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GPA/MOD/KOR/19  
 
24 March 2016  
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Committee on Government Procurement  Original: English  
 
PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS TO APPENDIX I OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA UNDER THE 
REVISED AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT 
COMMUNICATION FROM THE REPUBLIC OF  KOREA PURSUANT TO ARTICLE XIX:11 OF THE 
REVISED AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT 
The following communication, dated 18 March 2016, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the Republic of Korea. 
 
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1.  The Government of the Republic of Kore a refers to its earlier communication dated 
23 August 2013 to the Committee on Government Procurement in GPA/MOD/KOR/18, which notified certain modifications of a purely formal nature relating to its Annex 1 of Appendix I of the 
1994 Agreement on Government Procurement. These modifications were certified pursuant to 
WT/Let/909 of 21 October 2013, given that no objections were made within 30 days. 
2.  Pursuant to Article XIX, paragraph 1 (b) of the revised Agreement on Government Procurement 
which entered into force on 6 April 2014, the Govern ment of the Republic of Korea hereby notifies 
the Committee of the proposed modifications relating to its Annex 1 of Appendix I, including some which were earlier referred to in GPA/MOD/KOR/18 and WT/Let/909, as well as another proposed modification (deletion of a Note) in Annex 3. The Go vernment of the Republic of Korea also notifies 
other proposed formatting modifications relating to  its Annexes 1 to 7 of Appendix I, to correspond 
to the system-wide document formatting requiremen ts that have been proposed by the Secretariat 
and implemented by other Parties. Please note that  these modifications are all of a purely formal 
character and affect neither the balance of rights and obligations in any way nor the level of 
mutually agreed coverage provided in the GPA. 
3.  The modifications relating to its Annexes 1 and 3 of Appendix I (excluding formatting 
modifications) are set out below: 
Annex 1 
 
a. Delete "Office of the Prime Minister" from the List of Entities in Annex 1 as it was divided 
into two separate entities: "Office for Government Policy Coordination" and "Prime 
Minister's Secretariat". 
b. Replace "Ministry of Education, Science and Technology" with "Ministry of Education" as 
its name has been changed and some of its functions moved to the "Ministry of Science, 
ICT and Future Planning". 
c. Add "Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning" to the List of Entities in Annex 1. 
                                               
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/KOR/19 
 
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  d. Replace "Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade" with "Ministry of Foreign Affairs" as its 
name has been changed and one of its func tions moved to the "Ministry of Trade, 
Industry and Energy". 
e. Replace "Ministry of Public Administration and Security" with "Ministry of the Interior" as 
its name has been changed and one of its functions moved to the "Ministry of Personnel 
Management". 
f. Add "Ministry of Personnel Management" to  the List of Entities in Annex 1. 
g. Replace "Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries" with "Ministry of 
Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs" as its name has been changed and one of its functions moved to the "Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries". 
h. Replace "Ministry of Knowledge Economy" with "Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy" 
as its name has been changed. 
i. Replace "Ministry of Gender Equality" with "Ministry of Gender Equality and Family" as its 
name has been changed. 
j. Replace "Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs" with "Ministry of Land, 
Infrastructure and Transport" as its name has been changed and one of its functions 
moved to the "Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries". 
k. Add "Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries" to the List of Entities in Annex 1. 
l. Replace "Anti-corruption and Civil Rights Commission of Korea" with "Anti-corruption and 
Civil Rights Commission" as its name has been changed. 
m. Replace "National Human Rights Commission of Korea" with "National Human Rights 
Commission" as its name has been changed. 
n. Add "Ministry of Food and Drug Safety" to the List of Entities in Annex 1. 
o. Delete "Korea Food and Drug Administration" as the entity has been changed to "Ministry 
of Food and Drug Safety". 
p. Add "Ministry of Public Safety and Securi ty (except purchases for the purpose of 
maintaining public order, as provided in Ar ticle III of the Agreement)" to the List of 
Entities in Annex 1. 
q. Delete "National Emergency Management Agency" as its functions move to "Ministry of 
Public Safety and Security". 
r. Delete "Korea Coast Guard (except purchases for the purpose of maintaining public order, 
as provided in Article III of the Agreement.)" as its functions move to both "National 
Police Agency" and "Ministry of Public Safety and Security". 
s. Replace "Multifunctional Administrative City Construction Agency" with "National Agency 
for Administrative City Construction" as its name has been changed. 
Annex 3 
 
t. Delete Note 5. and corresponding asterisks ag ainst individual entities as the specified 
conditions for the entry into force of the Agreement for the entities (previously marked by an asterisk) have been fulfilled. GPA/MOD/KOR/19 
 
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  4.  Attachment A to this document shows the modi fications to Annexes 1 to 7 of Appendix I, based 
on this notification by the Republic of Kore a. Attachment B indicates how the Annexes would 
appear after the modifications, based on this notification, have been made.2 
 
                                               
2 Attachments A and B are in English only. GPA/MOD/KOR/19 
 
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