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Reference: WLI/100 9 July 2015 
  
 
   
 
  
 
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 1/5 to 5/5 
of Annex 3 to Appendix I containing the certified modifications. 
  The modifications concern Japan  and are effective as of 26 June 2015 . 
 
   
 
  
 
  
 
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15-3522                 WT/Let/1047  
  
 
 
AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT 
DONE AT MARRAKESH ON 15 APRIL 1994 
 
CERTIFICATION OF MODIFICATIONS 
 
 
 It is hereby certified that the modifications to Annex 3 to Appendix I of the Agreement on 
Government Procurement (1994) concerning Japan , which were notified to the Committee on 
Government Procurement (GPA/MOD/JPN/75) pursuant to the procedures of Article XXIV:6, became effective as of 26 June 2015 . 
 
 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 1/5 to 5/5 of Annex 3 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. 
  I hereby furnish a certified true copy of th e above-mentioned modifications to each Member 
of the World Trade Organization. This certification shall be registered in accordance with the 
provisions of Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations.  
 Done at Geneva this seventh day of July, two thousand and fifteen. 
   
 
  
 Roberto Azevêdo 
  
Certified true copy: 
   
 
  
 
 Director-General  
 
 
 
  APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 1/5  
 
26 June 2015 (WT/Let/1047)  JAPAN  
 
ANNEX 3 
 
All Other Entities which Procure in Accordance  
with the Provisions of this Agreement  
 
Supplies  
 
Threshold : 
 
130 thousand SDR  
 
List of Entities : 
 
1. Group A 
 - Japan Water Agency - Japan Regional Development Corporation 
- Japan Railway Construction Public 
Corporation (a)(d) 
- Narita International Airport Corporation 
- East Nippon Expressway Company Limited 
- Central Nippon Expressway Company 
Limited 
- West Nippon Expressway Company Limited 
- Metropolitan Expressway Company Limited - Hanshin Expressway Company Limited - Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Expressway 
Company Limited 
- Japan Expressway Holding and Debt 
Repayment Agency 
- Urban Development Corporation (a) 
- Japan Science and Technology Agency - Japan Atomic Energy Agency (b) 
- Japan Environmental Storage & Safety 
Corporation (h) 
- Japan International Cooperation Agency - Welfare and Medical Service Agency 
- Government Pension Investment Fund 
- Agriculture and Livestock Industries 
Corporation 
- Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National 
Corporation (c) 
 - Japan Small and Medium Enterprise 
Corporation 
- Japan Post - Japan Labour Health and Welfare 
Organization 
- Japan Organization for Employment of the 
Elderly, Persons with Disabilities and Job 
Seekers 
- Okinawa Development Finance Corporation - Japan Finance Corporation - Japan Bank for International Cooperation 
- Japan Housing Finance Agency 
- Japan Finance Organization for Municipalities - Development Bank of Japan Inc. 
- Tokyo Metro Co., Ltd. (a) 
- Japan Tobacco Inc. - Hokkaido Railway Company (a) 
- Shikoku Railway Company (a) 
- Kyushu Railway Company (a) - Japan Freight Railway Company (a) - Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation 
(f) 
- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East 
Corporation (f) 
- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West 
Corporation (f) 
- Northern Territories Issue Association 
- National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan 
- RIKEN (b) - Environmental Restoration and Conservation 
Agency 
- Fund for the Promotion and Development of 
the Amami Islands 
- Japan Foundation, The 
- Japan Student Services Organization 
 
  
APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 2/5  
 
26 June 2015 (WT/Let/1047)  Supplies  (cont'd)  
 
- Japan Arts Council 
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science - The Open University of Japan Foundation 
- Japan Sport Council 
- Health Insurance Claims Review & 
Reimbursement Services 
- National Center for Persons with Severe 
Intellectual Disabilities, Nozominosono 
- Japan Racing Association - Mutual Aid Association for Agriculture, 
Forestry and Fishery Organization 
Personnel 
- The National Association of Racing 
- Farmers' Pension Fund 
- Keirin Promotion Association (A juridical 
person designated as such pursuant to the Bicycle Racing Law) 
- Japan External Trade Organization 
- Motorcycle Racing Promotion Association 
(A juridical person designated as such 
pursuant to the Auto Racing Law) 
- New Energy and Industrial Technology  Development Organization 
- Japan Alcohol Corporation 
- Japan National Tourism Organization - The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and 
Training 
- Mutual Aid Fund for Official Casualties and 
Retirement of Volunteer Firefighters 
- Corporation for Advanced Transport and 
Technology (e) 
- The Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation 
for Private Schools of Japan 
- Organization for Workers' Retirement 
 Allowance Mutual Aid  2. Group B 
 
- National Archives of Japan - National Institute of Information and 
Communications Technology 
- National Research Institute of Brewing - National Center for University Entrance 
Examinations 
- National Institute of Special Needs 
Education 
 - National Institution for Youth Education 
- National Women's Education Center - National Museum of Nature and Science 
- National Institute for Materials Science 
- National Research Institute for Earth Science 
and Disaster Prevention 
- National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan 
- National Institute of Radiological Sciences 
- National Museum of Art - National Institutes for Cultural Heritage 
- National Center for Teachers' Development 
- National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, 
Health and Nutrition (i) 
- National Institute of Occupational Safety and 
Health 
- Food and Agricultural Materials Inspection 
Center 
- National Center for Seeds and Seedlings 
- National Livestock Breeding Center - National Agriculture and Food Research 
Organization 
- National Fisheries University - National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences 
- National Institute for Agro-Environmental 
Sciences 
- Japan International Research Center for 
Agricultural Sciences 
- Forestry and Forest Products Research 
Institute 
- Fisheries Research Agency 
- Research Institute of Economy, Trade and 
Industry 
- National Center for Industrial Property 
Information and Training 
- Nippon Export and Investment Insurance - National Institute of Advanced Industrial 
Science and Technology 
- National Institute of Technology and 
Evaluation 
- Public Works Research Institute 
- Building Research Institute 
- Japan Health Insurance Association - Japan Pension Service 
- National Cancer Center 
- National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center - National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry - National Center for Global Health and 
Medicine 
- National Center for Child Health and 
Development 
- National Center for Geriatrics and 
Gerontology 
 APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 3/5  
 
26 June 2015 (WT/Let/1047)  Supplies (cont'd)  
  - National Traffic Safety and Environment 
 Laboratory 
- National Maritime Research Institute - Port and Airport Research Institute 
- Electronic Navigation Research Institute 
- Marine Technical Education Agency - National Institute for Sea Training - Civil Aviation College 
- National Institute for Environmental 
 Studies - Labor Management Organization for  USFJ 
 Employees 
- National Agency of Vehicle Inspection - National Statistics Center 
- Japan Mint 
- National Printing Bureau - National Hospital Organization - National University Corporation 
- Inter-University Research Institute 
 Corporation - National Institute of Technology 
- National Institution for Academic 
 Degrees  and University Evaluation - Center for National University Finance 
 and Management 
  Services  
 
Threshold : 
 
Construction services : 
4,500 thousand SDR for Japan Post in Group A 15,000 thousand SDR for all other entities in 
Group A 
4,500 thousand SDR for entities in Group B  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 : 
 1. Group A 
 
- Japan Water Agency - Japan Regional Development 
 Corporation  
  - Japan Railway Construction Public 
 Corporation  (a)(d) 
- Narita International Airport Corporation - East Nippon Expressway Company Limited 
- Central Nippon Expressway Company 
 Limited - West Nippon Expressway Company Limited - Metropolitan Expressway Company Limited 
- Hanshin Expressway Company Limited 
- Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Expressway  Company Limited 
- Japan Expressway Holding and Debt 
 Repayment Agency - Urban Development Corporation (a) 
- Japan Science and Technology Agency 
- Japan Atomic Energy Agency (b) - Japan Environmental Storage & Safety 
Corporation (h) 
- Japan International Cooperation Agency 
- Welfare and Medical Service Agency - Government Pension Investment Fund 
- Agriculture and Livestock Industries 
 Corporation - Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National 
 Corporation (c) 
- Japan Small and Medium Enterprise  Corporation - Japan Post 
- Japan Labour Health and Welfare 
 Organization - Japan Organization for Employment of the 
 Elderly, Persons with Disabilities and Job 
 Seekers - Okinawa Development Finance Corporation 
- Japan Finance Corporation 
- Japan Bank for International Cooperation - Japan Housing Finance Agency - Japan Finance Organization for 
 Municipalities 
- Development Bank of Japan Inc. - Tokyo Metro Co., Ltd. (a) 
- Japan Tobacco Inc. (g) 
- Hokkaido Railway Company (a)(g) - Shikoku Railway Company (a)(g) 
- Kyushu Railway Company (a)(g) 
 
 APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 4/5  
 
26 June 2015 (WT/Let/1047)  Services  (cont'd)  
 
- Japan Freight Railway Company (a)(g) 
- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone 
Corporation (f)(g) 
- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East 
Corporation (f)(g) 
- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West 
Corporation (f)(g) 
- Northern Territories Issue Association 
- National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan  
- RIKEN (b) - Environmental Restoration and 
Conservation Agency 
- Fund for the Promotion and Development 
of the Amami Islands 
- Japan Foundation, The 
- Japan Student Services Organization - Japan Arts Council - Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 
- The Open University of Japan Foundation 
- Japan Sport Council - Health Insurance Claims Review & 
Reimbursement Services 
- National Center for Persons with Severe 
Intellectual Disabilities, Nozominosono 
- Japan Racing Association 
- Mutual Aid Association for Agriculture, 
Forestry and Fishery Organization  
Personnel 
- The National Association of Racing 
- Farmers' Pension Fund - Keirin Promotion Association (A juridical 
person designated as such pursuant to the 
Bicycle Racing Law) 
- Japan External Trade Organization 
- Motorcycle Racing Promotion Association 
(A juridical person designated as such pursuant to the Auto Racing Law) 
- New Energy and Industrial Technology 
Development Organization 
- Japan Alcohol Corporation - Japan National Tourism Organization 
- The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and 
Training 
- Mutual Aid Fund for Official Casualties and 
Retirement of Volunteer Firefighters 
- Corporation for Advanced Transport and 
Technology (e) 
- The Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation 
for Private Schools of Japan 
- Organization for Workers' Retirement  Allowance Mutual Aid 
 2. Group B 
 
- National Archives of Japan - National Institute of Information and 
Communications Technology 
- National Research Institute of Brewing - National Center for University Entrance 
Examinations 
- National Institute of Special Needs Education 
- National Institution for Youth Education - National Women's Education Center 
- National Museum of Nature and Science 
- National Institute for Materials Science - National Research Institute for Earth Science 
and Disaster Prevention 
- National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan - National Institute of Radiological Sciences - National Museum of Art 
- National Institutes for Cultural Heritage 
- National Center for Teachers' Development - National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, 
Health and Nutrition (i) 
- National Institute of Occupational Safety and 
Health 
- Food and Agricultural Materials Inspection 
Center 
- National Center for Seeds and Seedlings - National Livestock Breeding Center 
- National Agriculture and Food Research 
Organization 
- National Fisheries University 
- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences 
- National Institute for Agro-Environmental 
Sciences 
- Japan International Research Center for 
Agricultural Sciences 
- Forestry and Forest Products Research 
Institute 
- Japan Health Insurance Association 
- Japan Pension Service - National Cancer Center 
- National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center 
- National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry - National Center for Global Health and 
Medicine 
- National Center for Child Health and 
Development 
- National Center for Geriatrics and 
Gerontology 
 APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 5/5  
 
26 June 2015 (WT/Let/1047)  Services  (cont'd) 
 
 
- Fisheries Research Agency 
- Research Institute of Economy, Trade and 
Industry 
- National Center for Industrial Property 
Information and Training 
- Nippon Export and Investment Insurance 
- National Institute of Advanced Industrial 
Science and Technology 
- National Institute of Technology and 
Evaluation 
- Public Works Research Institute - Building Research Institute 
- National Traffic Safety and Environment 
Laboratory 
- National Maritime Research Institute 
- Port and Airport Research Institute 
- Electronic Navigation Research Institute - Marine Technical Education Agency 
- National Institute for Sea Training 
- Civil Aviation College - National Institute for Environmental 
Studies 
- Labor Management Organization for USFJ 
Employees 
- National Agency of Vehicle Inspection 
- National Statistics Center 
- Japan Mint - National Printing Bureau 
- National Hospital Organization 
- National University Corporation - Inter-University Research Institute 
Corporation 
- National Institute of Technology 
- National Institution for Academic Degrees 
and University Evaluation 
- Center for National University Finance and 
Management 
 
 
Notes to Annex 3  
 
1. 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. 
 
2. 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. 
 3. This Agreement shall not apply to contracts 
which the entities in Group A award for 
purposes of their daily profit-making activities 
which are exposed to competitive forces in markets.  This note shall not be used in a 
manner which circumvents the provisions of 
this Agreement. 
 
4. Notes to specific entities: 
 
 (a) Procurement related to operational 
safety of transportation is not included. 
 
 (b) Procurement which could lead to the 
disclosure of information incompatible 
with the purpose of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons or with international agreements on 
intellectual property rights is not 
included.  Procurement for safety-related activities aiming at utilization 
and management of radioactive 
materials and responding to emergencies of nuclear installation is 
not included. 
 
 (c) Procurement related to geological and 
geophysical survey is not included. 
 
 (d) Procurement of advertising services, 
construction services and real estate services is not included. 
 
 (e) Procurement of ships to be jointly 
owned with private companies is not included. 
 
 (f) Procurement of public electrical tele-
communications equipment and of 
services related to operational safety of telecommunications is not included. 
 
 (g) Procurement of the services specified in 
Annex 4, other than construction services, is not included. 
 
(h) Procurement related to interim storage 
is not included. 
 
(i) Procurement related to the functions on 
biomedical innovation that have been 
transferred from the former National Institute of Biomedical Innovation is not included. 
 
 
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