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GPA/MOD/JPN/75  
 
27 May 2015  
(15-2754)  Page: 1/12  
Committee on Government Procurement  Original: English  
 
 PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS TO  APPENDIX I OF JAPAN 
COMMUNICATION FROM JAPAN PU RSUANT TO ARTICLE XXIV:6(a)1 OF THE GPA (1994) 
The following communication, dated 26 May 2015, is  being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Japan. 
 
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 1. Pursuant to Article XXIV, paragraph 6(a) of the Agreement on Government Procurement, 
done at Marrakesh on 15 April 1994 (hereinafter  referred to as the "1994 Agreement"), the 
Government of Japan hereby notifies the Committee on Government Procurement of the following 
modifications of a purely formal nature relating to its Annex 3, Appendix I to the 1994 Agreement.  
1. Replace "Japan Environmental Safety Corporation" with "Japan Environmental Storage & 
S a f e t y  C o r p o r a t i o n  ( h ) "  i n  " 1 .  G r o u p  A "  o f  L i s t  o f  E n t i t i e s  a n d  L i s t  o f  E n t i t i e s  w h i c h  
procure the services, specified in Annex 4,  respectively, and add "(h) Procurement 
related to interim storage is not included." to paragraph 4 of "Notes to Annex 3", as 
shown in the attachments. 
 
2. Replace "Japan Foundation" with "Japan Found a t i o n ,  T h e "  i n  " 1 .  G r o u p  A "  o f  L i s t  o f  
Entities and List of Entities which procure the services, specified in Annex 4, 
respectively. 
 
3. Replace "Mutual Aid Association of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery Corporation 
Personnel" with "Mutual Aid Association for Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery 
Organization Personnel" in "1. Group A" of List of Entities and List of Entities which procure the services, specified in Annex 4, respectively. 
 
4. Replace "National Institute of Health and Nutrition" with "National Institutes of 
Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition (i)" in "2. Group B" of List of Entities and List of Entities which procure the services, specified in Annex 4, respectively, and add 
"(i) Procurement related to the functions on biomedical innovation that have been 
transferred from the former National Institute of Biomedical Innovation is not included." to paragraph 4 of "Notes to Annex 3", as shown in the attachments. 
 
5. Replace "Institute of National College of Technology, Japan" with "National Institute of 
T e c h n o l o g y "  i n  " 2 .  G r o u p  B "  o f  L i s t  o f  E n t i t i e s  a n d  L i s t  o f  E n t i t i e s  w h i c h  p r o c u r e  t h e  
services, specified in Annex 4, respectively. 
 
                                               
1 Article XXIV:6(a) reads as follows: Rectifications or Modifications  (a) Rectifications, transfers of an 
entity from one Annex to another or, in exceptional cases,  other modifications relating to Appendices I through 
IV shall be notified to the Committee, along with info rmation as to the likely cons equences of the change for 
the mutually agreed coverage provided in this Agreement.  If the rectifications, transfers or other modifications 
are of a purely formal or minor nature, they shall beco me effective provided there is no objection within 30 
days. In other cases, the Chairman of the Committee shall promptly convene a meeting of the Committee. The Committee shall consider the proposal and any clai m for compensatory adjust ments, with a view to 
maintaining a balance of rights and obligations and a comparable level of mutually agreed coverage provided in 
this Agreement prior to such notification. In the even t of agreement not being reached, the matter may be 
pursued in accordance wi th the provisions contained in Article XXII. GPA/MOD/JPN/75 
 
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  2. The above-mentioned modifications are the results of the following changes. 
1. The modifications for the entities referred in sub-paragraphs 2., 3. and 5. are intended 
to reflect the most commonly used English names of the entities.  
2. On 24 December 2014, the Japan Environmental Safety Corporation, which is listed in 
Annex 3, assumed the charge of interim storage, and was reorganized under the name of "Japan Environmental Storage & Safety Corporation". In order to maintain the 
mutually agreed coverage under the 1994 Agreement, Japan is proposing to add the 
note "(h) Procurement related to interim storage is not included." to paragraph 4 of Notes to Annex 3.  
3. On 1 April 2015, the National Institute of Health and Nutrition, which is listed in 
Annex 3, was merged with the National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, which is NOT covered by the 1994 Agreement. This reorganized entity was named "National Institutes 
of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition". In order to maintain the mutually 
agreed coverage under the 1994 Agreement, Japan is proposing to add the note "(i) Procurement related to the functions on biomedical innovation that have been 
transferred from the former National Institute of Biomedical Innovation is not included." 
to paragraph 4 of Notes to Annex 3.  
3. The modifications that Japan is proposing do  not change the mutually agreed coverage 
under the 1994 Agreement. Attachment A shows the modifications proposed by this notification. 
Attachment B indicates how they would appear when the proposed modifications become effective
2. 
 
                                               
2 Attachments A and B are in English only. GPA/MOD/JPN/75 
 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 1/5  
 
28 October 2014 (WT/Let/1000)  ATTACHEMENT A 
 
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 Storage &  Safety 
Corporation (h) 
- 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 , The  
- Japan Student Services Organization 
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18 January 2013 (WT/Let/877)  Supplies  (cont'd)  
 
- Japan Arts Council 
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science - The Open University of Japan Foundation - Japan Sport Council 
- Health Insurance Claims Review & 
Reimbursement Services 
- National Center for Persons with Severe 
Intellectual Disabilities, Nozominosono 
- Japan Racing Association - Mutual Aid Association for of  Agriculture, 
Forestry and Fishery Organization 
Corporation  Personnel 
- The National Association of Racing 
- Farmers' Pension Fund 
- Keirin Promotion Association (A juridical 
person designated as such pursuant to the Bicycle Racing Law) 
- Japan External Trade Organization 
- Motorcycle Racing Promotion Association 
(A juridical person designated as such 
pursuant to the Auto Racing Law) 
- New Energy and Industrial Technology  Development Organization - Japan Alcohol Corporation 
- Japan National Tourism Organization 
- The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and 
Training 
- Mutual Aid Fund for Official Casualties and 
Retirement of Volunteer Firefighters 
- Corporation for Advanced Transport and 
Technology (e) 
- The Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation 
for Private Schools of Japan 
- Organization for Workers' Retirement 
 Allowance Mutual Aid 
 2. Group B 
 
- National Archives of Japan - National Institute of Information and 
Communications Technology 
- National Research Institute of Brewing - National Center for University Entrance 
Examinations 
- National Institute of Special Needs 
Education 
 - National Institution for Youth Education 
- National Women's Education Center - National Museum of Nature and Science - National Institute for Materials Science 
- National Research Institute for Earth Science 
and Disaster Prevention 
- National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan 
- National Institute of Radiological Sciences 
- National Museum of Art - National Institutes for Cultural Heritage 
- National Center for Teachers' Development 
- National Institute s of Biomedical 
Innovation,  Health and Nutrition (i) 
- National Institute of Occupational Safety and 
Health 
- Food and Agricultural Materials Inspection 
Center 
- National Center for Seeds and Seedlings 
- National Livestock Breeding Center - National Agriculture and Food Research 
Organization 
- National Fisheries University - National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences - National Institute for Agro-Environmental 
Sciences 
- Japan International Research Center for 
Agricultural Sciences 
- Forestry and Forest Products Research 
Institute 
- Fisheries Research Agency 
- Research Institute of Economy, Trade and 
Industry 
- National Center for Industrial Property 
Information and Training 
- Nippon Export and Investment Insurance 
- National Institute of Advanced Industrial 
Science and Technology 
- National Institute of Technology and 
Evaluation 
- Public Works Research Institute 
- Building Research Institute 
- Japan Health Insurance Association - Japan Pension Service - National Cancer Center 
- National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center 
- National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry - National Center for Global Health and 
Medicine 
- National Center for Child Health and 
Development 
- National Center for Geriatrics and 
Gerontology 
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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 - National  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 Storage &  Safety 
Corporation (h) 
- 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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18 January 2013 (WT/Let/877)  Services  (cont'd)  
 
- Japan Freight Railway Company (a)(g) 
- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone 
Corporation (f)(g) 
- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East 
Corporation (f)(g) 
- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West 
Corporation (f)(g) 
- 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 , The  
- Japan Student Services Organization 
- Japan Arts Council 
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 
- The Open University of Japan Foundation - Japan Sport Council 
- Health Insurance Claims Review & 
Reimbursement Services 
- National Center for Persons with Severe 
Intellectual Disabilities, Nozominosono 
- Japan Racing Association 
- Mutual Aid Association for of  Agriculture, 
Forestry and Fishery Organization  
Corporation  Personnel 
- The National Association of Racing 
- Farmers' Pension Fund 
- Keirin Promotion Association (A juridical 
person designated as such pursuant to the Bicycle Racing Law) 
- Japan External Trade Organization 
- Motorcycle Racing Promotion Association 
(A juridical person designated as such pursuant to the Auto Racing Law) 
- New Energy and Industrial Technology 
Development Organization 
- Japan Alcohol Corporation 
- Japan National Tourism Organization 
- The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and 
Training 
- Mutual Aid Fund for Official Casualties and 
Retirement of Volunteer Firefighters 
- Corporation for Advanced Transport and 
Technology (e) 
- The Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation 
for Private Schools of Japan 
- Organization for Workers' Retirement 
 Allowance Mutual Aid 
 2. Group B 
 - National Archives of Japan - National Institute of Information and 
Communications Technology 
- National Research Institute of Brewing - National Center for University Entrance 
Examinations 
- National Institute of Special Needs Education - National Institution for Youth Education 
- National Women's Education Center 
- National Museum of Nature and Science - National Institute for Materials Science - National Research Institute for Earth Science 
and Disaster Prevention 
- National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan - National Institute of Radiological Sciences 
- National Museum of Art 
- National Institutes for Cultural Heritage - National Center for Teachers' Development 
- National Institute s of Biomedical 
Innovation,  Health and Nutrition (i) 
- National Institute of Occupational Safety and 
Health 
- Food and Agricultural Materials Inspection 
Center 
- National Center for Seeds and Seedlings 
- National Livestock Breeding Center 
- National Agriculture and Food Research 
Organization 
- National Fisheries University 
- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences - National Institute for Agro-Environmental 
Sciences 
- Japan International Research Center for 
Agricultural Sciences 
- Forestry and Forest Products Research 
Institute 
- Japan Health Insurance Association - Japan Pension Service 
- National Cancer Center 
- National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center - National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry - National Center for Global Health and 
Medicine 
- National Center for Child Health and 
Development 
- National Center for Geriatrics and 
Gerontology 
 
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25 June 2014 (WT/Let/962)  Services  (cont'd) 
 
 
- Fisheries Research Agency 
- Research Institute of Economy, Trade and 
Industry 
- National Center for Industrial Property 
Information and Training 
- Nippon Export and Investment Insurance 
- National Institute of Advanced Industrial 
Science and Technology 
- National Institute of Technology and 
Evaluation 
- Public Works Research Institute - Building Research Institute 
- 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 
- National  Institute of  National Colleges 
of Technology , Japan  
- National Institution for Academic Degrees 
and University Evaluation 
- Center for National University Finance and 
Management 
 
 
Notes to Annex 3  
 
1. Products and services procured with a view 
to resale or with a view to use in the 
production of goods for sale are not included. 
 
2. 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. 3. This Agreement shall not apply to contracts 
which the entities in Group A award for 
purposes of their daily profit-making activities 
which are exposed to competitive forces in markets.  This note shall not be used in a 
manner which circumvents the provisions of 
this Agreement. 
 
4. Notes to specific entities: 
 
 (a) Procurement related to operational 
safety of transportation is not included. 
 
 (b) Procurement which could lead to the 
disclosure of information incompatible with the purpose of the Treaty on the 
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons or 
with international agreements on intellectual property rights is not included.  Procurement for safety-
related activities aiming at utilization 
and management of radioactive materials and responding to 
emergencies of nuclear installation is 
not included. 
 
 (c) Procurement related to geological and 
geophysical survey is not included. 
 
 (d) Procurement of advertising services, 
construction services and real estate 
services is not included. 
 
 (e) Procurement of ships to be jointly 
owned with private companies is not 
included. 
 
 (f) Procurement of public electrical tele-
communications equipment and of services related to operational safety of 
telecommunications is not included. 
 
 (g) Procurement of the services specified in 
Annex 4, other than construction services, is not included. 
 
(h) Procurement related to interim 
storage is not included. 
 
(i) Procurement related to the 
functions on biomedical innovation 
that have been tr ansferred from the 
former National  Institute of 
Biomedical Innovation is not 
included.  
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 1/5  
 
… 2015 (WT/Let/…)  ATTACHEMENT B 
 
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 Storage & Safety 
Corporation (h) 
- 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, The - Japan Student Services Organization 
 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 2/5  
 
… 2015 (WT/Let/…)  Supplies  (cont'd)  
 
- Japan Arts Council 
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science - The Open University of Japan Foundation - Japan Sport Council 
- Health Insurance Claims Review & 
Reimbursement Services 
- National Center for Persons with Severe 
Intellectual Disabilities, Nozominosono 
- Japan Racing Association - Mutual Aid Association for Agriculture, 
Forestry and Fishery Organization 
Personnel 
- The National Association of Racing - Farmers' Pension Fund 
- Keirin Promotion Association (A juridical 
person designated as such pursuant to the Bicycle Racing Law) 
- Japan External Trade Organization 
- Motorcycle Racing Promotion Association 
(A juridical person designated as such 
pursuant to the Auto Racing Law) 
- New Energy and Industrial Technology  Development Organization - Japan Alcohol Corporation 
- Japan National Tourism Organization 
- The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and 
Training 
- Mutual Aid Fund for Official Casualties and 
Retirement of Volunteer Firefighters 
- Corporation for Advanced Transport and 
Technology (e) 
- The Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation 
for Private Schools of Japan 
- Organization for Workers' Retirement 
 Allowance Mutual Aid 
 2. Group B 
 
- National Archives of Japan - National Institute of Information and 
Communications Technology 
- National Research Institute of Brewing - National Center for University Entrance 
Examinations 
- National Institute of Special Needs 
Education 
 - National Institution for Youth Education 
- National Women's Education Center - National Museum of Nature and Science - National Institute for Materials Science 
- National Research Institute for Earth Science 
and Disaster Prevention 
- National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan 
- National Institute of Radiological Sciences 
- National Museum of Art - National Institutes for Cultural Heritage 
- National Center for Teachers' Development 
- National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, 
Health and Nutrition (i) 
- National Institute of Occupational Safety and 
Health 
- Food and Agricultural Materials Inspection 
Center 
- National Center for Seeds and Seedlings 
- National Livestock Breeding Center - National Agriculture and Food Research 
Organization 
- National Fisheries University - National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences - National Institute for Agro-Environmental 
Sciences 
- Japan International Research Center for 
Agricultural Sciences 
- Forestry and Forest Products Research 
Institute 
- Fisheries Research Agency 
- Research Institute of Economy, Trade and 
Industry 
- National Center for Industrial Property 
Information and Training 
- Nippon Export and Investment Insurance 
- National Institute of Advanced Industrial 
Science and Technology 
- National Institute of Technology and 
Evaluation 
- Public Works Research Institute 
- Building Research Institute 
- Japan Health Insurance Association - Japan Pension Service - National Cancer Center 
- National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center 
- National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry - National Center for Global Health and 
Medicine 
- National Center for Child Health and 
Development 
- National Center for Geriatrics and 
Gerontology 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 3/5  
 
… 2015 (WT/Let/…)  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 - National Institute of Technology 
- 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 Storage & Safety 
Corporation (h) 
- 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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… 2015 (WT/Let/…)  Services  (cont'd)  
 
- Japan Freight Railway Company (a)(g) 
- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone 
Corporation (f)(g) 
- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East 
Corporation (f)(g) 
- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West 
Corporation (f)(g) 
- 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, The 
- Japan Student Services Organization - Japan Arts Council - Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 
- The Open University of Japan Foundation 
- Japan Sport Council - Health Insurance Claims Review & 
Reimbursement Services 
- National Center for Persons with Severe 
Intellectual Disabilities, Nozominosono 
- Japan Racing Association 
- Mutual Aid Association for Agriculture, 
Forestry and Fishery Organization  
Personnel 
- The National Association of Racing 
- Farmers' Pension Fund - Keirin Promotion Association (A juridical 
person designated as such pursuant to the 
Bicycle Racing Law) 
- Japan External Trade Organization 
- Motorcycle Racing Promotion Association 
(A juridical person designated as such pursuant to the Auto Racing Law) 
- New Energy and Industrial Technology 
Development Organization 
- Japan Alcohol Corporation - Japan National Tourism Organization 
- The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and 
Training 
- Mutual Aid Fund for Official Casualties and 
Retirement of Volunteer Firefighters 
- Corporation for Advanced Transport and 
Technology (e) 
- The Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation 
for Private Schools of Japan 
- Organization for Workers' Retirement  Allowance Mutual Aid 
 2. Group B 
 
- National Archives of Japan - National Institute of Information and 
Communications Technology 
- National Research Institute of Brewing - National Center for University Entrance 
Examinations 
- National Institute of Special Needs Education 
- National Institution for Youth Education - National Women's Education Center 
- National Museum of Nature and Science 
- National Institute for Materials Science - National Research Institute for Earth Science 
and Disaster Prevention 
- National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan - National Institute of Radiological Sciences - National Museum of Art 
- National Institutes for Cultural Heritage 
- National Center for Teachers' Development - National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, 
Health and Nutrition (i) 
- National Institute of Occupational Safety and 
Health 
- Food and Agricultural Materials Inspection 
Center 
- National Center for Seeds and Seedlings - National Livestock Breeding Center 
- National Agriculture and Food Research 
Organization 
- National Fisheries University 
- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences 
- National Institute for Agro-Environmental 
Sciences 
- Japan International Research Center for 
Agricultural Sciences 
- Forestry and Forest Products Research 
Institute 
- Japan Health Insurance Association 
- Japan Pension Service - National Cancer Center 
- National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center 
- National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry - National Center for Global Health and 
Medicine 
- National Center for Child Health and 
Development 
- National Center for Geriatrics and 
Gerontology 
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… 2015 (WT/Let/…)  Services  (cont'd) 
 
 
- Fisheries Research Agency 
- Research Institute of Economy, Trade and 
Industry 
- National Center for Industrial Property 
Information and Training 
- Nippon Export and Investment Insurance 
- National Institute of Advanced Industrial 
Science and Technology 
- National Institute of Technology and 
Evaluation 
- Public Works Research Institute - Building Research Institute 
- 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 
- National Institute of Technology 
- National Institution for Academic Degrees 
and University Evaluation 
- Center for National University Finance and 
Management 
 
 
Notes to Annex 3  
 
1. Products and services procured with a view 
to resale or with a view to use in the production of goods for sale are not 
included. 
 
2. 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. 
 3. This Agreement shall not apply to contracts 
which the entities in Group A award for 
purposes of their daily profit-making activities 
which are exposed to competitive forces in markets.  This note shall not be used in a 
manner which circumvents the provisions of 
this Agreement. 
 
4. Notes to specific entities: 
 
 (a) Procurement related to operational 
safety of transportation is not included. 
 
 (b) Procurement which could lead to the 
disclosure of information incompatible 
with the purpose of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons or with international agreements on 
intellectual property rights is not 
included.  Procurement for safety-related activities aiming at utilization 
and management of radioactive 
materials and responding to emergencies of nuclear installation is 
not included. 
 
 (c) Procurement related to geological and 
geophysical survey is not included. 
 
 (d) Procurement of advertising services, 
construction services and real estate services is not included. 
 
 (e) Procurement of ships to be jointly 
owned with private companies is not 
included. 
 
 (f) Procurement of public electrical tele-
communications equipment and of 
services related to operational safety of telecommunications is not included. 
 
 (g) Procurement of the services specified in 
Annex 4, other than construction services, is not included. 
 
(h) Procurement related to interim storage 
is not included. 
 
(i) Procurement related to the functions on 
biomedical innovation that have been 
transferred from the former National Institute of Biomedical Innovation is not included. 
 
 
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