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Reference: WLI/100 13 November 2014 
  
 
   
 
  
 
AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT 
DONE AT MARRAKESH ON 15 APRIL 1994 
CERTIFICATION OF MODIFICA TIONS TO THE AGREEMENT 
TRANSMISSION OF CERTIFIED TRUE  COPIES OF REPLACEMENT PAGES 
IN THE LOOSE-LEAF SYSTEM FOR APPENDICES CONTAINING 
THE CERTIFIED MODIFICATIONS 
 
  I have the honour to furnish herewith a certified true copy of replacement pages 1/5 and 3/5 
of Annex 3 to Appendix I containing the certified modifications. 
  The modifications concern Japan  and are effective as of 28 October 2014 . 
 
   
 
  
 
  
 
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14-6646            WT/Let/1000  
  
 
 
AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT 
DONE AT MARRAKESH ON 15 APRIL 1994 
 
CERTIFICATION OF MODIFICATIONS 
 
 
 It is hereby certified that the modifications to Annex 3 to Appendix I of the Agreement on 
Government Procurement (1994) concerning Japan , which were notified to the Committee on 
Government Procurement (GPA/W/144, GPA/W/145, and GPA/W/146) pursuant to the procedures of Article XXIV:6, became effective as of 28 October 2014 . 
 
 Pursuant to the Decision of the Committee on Government Procurement adopted on 4 June 1996 regarding the establishment of a loose- leaf system with legal effect to periodically 
update the Appendices to the Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA/M/2) and procedures 
with respect to the modifications to the loose-leaf system (GPA/M/5), these modifications are contained in the attached replacement pages to th e loose-leaf system. Accordingly, the attached 
pages replace pages 1/5 and 3/5 of Annex 3 to Appendix I of Japan  in the Loose-Leaf System of 
Appendices in conformity with the aforementioned Decisions.   This notification is furnished in accordance with paragraph 14 of Article XXIV of the 
Agreement. 
  I hereby furnish a certified true copy of th e above-mentioned modifications to each Member 
of the World Trade Organization. This certification shall be registered in accordance with the 
provisions of Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations.  
 Done at Geneva this ninth day of November, two thousand and fourteen. 
   
 
  
 Roberto Azevêdo 
  
Certified true copy: 
   
 
  
 
 Director-General  
 
 
 
   
 
APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 1/5  
 
 
28 October 2014 (WT/Let/1000)  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 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. - 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 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 
- Japan Student Services Organization 
  
 
  
 
APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 3/5  
 
 
28 October 2014 (WT/Let/1000)  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) 
- Shikoku Railway Company (a)(g) 
- Kyushu Railway Company (a)(g)  
 
 
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