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Comité de Contratación Pública  Origin al: inglés  
 
  MODIFICACIONES PROPUESTAS DEL APÉNDICE I DEL JAPÓN EN EL MARCO 
DEL ACUERDO SOBRE CONTRATACIÓN PÚBLICA (1994)  
 
COMUNICACIÓN DEL JAPÓN DE CONFORMIDAD CON EL APARTADO a) 
DEL PÁRRAFO 6 DEL ARTÍCULO XXIV1 DEL ACP (1994)  
La siguiente comunicación, de fecha 4 de abril de 2017, se distribuye a petición de la delegación 
del Japón . 
 
_______________  
 
 
1.  De conformidad con el apartado a) del párrafo 6 del artículo XXIV del Acuerdo sobre 
Contratación Pública hecho en Marrakech el 15 de abril de 1994 (denominado en adelant e el 
"Acuerdo de 1994"), el Gobierno del Japón notifica por la presente al Comité de Contratación 
Pública las siguientes modificaciones en relación con su Anexo 3 del Apéndice I del Acuerdo 
de 1994: 
a. Sustitúyase  "National Center for Teachers' Development" por "National Institute for 
School Teachers and Staff Development" en "2. Group B" de la lista de entidades y la 
lista de entidades que contratan los servicios indicados en el Anexo 4, respectivamente . 
b. Sustitúyase  "Marine Technical Education Agency" por "Japan agency of Maritime 
Education and Training for Seafarers" en "2. Group B" de la lista de entidades y la lista 
de entidades que contratan los servicios indicados en el Anexo 4, respectivamente . 
c. Sustitúyase  "Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute " por "Forest Research and 
Management Organization" en "2. Group B" de la lista de entidades y la lista de 
entidades que contratan los servicios indicados en el Anexo 4, respectivamente . 
2.  Estas modificaciones obedecen a lo siguiente : 
a. El 1º de abril de 2017, el "National Center for Teachers' Development" asumió la 
responsabilidad de brindar orientaciones técnicas a maestros de escuela y de llevar a 
cabo estudios sobre las calificaciones del personal de las escuelas, y se reorganizó con el 
nombre de "National Institute for School Teachers and Staff Development".  
b. El 1º de abril de 2016, la "Marine Technical Education Agency" pasó a llamarse "Japan 
agency of Maritime Education and Training for Seafarers".  
                                                
1 El apartado a) del párrafo 6 del artículo XXIV dice lo siguiente: Rectificaciones o enmiendas  a) Las 
rectificaciones, las transferencias de entidades de un Anexo a otro o, en casos excepcionales, las enmi endas de 
otro tipo que afecten a los Apéndices I a IV serán notificadas al Comité, y en la notificación se facilitará 
información en cuanto a las probables consecuencias del cambio en el alcance mutuamente convenido previsto 
en el Acuerdo. Las rectificacio nes, transferencias o enmiendas de otro tipo de carácter puramente formal o 
menores surtirán efecto a condición de que en un plazo de 30 días no se presente objeción a ellas. De no ser 
así, el Presidente del Comité convocará prontamente una reunión del Com ité. El Comité examinará la 
propuesta y las posibles demandas de arreglos compensatorios, con el fin de mantener un equilibrio de 
derechos y obligaciones y un nivel comparable del alcance mutuamente convenido previsto en el presente 
Acuerdo antes de la not ificación de que se trate. En caso de que no se llegue a un acuerdo, podrá llevarse 
adelante la cuestión con arreglo a las disposiciones del artículo XXII.  GPA/MOD/JPN/96  
 
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c. El 1º de abril de 2017, el "Forestry and Forest Products R esearch Institute" asumió la 
responsabilidad de desarrollar los bosques que son fuente de agua, y se reorganizó con 
el nombre de "Forest Research and Management Organization".  
3.  Las modificaciones que propone el Japón no reducen el alcance mutuamente conveni do previsto 
en el Acuerdo de 1994. 
4.  En el suplemento A del presente documento se muestran (en negrita, tachado y subrayado) las 
modificaciones de las páginas correspondientes (páginas 2/5, 3/5, 4/5 y 5/5) del Anexo 3  del 
Apéndice I propuestas por el Japón . En el suplemento B se indica cómo quedarían dichas páginas 
una vez aceptadas las modificaciones propuestas .2 
                                                
2 Los suplementos A y B están en inglés solamente.  GPA/MOD/JPN/96  
 
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APPENDIX I  JAPAN  ANNEX 3  Page 2 /5 
 
28 July 2016 (WT/Let/1189)  ATTACHMENT A  
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 Organizat ion 
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 Associati on 
(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 
Traini ng 
- 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 Brewing  
- National Center for University Entrance 
Examinations  
- National Institute of Special N eeds 
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 Institute for 
School Teac hers and Staff 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 A griculture and Food Research 
Organization  
- Japan International Research Center for 
Agricultural Sciences  
- Forestry and Forest Products Research 
Institute  Forest Research and 
Management Organization  
- Japan Fisheries Research and Education 
Agency  
- Resear ch 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 an d 
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 
Gerontology  
 GPA/MOD/JPN/96  
 
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APPENDIX I  JAPAN  ANNEX 3  Page 3 /5 
 
29 July 2016 (WT/Let/1190)  Supplies (cont'd)  
 
 
- National Institute of Maritime, Port and 
Aviation Technology  
- Marine Technical Ed ucation Agency  
Japan agency of Maritime Education and 
Training for Seafarers  
- Civil Aviation College  
- National Institute for Environmental Studies  
- Labor Management Organization for USFJ 
Employees  
- National Agency for Automobile and Land 
Transport Tech nology  
- 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 A cademic Degrees 
and Quality Enhancement of Higher 
Education  
 
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  
 
Archite ctural, 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 Developm ent  
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  
- Metropolit an 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 Ato mic Energy Agency (b)  
- Japan Environmental 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 Cor poration  
- 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)  GPA/MOD/JPN/96  
 
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APPENDIX I  JAPAN ANNEX 3  Page 4 /5 
 
28 July 2016 (WT/Let/1189)  Services  (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 Association  
- 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 Servi ces Organization  
- 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 
Intellect ual 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 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 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 S cience  
- 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 o f Art 
- National Institutes for Cultural Heritage  
- National Center for Teachers' 
Development  National Institute for 
School Teachers and Staff Development  
- National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, 
Health and Nutrition (i)  
- Japan Organization of Occu pational 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  Forest Research and 
Management Organization  
- 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 
Gerontology  GPA/MOD/JPN/96  
 
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APPENDIX I  JAPAN  ANNEX 3  Page 5 /5 
 
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 Researc h Institute  
- Building Research Institute  
- National Institute of Maritime, Port and 
Aviation Technology  
- Marine Technical Education Agency  
Japan agency of Maritime Education 
and Training for Seafarers  
- Civil Aviation College  
- National Institute for Env ironmental 
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 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 
materi als 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 includ ed. 
 
(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) Procurem ent 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.  GPA/MOD/JPN/96  
 
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APPENDIX I  JAPAN  ANNEX 3  Page 2 /5 
 
…2017 (WT/Let/…)  ATTACHMENT B  
Supplies  (cont'd)  
 
 
- Japan Arts Council  
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  
- The Open University of Japan Foundation  
- Japan Sport Council  
- Health Insurance Cla ims 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 Associatio n 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 su ch 
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 Casua lties 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 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 Institute for School Teachers and 
Staff 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 f or 
Agricultural Sciences  
- Forest Research and Management 
Organization  
- Japan Fisheries Research and Education 
Agency  
- Research Institute of Economy, Trade and 
Industry  
- National Center for Industrial Property 
Information and Training  
- Nippon Export an d 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 Geriatri cs and 
Gerontology  GPA/MOD/JPN/96  
 
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APPENDIX I  JAPAN  ANNEX 3  Page 3 /5 
 
…2017 (WT/Let/…)  Supplies (cont'd)  
 
 
- National Institute of Maritime, Port and 
Aviation Technology  
- Japan agency of Maritime Education and 
Training for Seafarers  
- Civil Aviation College  
- National Institute for Environmental Studies  
- Labor Managem ent 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 Re search Institute 
Corporation  
- National Institute of Technology  
- National Institution for Academic Degrees 
and Quality Enhancement of Higher 
Education  
 
Services  
 
Threshold : 
 
Construction services : 
4,500 thousand SDR for Japan Post in Group A  
15,000 thousa nd 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 Storage & Safety 
Corporation (h)  
- Japan International Cooperation Agency  
- Welfare and Medical Service Agency  
- Governm ent 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 wit h 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)  GPA/MOD/JPN/96  
 
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APPENDIX I  JAPAN  ANNEX 3  Page 4 /5 
 
…2017 (WT/Let/…)  Services  (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 Association  
- 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 Council  
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  
- The Open University of Japan Foundation  
- Japan Sport Council  
- Health Insuranc e 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 Assoc iation 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 C asualties 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 Brewing  
- National Center for University Entrance 
Examinations  
- National Institute of Special Needs Education  
- National Instituti on 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 Institute for School Teachers and 
Staff 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 Cente r for 
Agricultural Sciences  
- Forest Research and Management 
Organization  
- 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 
Gerontology  GPA/MOD/JPN/96  
 
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APPENDIX I  JAPAN  ANNEX 3  Page 5/5 
 
…2017 (WT/Let/…)  
 Services  (cont'd)  
 
 
- Japan Fisheries Research and Education 
Agency  
- Research Institute of Economy, Trade an d 
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 Resea rch Institute  
- Building Research Institute  
- National Institute of Maritime, Port and 
Aviation Technology  
- Japan agency of Maritime Education and 
Training for Seafarers  
- Civil Aviation College  
- National Institute for Environmental 
Studies  
- Labor Manag ement 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 t he 
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 Japa n. 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 pr ovisions 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 
emergencie s 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.  
 
(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 Bi omedical Innovation is not 
included.  
 
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