la supervisión y la auditoría, con 
el fin de mantener el orden y garantizar la seguridad en las instalaciones de los casinos.  
3.  Las modificaciones que propone el Japón no reducen el alcance mutuamente convenido previsto 
en el Acuerdo de  1994. 
                                                
1 El párrafo 6 a) del artículo XXIV del Acuerdo de  1994 dice lo siguiente: Rectificaciones o enmiendas  a) 
Las rectificaciones, las tra nsferencias 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 cam bio en el alcance mutuamente convenido 
previsto en el Acuerdo. Las rectificaciones, transferencias o enmiendas de otro tipo de carácter puramente 
formal o menores surtirán 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 comparable d el alcance mutuamente convenido previsto en el presente 
Acuerdo antes de la notificación de que se trate. En caso de que no se llegue a un acuerdo, podrá llevarse 
adelante la cuestión con arreglo a las disposiciones del artículo XXII.  GPA/MOD/JPN/103  
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 4.  En el suplemento A del presente documento se muestran (en negrita y tachado) las 
modificaciones propuestas por el Japón de las páginas correspond ientes (1/3 y 2/3) del Anexo  1 del 
Apéndice I.  En el suplemento B se indica cómo quedarían dichas páginas una vez aceptadas las 
modificaciones propuestas por el Japón .2 
                                                
2 Los suplementos A y  B están en inglés solamente.  GPA/MOD/JPN/103  
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28 October 2017 (WT/Let/1301)  APPENDIX I  JAPAN  ANNEX 1  Page 1/3 
ATTACHMENT A  
JAPAN  
 
(Authentic in the English language only)  
 
 
ANNEX  1 
 
Central Government Entities which 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  
- Reconstruction Agency  
- Imperial Household Agency  
- Japan Fair Trade C ommission  
- National Public Safety Commission  
 (National Police Agency)  
- Personal Information Protection 
 Commission  
- Japan Casino Regulatory 
 Commission  
- Financial Services Agency  
- Consumer Affairs Agency  
- Ministry of Internal Affairs and 
 Communications  
- Ministry of Justice  
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs  
- Ministry of Fin ance 
- 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, 
 Transport and Tourism  
- Ministry of the Environment  
- Ministry of Defense  
 
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  
- Reconstruction Agency  
- Imperial Household Agency  
- Japan Fair Trade C ommission  
- National Public Safety Commission  
 (National Police Agency)  GPA/MOD/JPN/103  
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28 October 2017 (WT/Let/1301)  APPENDIX I  JAPAN  ANNEX 1  Page 2 /3 
 
 
Services  (cont'd)  
 
- Personal Information Protection 
 Commission  
- Japan Casino Regulatory 
 Commission  
- Financial Services Agency  
- Consumer Affairs 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, 
 Transport and Tourism  
- Ministry of the Environment  
- Ministry of Defense  
 
Notes to Annex 1  
 
1. Entities covered by the Accounts Law 
includ e 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 accordance with laws and 
regulations existing at th e time of the entry 
into force of this Agreement for Japan.  
 
4. This Agreement will generally apply to 
procurement by the Ministry of Defense 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 an d 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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ATTACHMENT B  
JAPAN  
 
(Authentic in the English language only)  
 
 
ANNEX  1 
 
Central Government Entities which 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  
- Reconstruction Agency  
- Imperial Household Agency  
- Japan Fair Trade C ommission  
- National Public Safety Commission  
 (National Police Agency)  
- Personal Information Protection 
 Commission  
- Japan Casino Regulatory 
 Commission  
- Financial Services Agency  
- Consumer Affairs 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, 
 Transport and Tourism  
- Ministry of the Environment  
- Ministry of Defense  
 
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  
- Reconstruction Agency  
- Imperial Household Agency  
- Japan Fair Trade C ommission  
- National Public Safety Commission  
 (National Police Agency)  GPA/MOD/JPN/103  
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Services  (cont'd)  
 
- Personal Information Protection 
 Commission  
- Japan Casino Regulatory 
 Commission  
- Financial Services Agency  
- Consumer Affairs 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 Agricultur e, Forestry and  
 Fisheries  
- Ministry of Economy, Trade and 
 Industry  
- Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, 
 Transport and Tourism  
- Ministry of the Environment  
- Ministry of Defense  
 
Notes to Annex 1  
 
1. Entities covered by the Accounts Law 
include all thei r 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 w ith 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 accordance 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 Ministry of Defense 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 W ire, 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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