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Reference: WLI/100 21 March 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 1/3 and 2/3 
of Annex 1 to Appendix I containing the certified modifications. 
  The modifications concern Japan and are effective as of 16 March 2014 . 
 
   
 
  
 
  
 
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14-1773             WT/Let/939   
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 Japan , which were notified to the Committee on 
Government Procurement (GPA/MOD/JPN/70) pursuant to the procedures of Article XXIV:6, became effective as of 16 March 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 1/3 and 2/3 of Annex 1 to Appendix I of Japan  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 eighteenth day of March, two thousand and fourteen. 
   
 
  
 Roberto Azevêdo 
  
Certified true copy: 
   
 
  
 
 Director-General 
 
  
 
APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 1 Page 1/3  
 
 
16 March 2014 (WT/Let/939)  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 Commission 
- 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 Audit 
- Cabinet - National Personnel Authority - Cabinet Office 
- Reconstruction Agency 
- Imperial Household Agency - Japan Fair Trade Commission 
- National Public Safety Commission 
 (National Police Agency)  
 
APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 1 Page 2/3  
 
 
16 March 2014 (WT/Let/939)  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, 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 with a v i e w  t o  r e s a l e  o r  w i t h  a  v i e w  t o  u s e  i n  t h e  
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, Ch ain, and Fittings 
41 Refrigeration, Air Conditioning, and Air 
Circulating Equipment 
43 Pumps and Compressors 
45 Plumbing, Heating 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 Equipment 
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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