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ACUERDO SOBRE CONTRATACIÓN PÚBLICA 
HECHO EN MARRAKECH EL 15 DE ABRIL DE 1994 
CERTIFICACIÓN DE MODIFICACIONES DEL ACUERDO 
ENVÍO DE COPIAS AUTENTICADAS DE LAS PÁGINAS SUSTITUTIVAS 
DEL SISTEMA DE HOJAS AMOVIB LES PARA LOS APÉNDICES 
QUE CONTIENEN LAS MODIFI CACIONES CERTIFICADAS 
 Tengo el honor de remitirle las copias autenticadas adjuntas de las páginas sustitutivas 1/3 
y 2/3 del Anexo 1 del Apéndice I que contienen las modificaciones certificadas. 
 
 Las modificaciones corresponden al Japón y surten efecto a partir del 16 de marzo 
de 2014 . 
 
   
 
  
 
  
 Roberto Azevêdo 
 Director General   
 
  
 
  
 
   
 
  
 
  
 
 14-1773             WT/Let/939 
  
 ACUERDO SOBRE CONTRATACIÓN PÚBLICA 
HECHO EN MARRAKECH EL 15 DE ABRIL DE 1994 
 
CERTIFICACIÓN DE MODIFICACIONES 
 Certifico por la presente que las modificaciones del Anexo 1 del Apéndice I del Acuerdo sobre 
Contratación Pública (1994) referentes al Japón , que se notificaron al Comité de Contratación Pública 
(documento GPA/MOD/JPN/70) en virtud del procedimiento previsto en el párrafo 6 del artículo XXIV, 
surten efecto a partir del 16 de marzo de 2014 . 
 
 De conformidad con la Decisión adoptada por el Comité de Contratación Pública el 4 de junio 
de 1996 sobre el establecimiento de un sistema de hojas amovibles con efectos jurídicos para actualizar periódicamente los Apéndices del Acuerdo sobre Contratación Pública (GPA/M/2) y los 
procedimientos para las modificaciones del sistema de hojas amovibles (GPA/M/5), las modificaciones 
figuran en las páginas sustitutivas del sistema de hojas amovibles que se adjuntan a la presente. En consecuencia, las páginas adjuntas sustituyen a las páginas 1/3 y 2/3 del Anexo 1 del Apéndice I del Japón en el sistema de hojas amovibles de los Apéndices, con sujeción a las Decisiones antes 
mencionadas. 
  La presente notificación se efectúa de conformidad con el párrafo 14 del artículo XXIV del 
Acuerdo. 
  La presente Certificación queda depositada en poder del Director General de la Organización 
Mundial del Comercio, quien remitirá sin dilación una copia autenticada a cada Parte en el Acuerdo 
sobre Contratación Pública. La certificación será registrada de conformidad con las disposiciones del Artículo 102 de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas.  
 Hecha en Ginebra el dieciocho de marzo de dos mil catorce. 
  
 
  
 
   Roberto Azevêdo 
 
  
 
  
 
Copia autenticada:   
 
  
 
 Director General 
  
 
APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 1 Page 1/3  
 
 
16 March 2014 (WT/Let/939)   
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) 
   
 
APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 1 Page 2/3  
 
 
16 March 2014 (WT/Let/939)  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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