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Reference: WLI/100 16 January 2014  
 
 
   
 
  
 
 
AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT 
DONE AT MARRAKESH ON 15 APRIL 1994 
CERTIFICATION OF MODIFICA TIONS TO THE AGREEMENT 
TRANSMISSION OF CERTIFIED TRUE  COPIES OF REPLACEMENT PAGES 
IN THE LOOSE-LEAF SYSTEM FOR APPENDICES CONTAINING 
THE CERTIFIED MODIFICATIONS 
 
 
 I have the honour to furnish herewith a certified true copy of replacement pages 2/5 and 3/5 
of Annex 1 to Appendix I containing the certified modifications.   The modifications concern the United States  and are effective as of 8 January 2014 . 
 
  
 
  
 
   
 
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14-0238             WT/Let/919  
AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT 
DONE AT MARRAKESH ON 15 APRIL 1994 
 
CERTIFICATION OF MODIFICATIONS 
 
  It is hereby certified that the modifications to Annex 1 to Appendix I of the Agreement on 
Government Procurement (1994) concerning the United States , which were notified to the 
Committee on Government Procurement (GPA/MOD/USA/14) pursuant to the procedures of Article XXIV:6, became effective as of 8 January 2014 . 
 
 Pursuant to the Decision of the Committee on Government Procurement adopted on 
4 June 1996 regarding the establishment of a loose- leaf system with legal effect to periodically 
update the Appendices to the Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA/M/2) and procedures 
with respect to the modifications to the loose-leaf system (GPA/M/5), these modifications are 
contained in the attached replacement pages to th e loose-leaf system. Accordingly, the attached 
pages replace pages 2/5 and 3/5 of Annex 1 to Appendix I of the United States  in the Loose-Leaf 
System of Appendices in conformity with the aforementioned Decisions. 
  This notification is furnished in accordance with paragraph 14 of Article XXIV of the Agreement. 
 
 This Certification is deposited with the Director-General of the World Trade Organization, who shall promptly furnish a certified true copy to each Party to the Agreement on Government 
Procurement. It shall be registered in accordance  with the provisions of Article 102 of the Charter 
of the United Nations.  
 Done at Geneva this fourteenth day of January, two thousand and fourteen. 
   
 
  
 Roberto Azevêdo 
  
Certified true copy: 
   
 
  
 
 Director-General 
 
  
 
APPENDIX I UNITED STATES  ANNEX 1 Page 2/5  
 
 
8 January 2014 (WT/Let/919)  22. Merit Systems Protection Board 
23. The Corporation for Nati onal and Community Service 
24. Federal Housing Finance Agency 25. National Labor Relations Board 
26. National Mediation Board 
27. Railroad Retirement Board 28. American Battle Monuments Commission  29. Federal Communications Commission 
30. Federal Trade Commission 
31. Securities and Exchange Commission 32. Office of Personnel Management 
33. United States International Trade Commission  
34. Export-Import Bank of the United States 35. Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service  
36. Selective Service System  
37. Smithsonian Institution 38. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation  39. Consumer Produc t Safety Commission 
40. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission  
41. Federal Maritime Commission 42. National Transportation Safety Board 
43. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
44. Overseas Private Investment Corporation 45. Broadcasting Board of Governors 
46. Commission on Civil Rights 
47. Commodity Futures Trading Commission  48. Peace Corps 49. National Archives and Records Administration 
50. African Development Foundation 
51. Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System 52. Appalachian Regional Commission 
53. Commission of Fine Arts 
54. Delaware River Basin Commission 55. Federal Election Commission 
56. Department of Homeland Security (except procurement by the Transportation Security 
Administration, and the national security considerations applicable to the Department of Defense are equally applicable to the U.S. Coast Guard) 
57. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation 
58. Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission 
59. Federal Reserve System 60. Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board 
61. Holocaust Memorial Council 
62. Inter-American Foundation 63. National Capital Planning Commission 
64. National Council on Disability  
 
APPENDIX I UNITED STATES  ANNEX 1 Page 3/5  
 
 
8 January 2014 (WT/Let/919)  65. National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities 
66. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission 
67. Office of Government Ethics 68. Office of Special Counsel 
69. Small Business Administration 
70. Susquehanna River Basin Commission 71. Federal Crop Insurance Corporation 72. Federal Prison Industries, Inc.  
73. Government National Mortgage Association 
74. Uranium Enrichment Corporation 75. Department of Defense, including the Corps of Army Engineers 
 
This Agreement will not apply to the following purchases of the Department of Defense:  
(a) Federal Supply Classification (FSC) 83 - all elements of this classification other than pins, 
needles, sewing kits, flagstaffs, flagpoles, and flagstaff trucks; 
(b) FSC 84 - all elements other than sub-class 8460 (luggage); (c) FSC 89 - all elements other than sub-class 8975 (tobacco products); 
(d) FSC 2310 - (buses only); 
(e) Speciality metals, defined as steels melted in steel manufacturing facilities located in the 
United States or its possessions, where the maximum alloy content exceeds one or more of 
the following limits, must be used in products purchased by DOD: (1) manganese, 
1.65 per cent; silicon, 0.60 per cent; or copper, 0.06 per cent; or which contains more than 0.25 per cent of any of the following elements: aluminium, chromium, cobalt, columbium, 
olybdenum, nickel, titanium, tungsten, or vanadium; (2) metal alloys consisting of nickel, 
iron-nickel and cobalt base alloys containing a total of other alloying metals (except iron) in excess of 10 per cent; (3) titanium and titanium alloys; or (4) zirconium base alloys; 
(f) FSC 19 and 20 - that part of these classifications defined as naval vessels or major 
components of the hull or superstructure thereof; 
(g) FSC 5l and 52; (h) Following FSC categories are not generally covered due to application of Article XXIII, 
paragraph 1: 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 28, 31, 58, 59, 95. 
 
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