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GPA/MOD/JPN/71  
 
28 April 2014  
(14-2629)  Page: 1/31  
Committee on Government Procurement  Original: English  
 
 PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS TO APPEND IX I OF JAPAN UNDER THE REVISED 
AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT 
COMMUNICATION FROM JAPAN PU RSUANT TO ARTICLE XIX:11 OF THE  
REVISED AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT 
The following communication, dated 24 April 2014, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Japan. 
 
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 1.  Pursuant to Article XIX, paragraph 1 of the revised Agreement on Government Procurement 
(hereinafter referred to as "the Agreement"), the Government of Japan hereby notifies the 
Committee on Government Procurement of the following modifications of purely formal nature relating to Japan's Appendix I of the Agreement.  These modifications do not change the mutually 
agreed coverage provided for in the Agreement. 
a. Modifications that have been certified unde r the Agreement on Government Procurement 
done at Marrakesh on 15 April 1994 by documents WT/Let/676, WT/Let/682, 
WT/Let/826, WT/Let/859, WT/Let/877, WT/Let/877/Corr.1, WT/Let/939: 
(The entities are rearranged in alphab etical order and numbered accordingly.) 
 ANNEX 1: 
i. Add "Japan Fair Trade Commission". 
ii. Add "Specific Personal Information Protection Committee". 
iii. Replace "Ministry of Environment" with "Ministry of the Environment". 
ANNEX 3 GROUP A: 
iv. Add "Japan Bank for International Cooperation". 
v. Replace "Japan National Tourist Organization" with "Japan National Tourism 
Organization". 
vi. Replace "Mutual Aid Fund for Official Casualties and Retirement of Volunteer 
Firemen" with "Mutual Aid Fund for Official Casualties and Retirement of Volunteer 
Firefighters". 
                                               
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/JPN/71 
 
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  vii. Replace "National Agency for the Advancement of Sports and Health" with "Japan 
Sport Council". 
viii. Replace "Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Co. (f)" with "Nippon Telegraph and 
Telephone Corporation (Note 3.f.)(Note 3.g.)". 
ix. Replace "Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Co. (f)" with "Nippon Telegraph and 
Telephone East Corporation (Note 3.f.) (Note 3.g.)". 
x. Replace "Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Co. (f)" with "Nippon Telegraph and 
Telephone West Corporation (Note 3.f.) (Note 3.g.)". 
xi. Replace "Social Insurance Medical Fee Payment Fund" with "Health Insurance Claims 
Review & Reimbursement Services". 
xii. Replace "Tokyo Metro Co. Ltd. (a)" with  "Tokyo Metro Co., Ltd. (Note 3.a.)" 
xiii. Replace "University of the Air Foundation" with "Open University of Japan 
Foundation, The". 
ANNEX 3 GROUP B: 
xiv. Add "Japan Pension Service". 
xv. Replace "National Agency for Vehicle Inspec tion" with "National Agency of Vehicle 
Inspection". 
xvi. Replace "National Center for Neurology and Psychiatry" with "National Center of 
Neurology and Psychiatry". 
xvii.  Replace "National Science Museum" with "National Museum of Nature and 
Science". 
b. Correction of miscellaneous errors: 
ANNEX 3: 
i. Replace "Other Service" with "Other Services". 
ii. Arrange the entities in alphabetical order. 
ANNEX 5: 
iii. Delete "51 Construction work" as Article II:4(e) of the Agreement provides that 
information concerning "the services, othe r than construction services, covered by 
this Agreement" shall be specified in Annex 5. 
iv. Arrange services in numerical order. 
v. Amend the description of CPC 9611 in accordance with the description in CPC Prov. 
ANNEX 6: 
vi. Replace "based on" with "within the scope of" since the Act on Promotion of Private 
Finance Initiative was amended on 12 June 2013. 
ANNEX 7: 
vii. Amend paragraph 1 as follows to reflect the title of the Act correctly: GPA/MOD/JPN/71 
 
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  "Notwithstanding the Note to Annex 6, procurement with regard to a project within 
the scope of the Act on Promotion of Private Finance Initiative as of 
10 December 2010 is covered." 
c. Reformatting, including changes based on the suggestions by the Secretariat, as shown 
in the Attachment. 
2.  Attachment A to this document shows the proposed modifications by Japan to its Annexes to 
Appendix I. Attachment B indicates how Japan's Annexes to Appendix I would appear after the 
proposed modifications have been accepted.2 
                                               
2 Attachments A and B are in English only. GPA/MOD/JPN/71 
 
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