GPA/37/Add.15  
 
3 April 201 8 
(18-1998) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Government Procurement  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION OF NATI ONAL IMPLEMENTING LE GISLATION  
COMMUNICATION FROM J APAN PURSUANT TO ART ICLE XXIV:5( b)1 OF THE GPA (1994)  
AND ARTICLE XXII:52 OF THE REVISED GPA  
Addendum  
The following communication, dated 2 8 March 201 8, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Japan.  
 
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Pursuant to Article XXIV, paragraph 5(b) of the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement, 
done at Marrakesh on 15 April 1994 and Article XXII, paragraph 5 of the Revised Agreement on 
Government Procureme nt, done at Geneva on 30 March 2012, the Government of Japan wishes to 
inform the Committee on Government Procurement of the following.3 
 
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NOTIFICATION OF THE REVISION TO THE "BAS IC POLICY FOR PROMOT ION OF 
PROCUREMENT OF ECO -FRIENDLY GOODS A ND SERVICES" (HEREIN AFTER  
REFERRED TO AS "BASI C POLICY") UNDER THE "ACT ON PROMOTION OF  
PROCUREMENT OF ECO F RIENDLY GOODS AND SE RVICES BY  
THE STATE AND OTHER ENTITIES" (HE REINAFTER  
REFERRED TO AS "ACT") 
1.  Competent authority:  
Ministry of the Environment  
 
2.  Description of the revision of the Basic Policy:  
The original Basic Policy was adopted by the cabinet decision in February 2001 based on the Act 
which went into effect in January 2001. In February 2018, concerning designated procurement 
                                                
1 Article XXIV:5(b) of the GPA 1994 reads as follows: National Legislation  "(b) Each Party shall inform 
the Committee of any changes in its laws and regulations relevant to this Agreement and in the administration 
of such laws and regulations."  
2 Article XXII:5 of the Revised GPA reads as follows : Domestic legislation  "Each Party shall inform the 
Committee of any changes to its laws and regulations re levant to this Agreement and in the administration of 
such laws and regulations."  
3 Previous notifications of Japan's implementing legislation were made in GPA/37, dated 20 June 2000; 
GPA/67, dated 15 April 2002; GPA/37/Add.1, dated 7 April 2004, GPA/37/Ad d.2, dated 21  March  2005; 
GPA/37/Add.3, dated 15 March 2006; GPA/37/Add.4, dated 13 March 2007; GPA/37/Add.5, dated 
1 April 2008; GPA/99, dated 2 June 2009; GPA/99/Add.1, dated 23 July 2009; GPA/37/Add.6, dated 
23 July 2009; GPA/99/Add.2, dated 31 May 2010 ; GPA/37/Add.7, dated 6 July 2010; GPA/37/Add.8, dated 
13 April 2011; GPA/37/Add.9, dated 16 April 2012; GPA/99/Add.3, dated 10 April 2013; GPA/37/Add.10, dated 
10 April 2013; GPA/99/Add.4, dated 15 April 2014; GPA/37/Add.11, dated 15 April 2014; GPA/37/Ad d.12, 
dated 9 April 2015; GPA/37/Add.13, dated 14 July 2016; GPA/99/Add.5, dated 3 April 2017 ; GPA/37/Add.14, 
dated 3 April 2017; and GPA/99/Add.6, dated 3 April 2018.  GPA/37/Add.15  
 
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  items under the Ba sic Policy, the addition of 3 items, the deletion of 2 items and the revision of the 
evaluation criteria for 55 items were adopted by the cabinet decision.  
 
The text of the revised Basic Policy is available at the website of the Ministry of the Environment  
below:  
 
http://www.env.go.jp/policy/hozen/green/g -law/index.html  (in Japanese);  
http://www.env.go.jp/en/laws/poli cy/green/index.html  (in English).  
 
3.  Starting date of procurement based on the revised Basic Policy:  
1 April 2018  
 
4.  Contact information:  
Environment and Economy Division  
Minister's Secretariat  
Ministry of the Environment  
Telephone:  +81-3-5521-8229 
Fax:   +81-3-3580-9568 
 
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