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GPA/MOD/JPN/70  
14 février 2014  
(14-0929)  Page: 1/6  
Comité des marchés publics  Original: anglais  
 
 MODIFICATIONS PROPOSÉES DE L'APPENDICE I 
CONCERNANT LE JAPON 
COMMUNICATION PRÉSENTÉE PAR LE JAPON AU TITRE DE L'ARTICLE XXIV:6 a)1  
DE L'ACCORD SUR LES MARCHÉS PUBLICS 
La communication ci-après, datée du 12 février 2014, est distribuée à la demande de la délégation 
du Japon.  
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 1. Conformément à l'article XXIV, paragraphe 6 a), de l'Accord sur les marchés publics 
(ci-après l'"Accord"), le gouvernement japonais notifie au Comité des marchés publics les 
modifications de pure forme ci-après concernant l'Annexe 1 de l'Appendice I de l'Accord: 
Annexe 1 
 
 Ajouter "Specific Personal Information Protection Commission" et "Japan Fair Trade 
Commission" à la " Liste des entités " et à la " Liste des entités qui passent des marchés 
portant sur les services spécifiés à l'annexe 4 ". 
2. Les modifications susmentionnées découlent de ce qui suit: 
i. La Commission pour la protection des informations personnelles spécifiques (Specific 
Personal Information Protection Commission), organe indépendant qui relève du 
Bureau du Cabinet, a été créée le 1
er janvier 2014, conformément aux lois nationales 
pertinentes régissant la création de cette commission. Elle a pour rôle de prendre des mesures nécessaires, comme donner des directives et des conseils aux 
personnes chargées du traitement des informations personnelles spécifiques, pour 
garantir que ce traitement soit approprié, tout en prenant en compte l'utilité de ces informations. 
ii. La Commission des pratiques commerciales loyales (Japan Fair Trade Commission) 
est un organe indépendant qui relève du Bureau du Cabinet depuis mars 2003. 
Comme il est indiqué dans la note 1 relative à l'Annexe 1 de l'Appendice I concernant le Japon, elle est une entité visée, qu'elle soit ou non mentionnée dans l'Annexe 1. Comme tous les organes indépendants qui relèvent du Bureau du Cabinet (à savoir 
la Commission nationale pour la sécurité publique (National Public Safety 
Commission), l'Agence des services financiers (Financial Services Agency), l'Agence 
                                               
1 L'article XXIV:6 a) dispose ce qui suit: " Rectifications ou modifications  a) Les rectifications, les 
transferts d'une entité d'une annexe à une autre ou, da ns des cas exceptionnels, les autres modifications se 
rapportant aux Appendices I à IV sero nt notifiés au Comité, accompagnés de renseignements concernant les 
conséquences probables du changement pour le champ d'application mutuellement convenu du présent accord. 
S'ils sont de pure forme ou mineurs, les rectifications, transferts ou autr es modifications prendront effet à la 
condition qu'aucune objection n'y ait été faite dans un délai de 30 jours. Dans les autres cas, le Président du Comité convoquera le Comité dans le s moindres délais. Le Co mité examinera la proposition et toute demande 
d'ajustements compensatoires, afin de préserver l'équili bre des droits et des obliga tions et de maintenir le 
champ d'application mutuelle ment convenu du présent accord à un niveau comparable à son niveau antérieur à 
la notification. S'il n'est pas possible d'arriver à un acco rd, la question pourra être  traitée ensuite selon les 
dispositions de l'article XXII." GPA/MOD/JPN/70 
 
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 pour la protection des consommateurs (Consumer Affairs Agency)) sont mentionnés 
dans l'Annexe 1, la Commission des pratiques commerciales loyales est ajoutée dans l'Annexe 1 concernant le Japon à des fins de clarté. 
3. Ces modifications n'altèrent pas le niveau du champ d'application mutuellement convenu de 
l'Accord. 
4. La pièce A jointe au présent document indique les modifications que le Japon propose, dans 
la présente communication, d'apporter aux pages correspondantes de l'Annexe 1 (pages 1/3 et 2/3) de l'Appendice I. La pièce jointe B indique comment ces pages de l'Annexe 1 de l'Appendice I concernant le Japon se présenteraient après que les modifications proposées dans la présente 
communication y auront été apportées. Les modifications sont signalées en caractères gras et par 
des mentions barrées ou soulignées.
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5. Le Japon compte notifier ces modifications après qu'il aura accepté le Protocole portant 
amendement de l'Accord sur les marchés publics,  conformément à l'article XIX:1 de l'Accord 
révisé. 
                                               
2 Les pièces jointes A et B sont en anglais seulement. GPA/MOD/JPN/70 
 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 1 Page 1/3  
 
18 January 2013 (WT/Let/877)  ATTACHMENT A 
JAPAN 
(Authentic in the English language only) 
ANNEX 1 
Central Government Entities which Procure in Accordance 
with the Provisions of this Agreement  
  Supplies  
 
Threshold : 
 130 thousand SDR 
 
List of Entities : 
 All entities covered by the Accounts Law as 
follows: 
 - House of Representatives - House of Councillors - Supreme Court 
- Board of Audit 
- Cabinet - National Personnel Authority - Cabinet Office 
- Reconstruction Agency 
- Imperial Household Agency - Japan Fair Trade Commission 
- National Public Safety Commission 
 (National Police Agency) 
- Specific Personal Information 
Protection Commission  
- Financial Services Agency 
- Consumer Affairs Agency 
- Ministry of Internal Affairs and  Communications - Ministry of Justice 
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
- Ministry of Finance - Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, 
Science and Technology 
- Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare 
 - Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and 
Fisheries 
- Ministry of Economy, Trade and 
Industry 
- Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, 
Transport and Tourism 
- Ministry of the Environment - Ministry of Defense  
Services  
 Threshold : 
 Construction services : 4,500 thousand 
SDR 
 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 : 
 All entities covered by the Accounts Law as 
follows: 
 - House of Representatives - House of Councillors 
- Supreme Court 
- Board of Audit - Cabinet - National Personnel Authority 
- Cabinet Office 
- Reconstruction Agency - Imperial Household Agency - Japan Fair Trade Commission  
- National Public Safety Commission 
 (National Police Agency) 
 
 GPA/MOD/JPN/70 
 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 1 Page 2/3  
 
18 January 2013 (WT/Let/877)   
Services  (cont'd)  
 
- Specific Personal Information 
Protection Commission  
- Financial Services Agency 
- Consumer Affairs Agency 
- Ministry of Internal Affairs and  Communications - Ministry of Justice 
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
- Ministry of Finance - Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports,  Science and Technology 
- Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare 
- Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and  Fisheries - Ministry of Economy, Trade and 
Industry 
- Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, 
Transport and Tourism 
- Ministry of the Environment 
- Ministry of Defense 
 Notes to Annex 1  
 
1. Entities covered by the Accounts Law 
include all their internal sub-divisions, independent organs, attached organizations and other organizations and local branch 
offices provided for in the National 
Government Organization Law and the Law establishing the Cabinet Office.  
2. 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.   
3. 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. 
 4. This Agreement will generally apply to procurement by the Ministry of Defense of 
the following Federal Supply Classification 
(FSC) categories subject to the Japanese Government determinations under the provisions of Article XXIII, paragraph 1:   
 
FSC Description  
 22 Railway Equipment 
24 Tractors 
32 Woodworking Machinery and 
Equipment 
34 Metalworking Machinery 
35 Service and Trade Equipment 
36 Special Industry Machinery 37 Agricultural Machinery and Equipment 38 Construction, Mining, Excavating, and 
Highway Maintenance Equipment 
39 Materials Handling Equipment 40 Rope, Cable, Ch ain, and Fittings 
41 Refrigeration, Air Conditioning, and Air 
Circulating Equipment 
43 Pumps and Compressors 45 Plumbing, Heating and Sanitation 
Equipment 
46 Water Purification and Sewage 
Treatment Equipment 
47 Pipe, Tubing, Hose, and Fittings 48 Valves 
51 Hand Tools 
52 Measuring Tools 55 Lumber, Millwork, Plywood and Veneer 61 Electric Wire, and Power and 
Distribution Equipment 
62 Lighting Fixtures and Lamps 65 Medical, Dental, and Veterinary 
Equipment and Supplies 
6630 Chemical Analysis Instruments 
6635 Physical Properties Testing Equipment 6640 Laboratory Equipment and Supplies 6645 Time Measuring Instruments 
6650 Optical Instruments 
6655 Geophysical and Astronomical 
Instruments GPA/MOD/JPN/70 
 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 1 Page 1/3  
 
… 2014 (WT/Let/…)  ATTACHMENT B 
JAPAN 
(Authentic in the English language only) 
ANNEX 1 
Central Government Entities which Procure in Accordance 
with the Provisions of this Agreement  
 
 
Supplies  
 Threshold : 
 
130 thousand SDR  List of Entities : 
 
All entities covered by the Accounts Law as follows:  
- House of Representatives 
- House of Councillors - Supreme Court - Board of Audit - Cabinet 
- National Personnel Authority 
- Cabinet Office - Reconstruction Agency - Imperial Household Agency 
- Japan Fair Trade Commission 
- National Public Safety Commission  (National Police Agency) - Specific Personal Information 
Protection Commission 
- Financial Services Agency - Consumer Affairs Agency - Ministry of Internal Affairs and 
 Communications 
- Ministry of Justice - Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Ministry of Finance 
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, 
Science and Technology 
- Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare  - Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and 
Fisheries 
- Ministry of Economy, Trade and 
Industry 
- Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, 
Transport and Tourism 
- Ministry of the Environment 
- Ministry of Defense 
 Services  
 
Threshold : 
 Construction services : 4,500 thousand 
SDR  
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 : 
 
All entities covered by the Accounts Law as follows:  
- House of Representatives 
- House of Councillors - Supreme Court - Board of Audit 
- Cabinet 
- National Personnel Authority - Cabinet Office - Reconstruction Agency 
- Imperial Household Agency 
- Japan Fair Trade Commission - National Public Safety Commission  (National Police Agency) GPA/MOD/JPN/70 
 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 1 Page 2/3  
 
… 2014 (WT/Let/…)   
Services  (cont'd)  
 
- Specific Personal Information 
Protection Commission 
- Financial Services Agency 
- Consumer Affairs Agency 
- Ministry of Internal Affairs and  Communications - Ministry of Justice 
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
- Ministry of Finance - Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports,  Science and Technology 
- Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare 
- Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and  Fisheries - Ministry of Economy, Trade and 
Industry 
- Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, 
Transport and Tourism 
- Ministry of the Environment 
- Ministry of Defense 
 Notes to Annex 1  
 
1. Entities covered by the Accounts Law 
include all their internal sub-divisions, independent organs, attached organizations and other organizations and local branch 
offices provided for in the National 
Government Organization Law and the Law establishing the Cabinet Office.  
2. 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.   
3. 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. 
 4. This Agreement will generally apply to procurement by the Ministry of Defense of 
the following Federal Supply Classification 
(FSC) categories subject to the Japanese Government determinations under the provisions of Article XXIII, paragraph 1:   
 
FSC Description  
 22 Railway Equipment 24 Tractors 
32 Woodworking Machinery and 
Equipment 
34 Metalworking Machinery 35 Service and Trade Equipment 
36 Special Industry Machinery 
37 Agricultural Machinery and Equipment 38 Construction, Mining, Excavating, and 
Highway Maintenance Equipment 
39 Materials Handling Equipment 
40 Rope, Cable, Ch ain, and Fittings 
41 Refrigeration, Air Conditioning, and Air 
Circulating Equipment 
43 Pumps and Compressors 
45 Plumbing, Heating and Sanitation 
Equipment 
46 Water Purification and Sewage 
Treatment Equipment 
47 Pipe, Tubing, Hose, and Fittings 48 Valves 51 Hand Tools 
52 Measuring Tools 
55 Lumber, Millwork, Plywood and Veneer 61 Electric Wire, and Power and 
Distribution Equipment 
62 Lighting Fixtures and Lamps 
65 Medical, Dental, and Veterinary 
Equipment and Supplies 
6630 Chemical Analysis Instruments 
6635 Physical Properties Testing Equipment 
6640 Laboratory Equipment and Supplies 6645 Time Measuring Instruments 6650 Optical Instruments 
6655 Geophysical and Astronomical 
Instruments 
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