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28 July  2016 (WT/Let/1189 ) JAPAN  
 
ANNEX  3 
 
All Other Entities which Procure in Accordance  
with the Provisions of this Agreement  
 
 
Supplies  
 
Threshold : 
 
130 thousand SDR  
 
 
List of Entities : 
 
1. Group A  
 
- Japan Water Agency  
- Japan Regional Development Corporation  
- Japan Railway Co nstruction 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  
- Hanshi n 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 Environm ental Storage & Safety 
Corporation (h)  
- 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 Organization for Employment of the 
Elderly, Persons with Disabilities and Job 
Seekers  
- Okinawa Development Finance Corporation  
- Japan Finance Corporation  
- Japan Bank for Internation al Cooperation  
- Japan Housing Finance Agency  
- Japan Finance Organization for Municipalities  
- Development Bank of Japan Inc.  
- Tokyo Metro Co., Ltd. (a)  
- Japan Tobacco Inc.  
- Hokkaido Railway Company (a)  
- Shikoku Railway Company (a)  
- Kyushu Railway Co mpany (a)  
- Japan Freight Railway Company (a)  
- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation 
(f) 
- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East 
Corporation  (f) 
- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West 
Corporation  (f) 
- Northern Territories Issue Association  
- National C onsumer Affairs Center of Japan  
- RIKEN (b)  
- Environmental Restoration and Conservation 
Agency  
- Fund for the Promotion and Development of 
the Amami Islands  
- Japan Foundation, The  
- Japan Student Services Organization  
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28 July 2016 (WT/Let/1189 ) Supplies  (cont'd)  
 
 
- Japan Arts Council  
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  
- The Open University of Japan Foundation  
- Japan Sport Council  
- Health Insurance Claims Review & 
Reimbursement Services  
- National Center for Persons with Severe 
Intellectual Disabilities, Nozominosono  
- Japan Racing Association  
- Mutual Aid Association for Agriculture, 
Forestry and Fishery Organization 
Personnel  
- The National Association of Racing  
- Farmers' Pension Fund  
- Keirin Promotion Association (A juridical 
person designated as such pursuant to  the 
Bicycle Racing Law)  
- Japan External Trade Organization  
- Motorcycle Racing Promotion Association 
(A juridical person designated as such 
pursuant to the Auto Racing Law)  
- New Energy and Industrial Technology  
 Development Organization  
- Japan Alcohol Corporation  
- Japan National Tourism Organization  
- The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and 
Training  
- Mutual Aid Fund for Official Casualties and 
Retirement of Volunteer Firefighters  
- Corporation for Advanced Transport and 
Technology (e)  
- The Promotio n and Mutual Aid Corporation 
for Private Schools of Japan  
- Organization for Workers' Retirement  
 Allowance Mutual Aid  
 
2. Group B  
 
- National Archives of Japan  
- National Institute of Information and 
Communications Technology  
- National Research Institute  of Brewing  
- National Center for University Entrance 
Examinations  
- National Institute of Special Needs 
Education  
 - National Institution for Youth Education  
- National Women's Education Center  
- National Museum of Nature and Science  
- National Institute for Materials Science  
- National Research Institute for Earth Science 
and Disaster Prevention  
- National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan  
- National Institutes for Quantum and 
Radiological Science and Technology  
- National Museum of Art  
- National Institutes for Cultural Heritage  
- National Center for Teachers' Development  
- National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, 
Health and Nutrition (i)  
- Japan Organization of Occupational Health 
and Safety  
- Food and Agricultural Materials Inspection 
Center  
- National  Livestock Breeding Center  
- National Agriculture and Food Research 
Organization  
- Japan International Research Center for 
Agricultural Sciences  
- Forestry and Forest Products Research 
Institute  
- Japan Fisheries Research and Education 
Agency  
- Research In stitute 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  
- Japan Health Insurance Association  
- Japan Pension Service  
- National Cancer Center  
- National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center  
- National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry  
- National Center for Global Health and 
Medicine  
- National Center for Child Health and 
Development  
- National Center for Geriatrics and 
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28 July 2016 (WT/Let/1189 ) Supplies (cont'd)  
 
 
- National Institute of Maritime, Port and 
Aviation Technology  
- Marine Technical Educatio n Agency  
- Civil Aviation College  
- Nation al Institute for Environmental Studies  
- Labor Management Organization for USFJ 
Employees  
- National Agency for Automobile and Land 
Transport Technology  
- National Statistics Center  
- Japan Mint  
- National Printing  Bureau  
- National Hospital Organization  
- National University Corporation  
- Inter-University Research Institute 
Corporation  
- National Institute of Technology  
- National Institution for Academic Degrees 
and Quality Enhancement of Higher 
Education  
 
Service s 
 
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 Agr eement:  
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 Storage & Safety 
Corpora tion (h)  
- Japan International Cooperation Agency  
- Welfare and Medical Service Agency  
- Government Pension Investment Fund  
- Agricu lture and Livestock Industries 
Corporation  
- Japan Oil, Gas and Meta ls National Corporation 
(c) 
- Japan Small and Medium Ent erprise 
Corporation  
- Japan Post  
- Japan Orga nization for Employment of the 
Elderly, Per sons 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)  
- Shikoku Railway Company (a)(g)  
- Kyushu Railway Company (a)(g)  
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28 July 2016 (WT/Let/1189 ) Servi ces (cont'd)  
 
 
- Japan Freight Railway Company (a)(g)  
- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone 
Corporation  (f)(g)  
- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East 
Corporation  (f)(g)  
- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West 
Corporation  (f)(g)  
- Northern Territories Issue Associa tion 
- National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan  
- RIKEN (b)  
- Environmental Restoration and 
Conservation Agency  
- Fund for the Promotion and Development 
of the Amami Islands  
- Japan Foundation, The  
- Japan Student Services Organization  
- Japan Arts Counc il 
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  
- The Open University of Japan Foundation  
- Japan Sport Council  
- Health Insurance Claims Review & 
Reimbursement Services  
- National Center for Persons with Severe 
Intellectual Disabilities, Nozominosono  
- Japan Racing Association  
- Mutual Aid Association for Agriculture, 
Forestry and Fishery Organization  
Personnel  
- The National Association of Racing  
- Farmers' Pension Fund  
- Keirin Promotion Association (A juridical 
person designated as such pursuant to the 
Bicycle Racing Law)  
- Japan External Trade Organization  
- Motorcycle Racing Promotion Association 
(A juridical person designated as such 
pursuant to the Auto Racing Law)  
- New Energy and Industrial Technology 
Development Organization  
- Japan Alcohol Corpor ation 
- Japan National Tourism Organization  
- The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and 
Training  
- Mutual Aid Fund for Official Casualties and 
Retirement of Volunteer Firefighters  
- Corporation for Advanced Transport and 
Technology (e)  
- The Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation 
for Private Schools of Japan  
- Organization for Workers' Retirement  
 Allowance Mutual Aid  
 2. Group B  
 
- National Archives of Japan  
- National Institute of Information and 
Communications Technology  
- National Research Institute of Br ewing  
- National Center for University Entrance 
Examinations  
- National Institute of Special Needs Education  
- National Institution for Youth Education  
- National Women's Education Center  
- National Museum of Nature and Science  
- National Institute for Mat erials Science  
- National Research Institute for Earth Science 
and Disaster Prevention  
- National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan  
- National Institutes for Quantum and 
Radiological Science and Technology  
- National Museum of Art  
- National Institutes for Cul tural Heritage  
- National Center for Teachers' Development  
- National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, 
Health and Nutrition (i)  
- Japan Organization of Occupational Health 
and Safety  
- Food and Agricultural Materials Inspection 
Center  
- National Livest ock Breeding Center  
- National Agriculture and Food Research 
Organization  
- Japan International Research Center for 
Agricultural Sciences  
- Forestry and Forest Products Research 
Institute  
- Japan Health Insurance Association  
- Japan Pension Service  
- Natio nal Cancer Center  
- National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center  
- National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry  
- National Center for Global Health and 
Medicine  
- National Center for Child Health and 
Development  
- National Center for Geriatrics and 
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28 July 2016 (WT/Let/1189 ) Services  (cont'd)  
 
 
- Japan Fisheries Research and Education 
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 Institute of Maritime, Port and 
Aviation Technology  
- Marine Technical Education Agency  
- Civil Aviation College  
- National Institute for Environmental 
Studies  
- Labor Management Organization for USFJ 
Employees  
- National Agency for Automobile and Land 
Transport Technology  
- National Statistics Center  
- Japan Mint  
- National Printing Bureau  
- National Hospital Organization  
- National University Corporation  
- Inter-University Research Institute 
Corporation  
- National Institute of Technology  
- National Institution for Academic Degrees 
and Quality Enhancement of Higher 
Education  
 
 
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 a nd 
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 competitiv e 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 aimi ng 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, 
constr uction 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 safet y of 
telecommunications is not included.  
 
(g) Procurement of the services specified in 
Annex  4, other than construction 
services, is not included.  
 
(h) Procurement related to interim storage 
is not included.  
 
(i) Procurement related to the functions on 
biomedical innovation that have been 
transferred from the former National 
Institute of Biomedical Innovation is not 
included.  
 
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