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GPA/MOD/USA/15  
 
23 April 2014  
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Committee on Government Procurement  Original: English  
 
 PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS TO APPENDIX I OF THE UNITED STATES UNDER THE 
REVISED AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT 
COMMUNICATION FROM THE UNITED ST ATES PURSUANT TO ARTICLE XIX:11 OF THE REVISED 
AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT 
The following communication, dated 14 April 2014, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the United States. 
 
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 Pursuant to Article XIX.1 of the Annex to the Protocol Amending the Agreement on Government 
Procurement (the "revised Agreement on Governme nt Procurement"), the United States proposes 
the following modifications to the annexes of the Final Appendix I Offer of the United States of 
America: 
 
Annex 1  
1. Correction of Threshold: The U.S. construction services threshold was incorrectly 
specified as 5,000,0000 SDRs. The inclusion of an extra zero was a clerical error, and 
the United States proposes to modify the amount to reflect the correct threshold of 5,000,000 SDRs.  
2. Removal of Entities: The four entities liste d below were removed from the U.S. Annex 
1 to the predecessor Agreement on Government Procurement as set out in U.S. 
notification GPA/MOD/USA/14, dated 9 December 2013. These modifications were 
certified on 8 January 2014. The United States proposes the deletion of these same 
entities from Annex 1 of the revised Agreement on Government Procurement for the reasons set out in GPA/MOD/USA/14: 
 Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations 
 National Commission on Libraries and Information Science 
 Office of the Nuclear Waste Negotiator 
 Office of Thrift Supervision 
 
Annex 7  
3. Correction of Note 8: Note 8 is missing two words: "this Agreement". The United 
States proposes to correct the omission so that the revised Note 8 reads as follows 
(addition underlined):  
"8. For goods and services, including construction services, of Japan and suppliers of such goods and services, this Agreement does not cover 
                                               
1 Article XIX:1 reads as follows: Notification of Proposed Modification  A Party shall notify the Committee 
of any proposed rectification, transfer  of an entity from one annex to anothe r, withdrawal of an entity or other 
modification of its annexes to Appendix I (any of which is hereinafter referred to as "modification"). The Party proposing the modification (hereinafter referred to as "modifying Party") shall include in the notification: (a) for 
any proposed withdrawal of an entity  from its annexes to Appendix I in exercise of its rights on the grounds 
that government control or influenc e over the entity's covered procurement has been effectively eliminated, 
evidence of such elimination; or (b) for any other proposed modification, information as to the likely consequences of the change for the mutually agr eed coverage provided for in this Agreement. GPA/MOD/USA/15 
 
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  procurement by entities listed in Annex 3 that are responsible for the generation 
or distribution of electricity, including the commitment with respect to financing provided by the Rural Utilities Service of power generation projects described in Note 1 to Annex 3." 
Annexes 1-7 
4. Adopting WTO Secretariat Formatting: The WTO Secretariat has implemented system-
wide document formatting requirements. The United States proposes to revise its 
schedule to implement these new formatting requirements.  
These modifications do not change the mutually agreed coverage provided for under the Protocol 
Amending the Agreement on Government Procurement.  
Attachment A to this document shows (redline) the proposed modifications by the United States to 
the annexes of the Final Appendix I Offer of the United States of America. Attachment B shows how the annexes of the Final Appendix I Offer of the United States of America would appear after 
the proposed modifications have been made.
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2 Attachments A and B are in English only. GPA/MOD/USA/15 
 
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