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Reference: WLI/100 11 July 2014 
  
 
   
 
  
 
AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT 
DONE AT MARRAKESH ON 15 APRIL 1994 
CERTIFICATION OF MODIFICA TIONS TO THE AGREEMENT 
TRANSMISSION OF CERTIFIED TRUE  COPIES OF REPLACEMENT PAGES 
IN THE LOOSE-LEAF SYSTEM FOR APPENDICES CONTAINING 
THE CERTIFIED MODIFICATIONS 
 
  I have the honour to furnish herewith a certified true copy of replacement pages 3/5 and 5/5 
of Annex 3 to Appendix I containing modifications by Japan . 
  The modifications are effective as of 25 June 2014 . 
 
   
 
  
 
  
 
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14-3982             WT/Let/962  
  
 
AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT 
DONE AT MARRAKESH ON 15 APRIL 1994 
 
CERTIFICATION OF MODIFICATIONS 
 
 
  
Pursuant to Article XXIV:6, modifications to Annex 3 to Appendix I of the Agreement on 
Government Procurement (1994) concerning Japan  were notified to the Committee on 
Government Procurement in document GPA/MOD/JPN/72 on 26 May 2014. As no objections to the proposed modifications were received within thirty days from the date of issue of the aforementioned document, it is hereby certified that these modifications became effective as of 
25 June 2014.  
  Pursuant to the Decision of the Committee on Government Procurement adopted on 
4 June 1996 regarding the establishment of a loose- leaf system with legal effect to periodically 
update the Appendices to the Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA/M/2) and procedures with respect to the modifications to the loose-leaf system (GPA/M/5), these modifications are 
contained in the attached replacement pages to th e loose-leaf system. Accordingly, the attached 
pages replace pages 3/5 and 5/5 of Annex 3 to Appendix I of Japan  in the Loose-Leaf System of 
Appendices in conformity with the aforementioned Decisions.  
 I hereby furnish a certified true copy of th e above-mentioned modifications to each Member 
of the World Trade Organization. This certification shall be registered in accordance with the provisions of Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations. 
 
  Done at Geneva this eighth day of July, two thousand and fourteen. 
 
   
 
  Roberto Azevêdo 
 
 Certified true copy: 
 
   
 
  
 
Director-General  
 
  
  
 
APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 3/5  
 
 
25 June 2014 (WT/Let/962)  Supplies (cont'd)  
 
 
- National Traffic Safety and Environment  Laboratory 
- National Maritime Research Institute 
- Port and Airport Research Institute - Electronic Navigation Research Institute 
- Marine Technical Education Agency 
- National Institute for Sea Training - Civil Aviation College - National Institute for Environmental 
 Studies 
- Labor Management Organization for  USFJ Employees 
- National Agency of Vehicle Inspection 
- National Statistics Center - Japan Mint 
- National Printing Bureau 
- National Hospital Organization - National University Corporation - Inter-University Research Institute 
 Corporation 
- Institute of National Colleges of  Technology, Japan 
- National Institution for Academic 
 Degrees and University Evaluation - Center for National University Finance 
 and Management 
 
 
Services  
 
Threshold : 
 Construction services : 
4,500 thousand SDR for Japan Post in Group A 
15,000 thousand SDR for all other entities in 
Group A 4,500 thousand SDR for entities in Group B 
 
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 : 
 1. Group A 
 
- Japan Water Agency - Japan Regional Development 
 Corporation  
 
 
- Japan Railway Construction Public  Corporation (a)(d) 
- Narita International Airport Corporation 
- East Nippon Expressway Company Limited - Central Nippon Expressway Company 
 Limited 
- West Nippon Expressway Company Limited - Metropolitan Expressway Company Limited - Hanshin Expressway Company Limited 
- Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Expressway 
 Company Limited - Japan Expressway Holding and Debt 
 Repayment Agency 
- Urban Development Corporation (a) - Japan Science and Technology Agency 
- Japan Atomic Energy Agency (b) 
- Japan Environmental Safety Corporation - Japan International Cooperation Agency - Welfare and Medical Service Agency 
- Government Pension Investment Fund 
- Agriculture and Livestock Industries  Corporation 
- Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National 
 Corporation (c) - Japan Small and Medium Enterprise 
 Corporation 
- Japan Post - Japan Labour Health and Welfare  Organization 
- Japan Organization for Employment of the 
 Elderly, Persons with Disabilities and Job  Seekers 
- Okinawa Development Finance Corporation 
- Japan Finance Corporation - Japan Bank for International Cooperation 
- Japan Housing Finance Agency 
- Japan Finance Organization for  Municipalities - Development Bank of Japan Inc. 
- Tokyo Metro Co., Ltd. (a) 
- Japan Tobacco Inc. (g) - Hokkaido Railway Company (a)(g) 
- East Japan Railway Company (a)(g) 
- Central Japan Railway Company (a)(g)  - West Japan Railway Company (a)(g) 
- Shikoku Railway Company (a)(g) 
- Kyushu Railway Company (a)(g)  
   
 
APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 5/5  
 
 
25 June 2014 (WT/Let/962)  Services  (cont'd) 
 
 
- Fisheries Research Agency - Research Institute of Economy, Trade and 
Industry 
- National Center for Industrial Property 
Information and Training 
- Nippon Export and Investment Insurance 
- National Institute of Advanced Industrial 
Science and Technology 
- National Institute of Technology and 
Evaluation 
- Public Works Research Institute - Building Research Institute 
- National Traffic Safety and Environment 
Laboratory 
- National Maritime Research Institute 
- Port and Airport Research Institute 
- Electronic Navigation Research Institute - Marine Technical Education Agency - National Institute for Sea Training 
- Civil Aviation College 
- National Institute for Environmental 
Studies 
- Labor Management Organization for USFJ 
Employees 
- National Agency of Vehicle Inspection 
- National Statistics Center 
- Japan Mint - National Printing Bureau - National Hospital Organization 
- National University Corporation 
- Inter-University Research Institute 
Corporation 
- Institute of National Colleges of 
Technology, Japan 
- National Institution for Academic Degrees 
and University Evaluation 
- Center for National University Finance and 
Management 
 
 
Notes to Annex 3  
 
1. 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. 
  2. This Agreement shall not apply to contracts to 
be awarded to co-operatives or associations in 
accordance with laws and regulations existing 
at the time of the entry into force of this Agreement for Japan. 
 
3. This Agreement shall not apply to contracts 
which the entities in Group A award for purposes of their daily profit-making activities 
which are exposed to competitive forces in 
markets.  This note shall not be used in a manner which circumvents the provisions of 
this Agreement. 
 4. Notes to specific entities: 
 
 (a) Procurement related to operational 
safety of transportation is not included. 
 
 (b) Procurement which could lead to the 
disclosure of information incompatible with the purpose of the Treaty on the 
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons or 
with international agreements on intellectual property rights is not 
included.  Procurement for safety-
related activities aiming at utilization and management of radioactive materials and responding to 
emergencies of nuclear installation is 
not included. 
 
 (c) Procurement related to geological and 
geophysical survey is not included. 
 
 (d) Procurement of advertising services, 
construction services and real estate services is not included. 
 
 (e) Procurement of ships to be jointly 
owned with private companies is not included. 
 
 (f) Procurement of public electrical tele-
communications equipment and of 
services related to operational safety of 
telecommunications is not included. 
  (g) Procurement of the services specified in 
Annex 4, other than construction 
services, is not included. 
 
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