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Comité de Contratación Pública  Original:  inglés  
 
  MODIFICACIONES PROPUESTAS  DEL APÉNDICE I DEL JAPÓN EN EL  
MARCO  DEL ACUERDO SOBRE CONTRATACIÓN PÚBLICA REVISADO  
COMUNICACIÓN DEL JAPÓN  
Respuestas del Japón a las preguntas comple mentarias de los  
Estados Unidos de América  (GPA/MOD/JPN/87)  sobre sus  
modificac iones propuestas distribuidas en  
el documento  GPA/MOD/JPN/8 2 
La siguiente comunicación, de fecha 4 de agosto de 2016, se distribuye a petición de la delegación 
del Japón . 
 
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RESPUESTA DEL JAPÓN A LAS PREGUNTAS COMPLEMENTARIAS DE LOS  
ESTADOS UNIDOS (GPA/MOD/J PN/87) SOBRE SUS MODIFICACIONES  
PROPUESTAS DISTRIBUIDAS EN EL DOCUMENTO GPA/MOD/JPN/82  
A continuación figura la respuesta del Japón a las preguntas  complementarias de los 
Estados  Unidos de América  (GPA/MOD/JPN/87) relativas a la modificaci ón propuesta del a péndice I 
del Japón en el marco del ACP revisado  (GPA/MOD/JPN/82) y la respuesta del Japón a las 
preguntas de los Estados Unidos de América  (GPA/MOD/JPN/85) relativas a  la Compañía de 
Ferrocarriles de Kyushu . 
 
1. En respuesta a la pregunt a 1, el Japón proporcionó un anexo con una versión en 
inglés de la modificación de la Ley sobre las compañías de ferrocarriles de pasajeros y la 
Compañía Ferroviaria de Mercancías del Japón, en el que se indica en particular la forma 
en que dichas modifica ciones afectarán la Compañía de Ferrocarriles de Kyushu . El 
Japón señaló que la ley se promulgó el 10 de junio de  2015 y entró en vigor el 1º de 
abril de  2016 . No obstante, en el anexo se denomina a la modificación "[Law No. 26 of 
28 December 2016]" ([Ley Nº 26 de 28 de diciembre de  2016]).  
 
a. ¿Podría el Japón señalar, por medio de un calendario, cuándo se introdujo la 
modificación en la ley y cuándo se completará la privatización de la Compañía 
de Ferrocarriles de Kyushu?  
 
Como se afirma en la modificació n propuesta del a péndice 1 del Japón en el marco del ACP 
revisado  (GPA/MOD/JPN/82), la modificación d e la Ley sobre las compañías de ferrocarriles de 
pasajeros y la Compañía Ferroviaria de Mercancías del Japón se pr omulgó el 10 de junio de 2015 y 
entró en vigor el 1º de abril de 2016. L a privatización de la Compañía de Ferrocarriles de  Kyushu 
se habrá c ompletado cuando las acciones d e la Compañía coticen en el mercado de valores y la 
parte de la Compañía que posee el Organismo de Construcción, Transporte y Tecnología 
Ferroviarios del Japón se venda en un único paquete durante este ejercicio fiscal . 
 
La fecha que figura en el anexo  ([Ley Nº 26 de 28 de diciembre de 2016]) es un error tipográfico ; 
debe decir ([Ley Nº  36 de 10 de junio de 2015]). Véase el anexo  revisado . 
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  b. ¿Qué represe nta la fecha 28 de diciembre de 2016 en este proceso?  
 
Como se ha dicho en la respuesta a la pregunta  1.a. anterior, se trata de un error tipográfico . 
 
2. Con respecto al anexo, en particular el artículo 4 de la sección titulada 
"Supplementary Provisions" (disposiciones complementarias), parece ser que el 
Ministerio de Ordenación Territorial, Infraestructura, Transporte y Turismo tendría la 
potestad de ordenar a la Compañía de Ferrocarriles de Kyushu (u otras Nuevas 
Compañías) que  adoptaran determinadas medidas relacionadas con temas relativos al 
establecimiento de tarifas adecuadas de pasajeros y de carga y al uso adecuado de las 
instalaciones ferroviarias entre las Compañías, temas relativos al mantenimiento 
adecuado de las línea s actualmente en servicio, temas relativos a la satisfacción de los 
clientes en relación con las estaciones y otras instalaciones ferroviarias y temas 
relativos a la consideración que se debe a las pequeñas y medianas empresas que se 
ocupan de actividades similares a las realizadas por las Nuevas Compañías en sus 
respectivas esferas . El Ministerio solo podrá ordenar que se adopten medidas si la 
Compañía de Ferrocarriles de Kyushu (u otras Nuevas Compañías) no siguen sus 
recomendaciones . 
 
a. ¿Existen otras e sferas o temas en los que el Ministerio tendría la facultad, en 
virtud de esta u otra ley, de emitir órdenes a la Compañía de Ferrocarriles de 
Kyushu u otras Nuevas Compañías?  
 
El Ministerio de Ordenación Territorial, Infraestructura, Transporte y Turismo podría brindar 
orientaciones a la Compañía de Ferrocarriles de  Kyushu sobre la base de las directrices estipuladas 
en las Disposiciones complementarias de la Ley modificada . Asimism o, el Ministerio está facultado 
para ordenar la mejora del funcionamiento d e las actividades y la adopción de las medidas 
necesarias para garantizar el transporte seguro de pasajeros de conformidad con la Ley relativa a 
las empresas de ferrocarriles , que se aplica igualmente a otras compañías de ferrocarriles.  
 
Las directrices me ncionadas son similares a las que se aplican a las tres compañías de ferrocarriles 
de Honshu que ya se eliminaron del a péndice I del Japón . El contenido  de ambas  directrices  no 
difiere en lo sustancial y no prevén que el Gobierno controle o influya de mane ra especial en la 
Compañía de Ferrocarriles de  Kyushu.  
 
b. ¿Hay alguna circunstancia, que pudiera estar relacionada con esta ley y con 
estos temas específicos, en la que el Ministerio pudiera exigir una 
determinada decisión en materia de contratación públi ca? 
 
El Ministerio  de Ordenación Territorial, Infraestructura, Transporte y Turismo no está facultado 
para hacer peticiones a la Compañía de Ferrocarriles de Kyushu en materia de  contratación . GPA/MOD/JPN/90  
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  ANEXO1 
 
(Tentative Translation)  
 
 
1  THE AMENDMENT TO THE LAW CON CERNING PASSENGER RAILWAY COMPANIES AND 
JAPAN FREIGHT RAILWAY COMPANY (EXCERPT)  
[Law No. 36 of 10 June 2015  26 of 28 December 2016 ] 
 
The Law concerning Passenger Railway Companies and Japan Freight Railway Company shall 
be partially amended as follows:  
 
- Delete "Kyushu Railway Company " from paragraph 1 of Article 1 and Article 2.  
 
 
Supplementary Provisions  
 
 
(Date of Enforcement)  
 
Article 1  
 
This Law shall come into force on the date to be determined by a Cabinet Order not later 
than one year from the date  of its promulgation, provided that the provision of Article 6, 7 and 12 
of the Supplementary Provisions shall come into effect on the date of the promulgation.  
 
(Publication of the Guidelines)  
 
Article 2  
 
1. Taking into account the process of the reforms of the Japanese National Railways, which was 
implemented in accordance with the purpose set forth in Article 1 of the Japanese National Railway 
Reform Law (Law No. 87 of 1986), the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism 
shall determine and pu blish the guidelines regarding matters that the New Companies should 
consider for the time being in the conduct of their business (hereinafter referred to as the 
"Guidelines"), for the purpose of securing the convenience of the customers of the railway 
business operated by the entities listed below (hereinafter referred to as the "New Companies"), 
and maintaining appropriate conditions for their use, and securing the foundation for the sound 
development of the economy and communities of the region in which the New Companies conduct 
their business.  
(1) Kyushu Railway Company established under the Law Concerning Passenger Railway 
Companies and Japan Freight Railway Company before the amendment by this Law 
(hereinafter referred to as the "Former Law") (hereinaf ter referred to as the "Kyushu 
Railway Company") ; and 
 
(2) entities which operate from or will operate after the enforcement date of this Law 
(hereinafter referred to as the "Enforcement Date"), as a result of sale, merger, 
division or inheritance, the who le or part of the railway business that was operated by 
Kyushu Railway Company on the preceding day of the Enforcement Date, and which 
are or will be designated by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and 
Tourism in consideration of such factors  as the contents, scale, shareholders and other 
circumstances of their railway business.  
 
2. The Guidelines shall provide  for the following matters:  
(1) matters related to the appropriate setting of passenger fares and rates and the 
smooth use of railway faci lities between the Companies (meaning hereinafter in this 
subparagraph, between the entities listed in the subparagraphs of the preceding 
                                                
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  paragraph or between the entities listed in the subparagraphs of the preceding 
paragraph and the Companies under parag raph 3 of Article 1 of the Law Concerning 
the Passenger Railway Companies and Japan Freight Railway Company after the 
amendment by this Law or the New Companies under paragraph 1 of Article 2 of 
Supplementary Provisions of the Amendment to the Law Concerni ng the Passenger 
Railway Companies and Japan Freight Railway Company (Law No. 61 of 2001), and 
other matters related to securing of coordination and cooperation in the railway 
business between the Companies;  
 
(2) matters related to the appropriate maintena nce of the currently operated railway 
routes in light of the trend of demand for transportation and other changes in 
circumstances following the implementation of the reform of the Japanese National 
Railways, and matters related to securing the convenience  of customers in the 
development of stations and other railway facilities ; and 
 
(3) matters related to consideration to be given to small and medium -sized enterprises 
engaged in business similar to that New Companies conduct in their business areas, 
by avo iding unfair interference with activities or unfair infringement of interests of 
such small and medium -sized enterprises.  
 
(Guidance and advice)  
 
Article 3  
 
If it is deemed to be necessary to ensure that New Companies follow the Guidelines in the 
conduct o f their business, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism may give to 
New Companies necessary guidance and advice on the conduct of their business.  
 
(Recommendation and order)  
 
Article 4  
 
1. If it is deemed that, in light of the Guideli nes, New Companies fail to conduct their business 
with no justifiable reasons in such a manner as to secure the convenience of the customers of the 
railway business operated by the New Companies and maintain appropriate conditions for their use 
and secure foundation for the sound development of the economy and communities of the region 
where New Companies conduct their business, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and 
Tourism may issue to New Companies a recommendation that they take necessary m easures 
regarding the conduct of their business.  
2. The Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism may publish the fact if the New 
Companies that received the recommendation under the preceding paragraph fail to follow the 
recommendation.  
3. In the case that the New Companies which received the recommendation under paragraph  1 
of this Article have failed to take measures in accordance with the recommendation with no 
justifiable reasons, even after the fact that they did not follow the recommend ation was published 
under the provision of the preceding paragraph, and if it is deemed that the assurance of the 
convenience of the customers of the railway business operated by the said New Companies, the 
maintenance of appropriate conditions for their u se, or the assurance for the sound development 
of the economy and communities of the region where the said New Companies conduct their 
business has been severely jeopardized, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and 
Tourism may issue an order to  the said New Companies that they take measures to follow the 
recommendation.  
4. The Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism shall consult with the Transport 
Council when issuing an order under the provision of the preceding paragraph.  GPA/MOD/JPN/90  
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  (Pen al provision)  
 
Article 5  
 
If an order issued under paragraph 3 of the preceding Article has been disobeyed, the 
directors of the New Companies which have disobeyed the order shall be liable to an 
administrative fine not exceeding one million yen.  
 
(Transit ional measures)  
 
Article 7  
 
Kyushu Railway Company will draw all the amount of the fund defined under paragraph 1 of 
Article 12 of the Former Law in order to appropriate it to the cost required for its business 
operations on the preceding day (Note : 31 May  2016) of the Enforcement Date.  
 
2  THE LAW CONCERNING PASSENGER RAILWAY COMPANIES AND JAPAN FREIGHT 
RAILWAY COMPANY (EXCERPT)  
[Law No. 88 of 4 December 1986]  
 
[Amendment : Amended by Law Nos. 50 and 65 of 1990, No. 63 of 1993 and No. 61 of 2001]  
 
(Purposes an d businesses of the Companies)  
 
Article 1  
 
1. Hokkaido Railway Company, Shikoku Railway Company and Kyushu Railway  Company 
(hereinafter referred to as the "Passenger Companies") shall be stock companies whose purpose 
shall be to engage in the passenger railwa y business and other businesses incidental thereto.  
2. Japan Freight Railway Company (hereinafter referred to as the "Freight Company") shall be 
a stock company whose purpose shall be to engage in the freight railway business and other 
businesses incidental t hereto.  
3. The Passenger Companies and the Freight Company (hereinafter referred to as "Company" 
or "Companies") shall respectively engage in the businesses referred to in paragraph 1 or the 
preceding paragraph and may additionally engage in the motor vehicle  transportation business or 
other businesses subject to the approval of the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport . In 
this case the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport shall give the approval unless the 
appropriate and sound management of the businesses referred to in paragraph 1 or the preceding 
paragraph is considered to be jeopardized thereby.  
(Restriction on use of trade names)  
 
Article 2  
 
No person other than the Companies is allowed to use the words of Hokkaido Railway 
Company, Shi koku Railway Company and Kyushu Railway Company or Japan Freight Railway 
Company in his/her trade name.  
 
Article 3  Deleted (Law No. 63 of June 1995)  
 
(General mortgage)  
 
Article 4  
 
1. The bondholders of each Company are entitled to receive compensation for th eir credit, in 
preference to other creditors, out of the property of the Company concerned.  
2. The order of the lien under the preceding paragraph shall be immediately following the 
general line under the provisions of the Civil Code (Law No. 89 of 1896).  GPA/MOD/JPN/90  
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  (New stocks, corporate bonds and borrowings)  
 
Article 5  
 
1. Each Company shall obtain the approval of the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and 
Transport when it intends to issue new stocks, raise corporate bonds, or borrow funds with a 
repayment period of more t han one year.  
2. The provision of the preceding paragraph is not applicable to the case where a Company 
issues replacement bonds in accordance with the applicable Cabinet Order and bears new 
liabilities.  
(Resolution on appointment of the representative direct or, etc.)  
 
Article 6  
 
A resolution of appointment or dismissal of the representative director and corporate 
auditors of each Company shall not become effective without approval of the Minister of Land, 
Infrastructure and Transport.  
 
(Annual business plan)  
 
Article 7  
 
Each Company shall, before the start of each business year, establish its annual business 
plan in accordance with the applicable ordinance of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport 
and Tourism and obtain the approval of it from the Min ister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport . 
The approval shall be also required when a Company intends to modify the same.  
 
(Transfer of important assets)  
 
Article 8  
 
Each Company shall obtain the approval of the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and 
Trans port if it intends to transfer important assets set forth in the applicable ordinance of the 
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism or to submit them as collateral.  
 
(Changes to the articles of incorporation)  
 
Article 9  
 
Resolutions on cha nges to the articles of incorporation, appropriation of the retained 
earnings or disposition of losses, mergers, corporate split -ups or liquidations of each Company 
shall not become effective without approval of the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Tra nsport.  
 
(Consideration for small and medium -sized enterprises)  
 
Article 10  
 
Each Company shall, in consideration of the impact of its business operation on the 
economic activities in the region where it operates, take at most care not to unreasonably hamp er 
the business operations of small and medium -sized enterprises engaged in the same field of 
business in the region or to unreasonably impair their business profit.  
 
(Financial statements)  
 
Article 11  
 
Each Company shall submit its balance sheets, income statements and business report for 
each business year to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport within three months after 
the end of each business year.  
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  (Management Stabilization Fund for Railway Companies)  
 
Article 12  
 
1. Railway Companies shall  manage their fund equal to the amount of credit that they acquired 
respectively in accordance with the provision in paragraph 1 of Article 7 in the Supplementary 
Provisions as the Management Stabilization Fund (hereinafter referred to as the "Fund") and 
appropriate the profit from investing their Fund to the cost required for their business operations.  
2. Railway Companies shall keep a separate account for their Fund from other accounts in 
accordance with the applicable ordinance of the Ministry of Land, Infr astructure, Transport and 
Tourism.  
3. The Fund shall not be reduced . However, the Fund may be reduced where the value of the 
net assets of a company concerned has diminished to less than the sum of its capital stock, 
reserves and Fund, and the approval of the  Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has 
been obtained in advance.  
4. If the Fund of the company concerned has been reduced in accordance with the proviso of 
the preceding paragraph, and thereafter the value of the net assets of the company has exc eeded 
the sum of its capital stock, reserves and the Fund, the amount equal to the portion exceeding 
that sum shall be added to the Fund until the amount of the Fund reaches the amount referred to 
in paragraph 1.  
5. Railway Companies shall invest their Fund i n a safe and profitable manner.  
6. Except the matters stipulated in each of the preceding paragraphs, the matters necessary 
for the management of the Fund shall be provided by ordinances of the Ministry of Land, 
Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.  
(Supervi sion)  
 
Article 13  
 
1. Each Company shall be subject to supervision of the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport 
and Tourism in accordance with the provisions of this Law.  
2. The Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport may, when it is considered espe cially 
necessary for the enforcement of this Law, give a supervisory order to any Company concerning its 
business operations.  
(Reporting and inspection)  
 
Article 14  
 
1. The Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism may, if it is considered 
espec ially necessary for the enforcement of this Law, request any Company to submit a report on 
its business, or have government officials enter the business establishment of any Company such 
as branches, offices and others, and inspect the books, documents, an d other articles.  
2. The officials who perform the inspection by entering the premises of the Company concerned 
in accordance with the provision of the preceding paragraph shall carry their identity cards and 
present the same to the persons concerned.  
3. The rig ht of inspection by entering the premises of any Company under the provision of 
paragraph 1 shall not be construed as admission for the purpose of criminal investigation.  GPA/MOD/JPN/90  
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  (Consultation with the Minister of Finance)  
 
Article 15  
 
The Minister of Land, Infras tructure, Transport and Tourism shall consult with the Minister of 
Finance, when giving an approval under paragraph 1 of Article 5 (except the matters related to 
issuance of new stocks), Article 7, 8 or 9 (except resolutions on changes to the articles of 
incorporation), or giving an approval under the proviso in paragraph 3 of Article 12.  
 
(Penal provisions)  
 
Article 16  
 
1. Any director, statutory auditor or employee of each Company who has received, demanded 
or promised a bribe in connection with his/her offi ce capacity shall be liable to penal servitude of 
not exceeding three years . If he/she has taken unfair action or has not taken reasonable action as 
a result, he/she shall be liable to penal servitude of not exceeding five years.  
2. In the case of the precedi ng paragraph, any bribe received by the criminal shall be 
confiscated . If the whole or part of it cannot be confiscated, the amount of money corresponding 
to the value of such portion shall be confiscated.  
Article 17  
 
1. Any person who has given, offered or p romised to give a bribe referred to in paragraph 1 of 
the preceding Article shall be liable to penal servitude of not exceeding three years or a fine not 
exceeding one million yen.  
2. If a person who has committed the crime referred to in the preceding paragr aph surrenders 
himself/herself to the authorities, his/her penalty may be reduced or exempted.  
Article 18  
 
The crimes under paragraph 1 of Article 16 shall follow the cases falling under Article 4 of 
the Criminal Law (Law No. 45 of 1907).  
 
Article 19  
 
Any director, statutory auditor or employee of each Company that refuses to submit a report 
under the provision in paragraph 1 of Article 14, or that has submitted a false report, or refused, 
hampered or avoided the inspection under the provision in the same p aragraph shall be liable to a 
fine not exceeding ¥200,000.  
 
Article 20  
 
If a Company committed a violation falling under one of the following items, directors or 
statutory auditors of the Company shall be liable to an administrative fine not exceeding 
¥1,000,000:  
 
(1) if a Company has conducted business in violation of the provision in paragraph 3 of 
Article 1;  
 
(2) if a Company has issued new shares, raised corporate bonds or borrowed funds in 
violation of the provision in paragraph 1 of Article 5;  
 
(3) if a Company has not obtained the approval for its business plan in violation of the 
provision in Article 7;  
 
(4) if a Company has transferred its properties or submitted them as collateral in violation 
of the provision in Article 8;  
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  (5) if a Company has no t submitted its balance sheets, income statements or business 
report, or submitted the same with false descriptions in violation of the provision in 
Article 11;  
 
(6) if a Company has reduced the Fund in violation of the provision in paragraph 3 of 
Article 12; 
 
(7) if a Company has not followed an order given under the provision in paragraph 2 of 
Article 13.  
 
Article 21  
 
Any person who violated the provision in Article 2 shall be liable to an administrative fine not 
exceeding ¥50,000.  
 
 
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