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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) - 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 
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Services  (cont'd)  
 
- 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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