GPA/37/Add.10  
 
10 April 2013  
(13-1870)  Page: 1/6  
Committee on Government Procurement  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION OF NATIONAL IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION 
COMMUNICATION FROM JAPAN PU RSUANT TO ARTICLE XXIV:5(b)1 OF THE GPA 
Addendum 
The following communication, dated 5 April 2013, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Japan.  
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  Pursuant to Article XXIV, paragraph 5(b) of the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement, the 
Government of Japan wishes to inform the Committee on Government Procurement of the 
following.
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NOTIFICATION OF THE REVISION TO THE "B ASIC POLICY FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE 
PROCUREMENT OF ECO-FRIENDLY GOODS AND SERVICES" UNDER THE "LAW 
CONCERNING THE PROMOTION OF THE PROCUREMENT OF  
ECO-FRIENDLY GOODS AND SERVICES BY THE STATE  
AND OTHER ENTITIES" 
1.  Agency responsible: 
Ministry of the Environment 
 2.  Description of the revision of the Basic Policy: 
The original "Basic Policy for the Promotion of the Procurement of Eco-Friendly Goods and 
Services" based on the "Law Concerning the Prom otion of the Procurement of Eco-Friendly Goods 
and Services by the State and Other Entities" (hereinafter referred to as "Basic Policy") was 
adopted by cabinet decision in February 2001 (partially revised in February 2012). The addition of 
5 items and the revision of the Evaluation Criter ia and/or Factors for Consideration for 57 items 
were adopted by the cabinet decision on 5 February 2013. The summary of the revision is attached hereto. The text of the revised Basic Policy is av ailable at the Ministry of the Environment website 
below. 
 
                                               
1 Article XXIV:5(b) reads as follows: National Legislation "(b) Each Party shall in form the Committee of 
any changes in its laws and regulations relevant to this Agreement and in the administration of such laws and regulations." 
2 Previous notifications of Japan's implementing legislation were made in GPA/37, dated 20 June 2000; 
GPA/67, dated 15 April 2002; GPA/37/Add.1, dated 7 April 2004, GPA/37/Add.2, dated 21 March 2005; 
GPA/37/Add.3, dated 15 March 2006; GPA/37/Add.4, dated 13 March 2007; GPA/37/Add.5, dated 
1 April 2008; GPA/99, dated 2 June 2009; GPA/99/Add.1, dated 23 July 2009; GPA/37/Add.6, dated 23 July 
2009; GPA/99/Add.2, dated 31 May 2010; GPA/37/Add.7, dated 6 July 2010; GPA/37/Add.8, dated 13 April 2011; GPA/37/Add.9, dated 16 April 2012; and GPA/99/Add.3, dated 10 April 2013. GPA/37/Add.10 
 
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  http://www.env.go.jp/policy/hozen/green/g-law/index.html  (Japanese version) 
http://www.env.go.jp/en/law s/policy/green/index.html  (English version) 
 
3.  Starting date of procurement based on the revised Basic Policy: 
1 April 2013 
 4.  Inquiry point: 
Environment and Economy Division, 
Integrated Environmental Policy Bureau, Ministry of the Environment Telephone: +(81 3) 5521-8229 
Fax: +(81 3) 3580-9568 
 GPA/37/Add.10 
 
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  ATTACHMENT 
DESIGNATED PROCUREMEN T ITEMS AND EVALUATI ON CRITERIA, ETC. 
(SUMMARY) 
 
Category Designated Procurement Items 
(Cabinet decision on 
7 February 2012) Addition of Designated Procurement 
Items, etc. 
(Cabinet decision on 5 February 2013)  
 denotes newly 
added items 
* denotes revisions 
on existing Criteria New Evaluation 
Criteria for the 
newly added 
items 
Paper 7 items, including 
information paper (copier paper and forms), printing paper and 
hygienic paper (toilet paper and 
tissue paper) ___ ___ 
Stationery 83 items, including mechanical 
pencils, ball-point pens, scissors, 
glue, files, binders and chalks * Revision of the 
Evaluation Criteria for 
Dust blower (material 
used in the spray) 
* Revision of the scope 
for Media cases (delist 
of FD, MO, addition of 
BD) ___ 
Office 
furniture 10 items, including chairs, desks, 
shelves, coat hangers, umbrella stands and blackboards * Revision of the 
Evaluation Criteria (supply of the service 
parts and spare parts), 
Factors for consideration, Note ___ 
Office 
automation 
machines 19 items, including copiers, 
printers, Fax machines and 
monitors * Revision of the scope 
for Computers, 
Recording Medias 
* Revision of Note for 
Batteries 
* Revision of the 
Evaluation Criteria for 
Cartridges, etc. 
(Clarification of the 
definition for Reuse/ 
Material recycling ratio, 
prohibition of direct 
landfill disposal) 
* Revision of the 
Evaluation Criteria for 
Projector (Standby 
power consumption) ___ 
Mobile 
telephones Cellular phones and personal 
handy-phones (PHS) ___ ___ GPA/37/Add.10 
 
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  Category Designated Procurement Items 
(Cabinet decision on 
7 February 2012) Addition of Designated Procurement 
Items, etc. 
(Cabinet decision on 5 February 2013)  
 denotes newly 
added items 
* denotes revisions 
on existing Criteria New Evaluation 
Criteria for the 
newly added 
items 
Home 
electronic 
appliances Electric refrigerators, electric 
freezers, electric freezer-
refrigerators, television receivers, 
electric toilet seats and micro-wave 
ovens * Enlargement of the 
transitional measures 
and revision of the 
scope for Electric 
Refrigerators, etc. 
* Enlargement of the 
transitional measure for 
Electric toilet seats ___ 
Air 
conditioners, 
etc. Air conditioners, gas heat pump air 
conditioners and space heaters ___ ___ 
Water 
heaters, etc. Electric hot water supply system, 
gas water heater, oil water 
heaters, and gas cooking 
appliances ___ ___ 
Lighting Fluorescent lighting equipment, 
LED lighting equipment, 
Illuminated signage using LED as 
the light source, Fluorescent lamps, Light bulb-shaped lamps * Revision of the 
Evaluation Criteria for 
Fluorescent lighting 
equipment for residential use (energy 
consumption efficiency 
rate) * Revision of the scope 
for LED lightning 
equipment ___ 
Vehicles, etc. Vehicles (natural gas vehicles, 
hybrid vehicles, etc.), ETC 
adaptable car accessories, Car 
navigation systems, car tires, 2 
cycle engine oil * Abolishment of the 
transition measure for 
vehicles 
* Revision of the 
Factors for 
Consideration for 2 cycle 
engine oil The standards 
for emission 
level and the 
standards for 
fuel efficiency 
Fire 
extinguishers Fire extinguishers ___ ___ 
Uniforms and 
work clothes Uniforms, work clothes and caps * Revision of the 
Evaluation Criteria for 
Uniforms and Work 
Clothes (Criteria related 
to the synthetic fiber 
made from biomass 
materials) ___ GPA/37/Add.10 
 
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  Category Designated Procurement Items 
(Cabinet decision on 
7 February 2012) Addition of Designated Procurement 
Items, etc. 
(Cabinet decision on 5 February 2013)  
 denotes newly 
added items 
* denotes revisions 
on existing Criteria New Evaluation 
Criteria for the 
newly added 
items 
Interior 
fixtures and bedding 10 items, including curtains, 
carpets, blankets, comforters, and bed frames * Revision of the 
Evaluation Criteria for Curtains, Cloth blinds, 
Needle-punch carpets, 
Mattresses (Criteria related to the synthetic fiber made from 
biomass materials) 
* Revision of the Note for Bed frames _____
Work gloves Work gloves ___ ___ 
Other fiber 
products 7 items including tents, tarps and 
safety nets 
 * Abolishment of the 
transition measure for 
Safety nets, Flags, 
Advertisement flags and Banners ___ 
Facilities 6 items, including solar power 
generation systems, fuel cells, 
garbage disposals and water saving 
equipment * Revision of the 
Evaluation Criteria for 
Solar Power Generation 
systems (modular 
conversion rate of solar 
cell) ___ 
Stockpile for 
Disaster 6 items, including PET bottled 
water, canned food, quick cooking 
rice and pilot bread  Non-perishable bread 
for an emergency 
 Health food/ Nutrition 
food  
 Freeze-dried foods  Expiration 
date, List of the 
information for 
storage 
 Portable generators  Standards for 
gas emission, 
standards for 
noise emission, 
time for 
continuous run 
* Revision of the name 
of category 
* Revision of the Note ___ GPA/37/Add.10 
 
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  Category Designated Procurement Items 
(Cabinet decision on 
7 February 2012) Addition of Designated Procurement 
Items, etc. 
(Cabinet decision on 5 February 2013)  
 denotes newly 
added items 
* denotes revisions 
on existing Criteria New Evaluation 
Criteria for the 
newly added 
items 
Public-works 
projects 1. Materials: 55 items, including 
steel slag for ground improvement, 
recycled heated asphalt compound, 
water permeable concrete, base-
coating paint (anticorrosive), 
porcelain tiles, particle board, vinyl 
floor covering, insulation and 
transformers 
2. Construction machines: low 
emission construction machines, 
low-noise construction machines 
3. Construction methods:7 
methods, including recycling 
treatment of construction sludge 
and recycling treatment of concrete 
masses 
4. Others (porous pavement, and 
permeable pavement, greening of 
rooftops) * Clarification of the 
expression of the word 
for "Materials" in 
Evaluation Criteria and 
Factors for 
Consideration only in 
the Japanese version. 
(No change in English 
version.) 
* Revision of the 
Evaluation Criteria for 
Transformers (Energy 
consumption Efficiency) 
* Revision of the Notes 
for Portland blast 
furnace cement, Fly-ash 
cement, and Eco-
cement, High solar 
reflectance paints, 
Particle board, 
Fibreboard ___ 
Services 16 items, including energy 
conservation diagnosis, printing, 
automobile maintenance, management of government office 
buildings, cleaning and landscape 
management  Moving transportation 
* Revision of the 
Factors for 
Consideration for 
Cafeteria, Retail businesses that operate 
in government 
buildings, etc. * Abolishment of the 
transition measure for 
Installation of vending machines for beverages  Using 
specified 
procurement 
goods and 
reusable packing and curing 
materials, etc. 
 
 
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