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GPA/MOD/JPN/98  
 
28 September 2017  
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Committee on Government Procurement  Original: English  
 
PROPOSED MODIFICATIO NS TO APPENDIX I OF JAPAN UNDER THE (199 4)  
AGREEMENT ON GOVERNM ENT PROCUREMENT  
COMMUNICATION FROM J APAN PURSUANT TO ART ICLE XXIV:6( a)1 OF THE GPA (1994)  
The following communication, dated 25 September 2017, 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 
modification s relating to its Annex 1, Appendix I  to the 1994 Agreement:  
 Replace "Specific Personal Information Protection Commission " with "Personal 
Information Protection Commission " in List of Entities and List of Entities which procure 
the services, specified in Annex 4, respectively.  
2. The above -mentioned modification s are the result of the following change:  
 On 1 January 2016, the "Specific Personal Information Protection Commission " assum ed 
the additional charge of administrating the law concerning the protection of personal 
information under which proper handling of personal information is ensured, and was 
reorganized under the name of "Personal  Information Protection Commission ". 
3. The mod ification s that Japan are proposing do not reduce the mutually agreed coverage 
under the 1994 Agreement.  
4. Attachment A to this document shows (in bold, strikeout or underlining) the proposed 
modifications by Japan to the corresponding pages (pages 1/ 3 and  2/3) of Annex 1  to Appendix I. 
Attachment B indicates how these pages would appear after the proposed modifications have been 
accepted.2 
 
                                                
1 Article XXIV:6(a)  of the 1994 Agreement  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 information as to the likely 
consequences of the change f or 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 become effective provided 
there is no objection within 30 days. In other cases, the Chair man of the Committee shall promptly convene a 
meeting of the Committee. The Committee shall consider the proposal and any claim for compensatory 
adjustments, 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 event of agreement not being 
reached, the matter may be pursued in accordance with the provisions contained in Article  XXII. 
2 Attachments A and B are in English only.  GPA/MOD/JPN/98  
 
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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 C ommission  
- 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 Au dit 
- Cabinet  
- National Personnel Authority  
- Cabinet Office  
- Reconstruction Agency  
- Imperial Household Agency  
- Japan Fair Trade C ommission  
- National Public Safety Commission  
 (National Police Agency)  GPA/MOD/JPN/98  
 
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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, Tra de 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, attache d 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 
view to resale or with a view to use in the 
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, Chain, and Fittings  
41 Refrigeration, Air Conditioning, and 
 Air Circulating Equipment  
43 Pumps and Compressors  
45 Plumbing, Heating and Sanitation 
 Equipment  
46 Water Purificati on 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, De ntal, 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/98  
 
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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 C ommission  
- 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  
- Ministr y 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 C ommission  
- National Public Safety Commis sion 
 (National Police Agency)  GPA/MOD/JPN/98  
 
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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 wit h a 
view to resale or with a view to use in the 
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 t he 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, Chain, and Fittings  
41 Refrigeration, Air Conditioning, and 
 Air Circulating Equipment  
43 Pumps and Compressors  
45 Plumbing, H eating 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 Equ ipment  
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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