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Comité de Contratación Pública  Original:  inglés  
 
MODIFICACIONES DEL APÉNDICE  I PROPUESTAS POR  
EL JAPÓN DE  CONFORMIDAD CON EL A CUERDO  
SOBRE  CONTRATACIÓN PÚBLICA  (1994)  
COMUNICACIÓN DEL JAP ÓN DE CONFORMIDAD  CON EL APARTADO A)  
DEL PÁRRAFO 6 DEL AR TÍCULO XXIV1 DEL ACP (1994)  
La siguiente comunicación, de fec ha 27 de junio de  2016, se distribuye a petición de la delegación 
del Japón.  
 
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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 e n adelante 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 "Japan Labour Health and Welfare Org anization" en "1. Group A" y "National 
Institute of Occupational Safety and Health" en "2. Group B" por "Japan Organization of 
Occupational Health and Safety" en "2. Group B" de la lista de entidades y la lista de 
entidades que contratan los servicios indi cados en el Anexo 4, respectivamente.  
b. Sustitúyase "Center for National University Finance and Management" y "National 
Institution for Academic Degrees and University Evaluation" por "National Institution for 
Academic Degrees and Quality Enhancement of High er Education" 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 "Electronic Navigation Research Institute", "National Maritime Research 
Institute" y "Port and Airport Research Institute" por "National Institute of Maritime, Port 
and Aviation Technology" en "2. Group B" de la lista de entidades y la lista de entidades 
que contratan los servicios indicados en el Anexo 4, respectivamente.  
d. Sustitúyase "Fisheries Res earch Agency" y "National F isheries University" por "Japan 
Fisheries Research and Education Agency" en "2. Group B" de la lista de entidades y la 
lista de entidades que contratan los servicios indicados en el Anexo 4, respectivamente.  
                                                
1 En el apartado a) del párrafo 6 del artículo XXIV ("Re ctificaciones o enmiendas") se establece lo 
siguiente: "Las rectificaciones, las transferencias de entidades de un Anexo a otro o, en casos excepcionales, 
las enmiendas de otro tipo que afecten a los Apéndices I a IV serán notificadas al Comité, y en la no tificación 
se facilitará información en cuanto a las probables consecuencias del cambio en el alcance mutuamente 
convenido previsto en el Acuerdo. Las rectificaciones, 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 Comité. 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 notificación 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/79  
 
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  e. Sustitúyase "National  Institute for Sea Training" por "Marine Technical Education 
Agency" en "2. Group B" de la lista de entidades y la lista de entidades que contratan los 
servicios indicados en el Anexo 4, respectivamente.  
f. Sustitúyase "National Agency of Vehicle Inspection" y "National Traffic Safety and 
Environment Laboratory" por "National Agency for Automobile and Land Transport 
Technology" en "2. Group B" de la lista de entidades y la lista de entidades que 
contratan los servicios indicados en el Anexo 4, respectivamente.  
g. Sustitúyase "National Center for Seeds and Seedlings", "National Institute for 
Agro-Environmental Sciences" y "National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences" por 
"National Agriculture and Food Research Organization" en "2. Group B" de la lista de 
entidade s y la lista de entidades que contratan los servicios indicados en el Anexo 4, 
respectivamente.  
h. Sustitúyase "National Institute of Radiological Sciences" por "National Institutes for 
Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology" en "2. Group B" de la li sta 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  2016, el Instituto Nacional de Salud y Se guridad en el Trabajo 
(National  Institut e of Occupational Safety and Health) se fusionó con la Organización de 
Salud y Bienestar en el Trabajo del Japón (Japan Labour Health and Welfare 
Organization) y se reorganizó con el nombre de "Japan Organization of Occupational 
Health and Safety".  
b. El 1º d e abril de  2016, el Centro de Gestión y Finanzas de la Universidad Nacional 
(Center for National University Finance and Management) se fusionó con la Institución 
Nacional de Evaluación de Universidades y Títulos Académicos (National Institution for 
Academi c Degrees and University Evaluation) y se reorganizó con el nombre de "National 
Institution for Academic Degrees and Quality Enhancement of Higher Education".  
c. El 1º de abril de  2016, el Instituto de Investigaciones so bre Puertos y Aeropuertos (Port 
and Air port Research Institute) y el Instituto de Investigaciones sobre Radionavegación 
(Electronic Navigation Research Institute) se fusionaron con el Instituto Nacional de 
Investigación Marítima (National Maritime Research Institute) y se reorganizaron con el 
nombre de "National Institute of Maritime, Port and Aviation Technology".  
d. El 1º de abril de  2016, la Universidad Nacional de Pesquerías (National Fisheries 
University) se fusionó con el Organismo de Investigación sobre la Pesca (Fisheries 
Research Agency) y  se reorganizó con el nombre de "Japan Fisheries Research and 
Education Agency".  
e. El 1º de abril de  2016, el Instituto Nacional de Formación en el Mar (National Institute 
for Sea Training) se fusionó con el Organismo de Enseñanza Técnica en el Ámbito Marino  
(Marine Technical Education Agency).  
f. El 1º de abril de  2016, el Laboratorio Nacional de Seguridad Vial y Medio Ambiente 
(National Traffic Safety and Environment Laboratory) se fusionó con el Organismo 
Nacional de Inspección de Vehículos (National Agency o f Vehicle Inspection) y se 
reorganizó con el nombre de "National Agency for Automobile and Land Transport 
Technology".  
g. El 1º de abril de  2016, el Centro Nacional de Semillas y Plantones (National Center for 
Seeds and Seedlings), el Instituto Nacional de Ci encias Agrobiológicas (National Institute 
of Agrobiological Sciences) y el Instituto Nacional de Cie ncias Agroambientales (National  
Institute for Agro -Environmental Sciences) se fusionaron con la Organización Nacional de 
Investigación Agrícola y Alimentari a (National Agriculture and Food Research 
Organization).  GPA/MOD/JPN/79  
 
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  h. El 1º de abril de  2016, el Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Radiológicas (National Institute 
of Radiological Sciences) pasó a encargarse de la ciencia y tecnología cuántica, y se 
reorganizó con el nomb re de "National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science 
and Technology".  
3.  Las modificaciones que propone el Japón no reducen el alcance mutuamente convenido 
previsto en el Acuerdo de  1994.  
4.  En el suplemento  A del presente documento se muestran (en ne grita, tachado y subrayado) las 
modificaciones de las páginas correspondientes del Anexo 3 (páginas 1/5, 2/5, 3/5, 4/5 y 5/5) del 
Apéndice I propuestas por el Japón. En el suplemento  B se indica cómo quedarían dichas páginas 
una vez aceptadas las modificac iones propuestas.2 
 
                                                
2 Los suplementos A y B están en inglés solamente.  GPA/MOD/JPN/79  
 
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APPENDIX I  JAPAN  ANNEX 3  Page 1 /5 
 
26 June 2015 (WT/Let/1047)  ATTACHMENT A  
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 Developme nt 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 Ex pressway 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 E nergy 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 a nd 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 Developm ent 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.  
- Hokkaido Railway Company (a)  
- Shikoku Railway Company (a)  
- Kyushu Railway Company (a)  
- Japan Freight Railway Company (a)  
- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (f)  
- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East 
Corporation  (f) 
- Nippon Telegraph and Tele phone West 
Corporation  (f) 
- 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  
 GPA/MOD/JPN/79  
 
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APPENDIX I  JAPAN  ANNEX 3  Page 2 /5 
 
26 June 2015 (WT/Let/1047)  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 Fir efighters  
- 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 Inst itute 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 Institute of Radiological Scie nces 
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 Nutriti on (i)  
- National Institute of Occupational Safety 
and Health  Japan Organization of 
Occupational Health and Safety  
- Food and Agricultural Materials Inspection 
Center  
- National Center for Seeds and Seedlings  
- National Livestock Breeding Center  
- National  Agriculture and Food Research 
Organization  
- National Fisheries University  
- National Institute of Agrobiological 
Sciences  
- National Institute for Agro -Environmental 
Sciences  
- Japan International Research Center for 
Agricultural Sciences  
- Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute  
- Fisheries Research Agency  Japan Fisheries 
Research and Education Agency  
- Research Institute of Economy, Trade and 
Industry  
- National Center for Industrial Property 
Information and Training  
- Nippon Export and Investme nt 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 Ger ontology  GPA/MOD/JPN/79  
 
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APPENDIX I  JAPAN  ANNEX 3  Page 3 /5 
 
26 June 2015 (WT/Let/1047)  Supplies (cont'd)  
 
 
- National Traffic Safety and Environment 
Laboratory  
- National Maritime Research Institute  
National Institute of Maritime, Port and 
Aviation Technology  
- Port and Airport Research Institute  
- Electronic Navigation Research Institute  
- Marine Technical Education Agency  
- National Institute for Sea Training  
- Civil Aviation College  
- Nation al Institute for Environmental Studies  
- Labor Management Organization for USFJ 
Employees  
- National Agency of Vehicle Inspection  
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 Instit ute of Technology  
- National Ins titution for Academic Degrees 
and University Evaluation  National 
Institution for Academic Degrees and 
Quality Enhancement of Higher Education  
- 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 thous and 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 C onstruction Public Corporation 
(a)(d)  
- Narita I nternational 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 B ridge 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  
- Government Pension Investment Fund  
- Agricu lture and Livestock Industries Corporation  
- Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (c)  
- Japan Small and Medium Enterprise Corporati on 
- 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 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. (g)  
- Hokkaido Railway Company (a)(g)  
- Shikoku Railway Company (a)(g)  
- Kyushu Railway Company (a)(g)  
 GPA/MOD/JPN/79  
 
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APPENDIX I  JAPAN  ANNEX 3  Page 4 /5 
 
26 June 2015 (WT/Let/1047)  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 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 desi gnated 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 Orga nization  
- 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 Scien ce 
- National Institute for Materials Science  
- National Research Institute for Earth Science 
and Disaster Prevention  
- National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan  
- National Institute of Radiological Sciences  
National Institutes for Quantum and 
Radiological Sc ience 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)  
- National Institute of Occupational Safety 
and H ealth  Japan Organization of 
Occupational Health and Safety  
- Food and Agricultural Materials Inspection 
Center  
- National Center for Seeds and Seedlings  
- National Livestock Breeding Center  
- National Agriculture and Food Research 
Organization  
- National F isheries University  
- National Institute of Agrobiological 
Sciences  
- National Institute for Agro -Environmental 
Sciences  
- Japan International Research Center for 
Agricultural Sciences  
- Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute  
- Japan Health Insura nce 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/79  
 
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APPENDIX I  JAPAN  ANNEX 3  Page 5 /5 
 
26 June 2015 (WT/Let/1047)  Services  (cont'd)  
 
 
- Fisheries Research Agency  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 Traffic Safety  and Environment 
Laboratory  
- National Maritime Research Institute  
National Institute of Maritime, Port 
and Aviation Technology  
- 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 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 
Degr ees and University Evaluation  
National Institution for Academic 
Degrees and Quality Enhancement of 
Higher Education  
- 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 c ircumvents 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 
respondi ng 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) Procure ment 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 servi ces 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/79  
 
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APPENDIX I  JAPAN  ANNEX 3  Page 1 /5 
 
… 2016 (WT/Let/…)  ATTACHMENT B  
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 Wate r 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 Expresswa y 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  
- Government Pension Investment Fund  
- Agriculture and Livestock Indust ries 
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 International Cooperation  
- Japan Housing Finance Agency  
- Japan Finance Organization for Municipalities  
- Development Bank of Japan Inc.  
- Tokyo Metro Co., Ltd. (a)  
- Japan Tobacco Inc.  
- Hokkaido R ailway Company (a)  
- Shikoku Railway Company (a)  
- Kyushu Railway Company (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 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  
 GPA/MOD/JPN/79  
 
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APPENDIX I  JAPAN  ANNEX 3  Page 2 /5 
 
… 2016 (WT/Let/…)  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 Ce nter 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 Prom otion 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 Inf ormation 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 Sc ience 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 S afety 
- 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 Institute of Economy, Trade and 
Industry  
- National Center for Industrial Property 
Information and Training  
- Nippon Export and Investment Insurance  
- National Institute of Advanced Industri al 
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 Cardio vascular 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/79  
 
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… 2016 (WT/Let/…)  Supplies (cont'd)  
 
 
- National Institute o f Maritime, Port and 
Aviation Technology  
- Marine Technical Education Agency  
- Civil Aviation College  
- Nation al 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 Developme nt  
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  
- Metropolita n 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 Atom ic Energy Agency (b)  
- Japan Environmental Storage & Safety 
Corporation (h)  
- Japan International Cooperation Agency  
- Welfare and Medical Service Agency  
- Government Pension Investment Fund  
- Agricu lture and Livestock Industries 
Corporation  
- Japan Oil, G as and Meta ls National Corporation 
(c) 
- Japan Small and Medium Enterprise 
Corporation  
- Japan Post  
- Japan Orga nization for Employment of the 
Elderly, Per sons with Disabilities and Job 
Seekers  
- Okinawa Development Finance Corporation  
- Japan Finance Corp oration  
- 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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… 2016 (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 Tel ephone 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 Found ation, 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 Insurance Claims Review & 
Reimbursement Services  
- National Center f or 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 In dustrial 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  
- Corpora tion 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 Informatio n 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 an d 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 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 He alth and 
Development  
- National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology  GPA/MOD/JPN/79  
 
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… 2016 (WT/Let/…)  Services  (cont'd)  
 
 
- Japan Fisheries Research and Education 
Agency  
- Research Institute of Economy, Trade and 
Industry  
- National Center for Industrial Property 
Information and Traini ng 
- 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 Maritim e, 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 D egrees 
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 t heir 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 safe ty 
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 right s 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 -
comm unications 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 Biomedical Innovation is not 
included.  
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