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 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  
- Minist ry 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  
- Ministr y 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 Commis sion 
 (National Police Agency)  
 
 
 
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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 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 t he 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 Machiner y 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 P ower 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 Measu ring Instruments  
6650 Optical Instruments  
6655 Geophysical and Astronomical 
 Instruments  
 
 
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