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Comité de Contratación Pública  Original:  inglés  
 
  
MODIFICACIONES PROPUESTAS DEL APÉNDICE I DE  NUEVA ZELANDIA EN  
EL MARCO DEL ACUERDO  SOBRE CONTRATACIÓN PÚBLICA REVISADO  
COMUNICACIÓN DE NUEVA ZELANDIA DE CONFORMIDAD  CON EL PÁRRAFO 1  DEL 
ARTÍCULO XIX1 DEL ACUERDO  SOBRE CONTRATACIÓN PÚBLICA REVISADO  
La siguiente comunicación, de fecha 20 de abril de  2018, se distribuye a petición de la delegación 
de Nueva Zelandia.  
 
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1.  De conformidad con el párrafo 1 del artículo XIX del Acu erdo sobre Contratación Pública 
revisado (en adelante, el "Acuerdo revisado"), Nueva Zelandia notifica por la presente al Comité de 
Contratación Pública las siguientes modificaciones a su Anexo 3 del Apéndice I del Acuerdo 
revisado:  
a. elimínese la " New Zeala nd Fire Service Commission " de la lista de entidades del 
Anexo  3, ya que se ha disuelto;  
b. añádase " Fire and Emergency New Zealand " a la lista de entidades del Anexo 3 en 
sustitución de la " New Zealand Fire Service Commission "; y 
c. añádase la siguiente nota al  Anexo 3: " Fire and Emergency New Zealand: This 
Agreement only covers procurement that was previously covered by the New Zealand 
Fire Service Commission. For the avoidance of doubt, the following procurements are 
excluded from cover: any procurement by Fir e and Emergency New Zealand that was 
previously conducted by Rural Fire Authorities, Rural Fire Committees and/or Territorial 
Authorities (for the purposes of their functions under  the Forest and Rural Fires 
Act 1977) ". (Fire and Emergency New Zealand : El presente Acuerdo solo abarca la 
contratación que anteriormente abarcaba la New Zealand Fire Service Commission . Para 
evitar dudas, se excluyen de la cobertura las siguientes contrataciones: cualquier 
contratación de Fire and Emergency New Zealand  que antes realizaran las autoridades 
de lucha contra los incendios rurales, los comités de lucha contra los incendios rurales 
y/o las autoridades territoriales (a los efectos de sus funciones previstas en la Ley de 
Lucha contra Incendios Forestales y Rurales d e 1977) . 
2.  La modificación antes mencionada obedece a lo siguiente:  
a. El 1º de julio de  2017, se constituyó Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) de 
conformidad con el artículo 8 de la Ley de Incendios y Emergencias de Nueva Zelandia 
de 2017.  
                                                
1 El párrafo 1 del artículo XIX dice lo siguiente: Notificación de propuestas de modificación  Toda Parte 
notificará al Comité las rectificaciones propuestas, las transferencias de una entidad de un Anexo a otro, el 
retiro de una entidad, u otras modificaciones de sus Anexos del Apéndice I (las que se denominan en adelante 
"modificación"). La Parte  que proponga la modificación (denominada en adelante "Parte modificante") incluirá 
en la notificación: a) en caso de que proponga el retiro de una entidad de sus Anexos del Apéndice I, en 
ejercicio de sus derechos, por haberse eliminado efectivamente el c ontrol o la influencia del gobierno sobre las 
contrataciones abarcadas que realice esa entidad, las pruebas de esa eliminación; o b) en caso de que 
proponga cualquier otra modificación, información sobre las probables consecuencias del cambio en la 
cobertu ra mutuamente convenida prevista en el presente Acuerdo.  GPA/MOD/NZL/7  
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  b. FENZ sustituyó la  Fire Service Commission y concentró determinadas funciones, activos, 
derechos y responsabilidades y varias entidades, que incluían varios comités de lucha 
contra incendios rurales, autoridades de lucha contra incendios rurales y autoridades 
territoriales.  
3.  Estas modificaciones no alteran el nivel de cobertura mutuamente convenido previsto en el  
Apéndice I de Nueva Zelandia.  
En el suplemento A del presente documento se muestra (tachado y subrayado) las modificaciones 
propuestas por Nueva Zelandia de las páginas correspondientes del Anexo  3 del Apéndice I.  En el 
suplemento B se indica cómo quedarían dichas páginas una vez aceptadas las modificaciones 
propuestas.2 
                                                
2 Los suplementos A y B están en inglés solamente.  GPA/MOD/NZL/7  
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13 January 2018 (WT/Let/1331)  APPENDIX I  NEW ZEALAND  ANNEX 3  Page 1 /2 
ATTACHMENT A  
 
ANNEX 3  
OTHER ENTITIES  
Unless otherwise specified, this Agreement covers procurement by entities listed in this Annex, 
subject to the following thresholds:  
Thresholds:  
Goods       SDR 400,000  
 
Services      SDR 400,000  
 
Construction Services    SDR 5,000,000  
List of entities:  
1. Accident Compensation Corporation (Note 1);  
2. Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand;  
3. Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority;  
4. Housing New Zealand Corporation;  
5. Maritime New Zealand;  
6. New Zealand Antarctic Institute;  
7. New Zealand Fire Service Commission Fire and Emergency New Zealand (Note 5) ; 
8. New Zealand Qualifications Authority;  
9. New Zealand Tourism Board;  
10. New Zealand Trade and Enterprise;  
11. New Zealand Transport Agency;  
12. Ōtākaro  Limited (Note 4);  
13. Sport New Zealand (Note 2);  
14. Tertiary Education Commission;  
15. Education New Zealand;  
16. Airways Corporation of New Zealand Limited;  
17. Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited;  
18. KiwiRail Holdings Limited;  
19. Transpower New Zealand Limited (Note 3). 
Notes to Annex 3  
1.  Accident Compensation Corporation: This Agreement does not cover procurement of pension 
fund management, public insurance and fund placements, investments and financial services 
related to securities or trading on an exchange.  
2.  Sport Ne w Zealand: The Agreement does not apply to the procurement of goods and services 
containing confidential information related to enhancing competitive sport performance.  
3.  Transpower New Zealand Limited: The following procurements are excluded from cover:  
a. Electrical stringing services (part of the total range of activities covered by 
CPC Prov. 5134);  
b. Tower painting services (part of the total range of activities covered by CPC  Prov. 5173);  
c. For greater certainty, projects funded directly by private sector customers where those 
projects would not be undertaken except for the funding provided by those customers. GPA/MOD/NZL/7  
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13 January 2018 (WT/Let/1331)  APPENDIX I  NEW ZEALAND  ANNEX 3  Page 2/2 
 
4.  Ōtākaro  Limited: All obligations in the Agreement specifically relating to Annex 1 entities shall 
apply. For greater certainty, the thresholds are SDR 130,000 for Goods and Services and 
SDR 5,000,000 for Construction Services, and all agencies subordinate to Ōtāk aro are covered.  
5.  Fire and Emergency New Zealand: This Agreement only covers procurement that was 
previously covered by the New Zealand Fire Service Commission. For the avoidance of 
doubt, the following procurements are excluded from cover: any procurement by Fire 
and Emergency New Zealand that was previously conducted by Rural Fire Authorities, 
Rural Fire Committees and/or Territorial Authorities (for the purposes of their functions 
under the Forest and Rural Fires Act 1977).  
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ATTACHMENT B  
 
ANNEX 3  
OTHER ENTITIES  
Unless otherwise specified, this Agreement covers procurement by entities listed in this Annex, 
subject to the following thresholds:  
Thresholds:  
Goods       SDR 400,000  
 
Services      SDR 400,000  
 
Construction Services    SDR 5,000,000  
List of entities:  
1. Accident Compensation Corporation (Note 1);  
2. Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand;  
3. Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority;  
4. Housing New Zealand Corporation;  
5. Maritime New Zealand;  
6. New Zealand Antarctic Institute;  
7. Fire and Emergency New Zealand (Note 5);  
8. New Zealand Qualifications Authority;  
9. New Zealand Tourism Board;  
10. New Zealand Trade and Enterprise;  
11. New Zealand Trans port Agency;  
12. Ōtākaro Limited (Note 4);  
13. Sport New Zealand (Note 2);  
14. Tertiary Education Commission;  
15. Education New Zealand;  
16. Airways Corporation of New Zealand Limited;  
17. Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited;  
18. KiwiRail Holdings Limited;  
19. Transpower  New Zealand Limited (Note 3).  
Notes to Annex 3  
1.  Accident Compensation Corporation: This Agreement does not cover procurement of pension 
fund management, public insurance and fund placements, investments and financial services 
related to securities or tradi ng on an exchange.  
2.  Sport New Zealand: The Agreement does not apply to the procurement of goods and services 
containing confidential information related to enhancing competitive sport performance.  
3.  Transpower New Zealand Limited: The following procurements a re excluded from cover:  
a. Electrical stringing services (part of the total range of activities covered by 
CPC Prov. 5134);  
b. Tower painting services (part of the total range of activities covered by CPC  Prov. 5173);  
c. For greater certainty, projects funded directly by private sector customers where those 
projects would not be undertaken except for the funding provided by those customers. GPA/MOD/NZL/7  
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4.  Ōtākaro  Limited: All obligations in the Agreement specifically relating to Annex 1 entities shall 
apply. For greater certainty, the thresholds are SDR 130,000 for Goods and Services and 
SDR 5,000,000 for Construction Services, and all agencies subordinate to Ōtāk aro are covered.  
5.  Fire and Emergency New Zealand: This Agreement only covers procurement that was 
previously covered by the New Zealand Fire Service Commission. For the avoidance of doubt, the 
following procurements are excluded from cover: any procurement by Fire and Emergency New 
Zealand that was previously conducted by Rural Fire Authorities, Rural Fire Committees and/or 
Territorial Authorities (for the purposes of their functions under  the Forest and Rural Fires 
Act 1977).  
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