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GPA/MOD/JPN/72  
 
26 May 2014  
(14-3138)  Page: 1/5  
Committee on Government Procurement  Original: English  
 
PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS TO  APPENDIX I OF JAPAN 
COMMUNICATION FROM JAPAN PU RSUANT TO ARTICLE XXIV:6(a)1 OF THE GPA (1994) 
The following communication, dated 15 May 2014, is  being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Japan. 
 
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 1. Pursuant to Article XXIV, paragraph 6(a) of the Agreement on Government Procurement 
done at Marrakesh on 15 April 1994 (hereinafter  referred to as the "1994 Agreement"), the 
Government of Japan hereby notifies the Committee on Government Procurement of the following 
modifications of a purely formal nature relating to its Annex 3, Appendix I to the GPA (1994).  
Annex 3 
 
 Delete "Japan Nuclear Energy Safety Organization" from " List of Entities (Group B) " and 
"List of Entities which procure the services, specified in Annex 4 (Group B) ". 
2. The above modifications are th e result of the following: 
 Japan Nuclear Energy Safety Organization, an independent administrative institution, 
was abolished and merged with Nuclear Regulation Authority which is a covered entity as an independent organ under the Ministry of the Environment listed in Annex 1, on 
1 March 2014. 
3. These modifications do not change the mutually agreed coverage provided for in the 
Agreement. 
4. Attachment A to this document shows the modifications proposed by Japan in this 
communication to the corresponding pages of Annex 3 (pages 3/5 and 5/5) of Appendix I. Attachment B indicates how these pages of Annex 3 of Japan's Appendix I would appear after the 
proposed modifications in this communication have been made. The modifications are highlighted 
in bold, and strikeout or underlining.
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1 Article XXIV:6(a) reads as follows: Rectifications or Modifications  (a) Rectifications, transfers of an 
entity from one Annex to another or, in exceptional cases,  other modifications relating to Appendices I through 
IV shall be notified to the Committee, along with info rmation as to the likely cons equences of the change for 
the mutually agreed coverage provided in this Agreement.  If the rectifications, transfers or other modifications 
are of a purely formal or minor nature, they shall beco me effective provided there is no objection within 30 
days. In other cases, the Chairman of the Committee shall promptly convene a meeting of the Committee. The Committee shall consider the proposal and any clai m for compensatory adjust ments, with a view to 
maintaining a balance of rights and obligations and a comparable level of mutually agreed coverage provided in 
this Agreement prior to such notification. In the even t of agreement not being reached, the matter may be 
pursued in accordance wi th the provisions contained in Article XXII. 
2 Attachments A and B are in English only. GPA/MOD/JPN/72 
 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 3/5  
 
18 January 2013 (WT/Let/877)  ATTACHMENT A 
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 
- Japan Nuclear Energy Safety 
 Organization 
- 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) 
 GPA/MOD/JPN/72 
 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 5/5  
 
18 January 2013 (WT/Let/877)  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 
- Japan Nuclear Energy Safety 
 Organization 
- 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 v i e w  t o  r e s a l e  o r  w i t h  a  v i e w  t o  u s e  i n  t h e  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. 
 GPA/MOD/JPN/72 
 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 3/5  
 
… 2014 (WT/Let/…)  ATTACHMENT B 
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) 
 GPA/MOD/JPN/72 
 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 5/5  
 
… 2014 (WT/Let/…)  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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