WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  GPA/37/Add.2 
21 March 2005 
 (05-1192) 
Committee on Government Procurement Original:   English 
  
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF NATIONAL IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION 
 
Communication from Japan Pursuant to Article XXIV:5(b)
1 of the GPA  
 
Addendum  
    The following communication, dated 11 March 2005, from the Delegation of Japan is being 
circulated to the Parties to the Agreement on Government Procurement. 
 
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 Pursuant to Article XXIV:5(b) of the WT O Agreement on Government Procurement, the 
Government of Japan wishes to inform the Comm ittee on Government Procurement of the following 
change in its regulations con cerning the government procurement.
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NOTIFICATION OF THE PARTIAL REVISION OF THE "BASIC POLICY FOR THE 
PROMOTION OF PROCUREMENT OF ECO-FRIENDLY GOODS AND SERVICES" 
UNDER THE "LAW CONCERNING THE PROMOTION OF PROCUREMENT  
OF ECO-FRIENDLY GOODS AN D SERVICES BY THE STATE  
AND OTHER ENTITIES" 
 
  
1. Agency responsible: 
  Ministry of the Environment  2. Description of the partial revision of the Basic Policy: 
 
 The original "Basic Policy for the Promoti on of Procurement of Eco-Friendly Goods and 
Services" based on the "Law Concerning the Promo tion of Procurement of Eco-Friendly Goods and 
                                                     
 
 1 Article XXIV:5(b) reads as follows:  National Legislation " (b) Each Party shall inform the Committee 
of any changes in its laws and regulations relevant to th is Agreement and in the administration of such laws and 
regulations." 
2 Previous notifications of Japan's implementing legi slation were made in GPA/37, dated 20 June 2000;  
GPA/67, dated 15 April 2002;  and GPA/37/Add.1, dated 7 April 2004. GPA/37/Add.2 
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 Services by the State and Other Entities" (hereinafter  referred to as Basic Policy) was adopted by a 
cabinet decision in February 2001 (partially revised in March 2004).  The revision of the Basic Policy, 
including the addition of six designated procurem ent items, was adopted by a cabinet decision in 
February 2005.  (The summary of the revision is attached hereto.  The Japanese text of the revised 
Basic Policy is available on the Ministry of the Environment website as follows:  
http://www.env.go.jp/policy/hozen/green/g-law/index.html.) 
 3. Starting date of procurement based on the revised Basic Policy:  
1 April 2005 
 4. Enquiry point:   Environment and Economy Division, Integrated Environmental Policy Bureau, 
 Ministry of the Environment 
 Telephone:  +(81 3) 5521-8229;   Fax: +(81 3) 3580-9568 
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 APPENDIX 
 
DESIGNATED PROCUREMENT ITEMS AND EVALUATION CRITERIA, ETC. 
 
(SUMMARY) 
 
Addition of Designated Procurement Items, etc. 
(Cabinet decision on 8 February 2005)  Category Designated Procurement 
Items 
(Cabinet decision on 
16 March 2004) 
* denotes revisions beside 
additional items  Evaluation criteria for 
additional items, etc. 
Paper 9 items, including computer 
paper (copier paper, 
diazotype paper, OCR paper), printing paper, and hygienic paper (toilet paper and tissue paper).  * Re-evaluation of "recycled 
paper content" to "recycled 
pulp content" in Evaluation Criteria. * Elimination of item OCR paper.  
 
 
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* Reinforcement labels for hole-punch pages. Ratio of recycled 
material content. Stationery 75 items, including 
mechanical pencils, 
ball-point pens, scissors, 
glue, files, binders, desk mats, albums, binding strings, blackboard erasers, and can and bottle 
squashing devices. 
 * Paper files and binders:  
re-evaluation of recycled 
pulp content to at least 70%. * Re-evaluation of "recycled paper content" to "recycled pulp content" in Evaluation Criteria.  
 
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Office 
furniture 10 items, including chairs, 
desks, shelves, coat hangers, 
umbrella stands, and blackboards.  * Re-evaluation of "recycled 
paper content" to "recycled 
pulp content" in Evaluation Criteria.  
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Office 
automation machines 12 items, including copiers, 
computers, printers, facsimiles, and computer monitors. * Re-evaluation of the 
standard value for magnetic disk drive units. * Elimination of item 
Computers (due to 
popularization of units that meet the criteria.)  
  
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Home electronic 
appliances 6 items, including 
refrigerators, air 
conditioners, televisions, 
and VCRs.  * Elimination of items 
televisions and VCRs (due 
to popularization of units 
that meet the criteria).  
 
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Addition of Designated Procurement Items, etc. 
(Cabinet decision on 8 February 2005)  Category Designated Procurement 
Items 
(Cabinet decision on 
16 March 2004) 
* denotes revisions beside 
additional items  Evaluation criteria for 
additional items, etc. 
Air conditioners, 
etc. Air conditioners, gas heat 
pump air conditioners.  
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Water heaters, 
etc. Electric hot water supply 
system, gas water heaters, 
oil water heaters, gas 
cooking appliances.  * Re-evaluation of criteria 
for gas water heaters based 
on the revision of Law 
Concerning Rational Use of Energy.   
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Lighting Fluorescent lighting 
equipment and fluorescent light bulbs. 
  
 
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Vehicles, etc. Vehicles (natural gas 
vehicles, hybrid vehicles, 
etc.) Receivers/transmitters for Electronic Toll Collection system, receivers for 
Vehicle Information 
Communication System.  * Re-evaluation of emission 
criteria based on the change 
in the emission regulations. * Re-evaluation of emission and fuel efficiency in common official cars.  
 
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Fire extinguisher  * Fire extinguishers. Ratio of recycled 
content in fire protection fluid. 
Uniforms and work clothes  Uniforms and work clothes. ___ ___ 
Interior 
fixtures and 
bedding 
 Carpets, curtains, blankets, 
comforters, bed frames, and 
mattresses. * Tufted carpets. 
* Tile carpets. Ratio of recycled 
material content. 
Other fibre products  Tents, tarps, and safety nets. ___ ___ 
Work gloves 
 Work gloves. ___ ___  GPA/37/Add.2 
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Addition of Designated Procurement Items, etc. 
(Cabinet decision on 8 February 2005)  Category Designated Procurement 
Items 
(Cabinet decision on 
16 March 2004) 
* denotes revisions beside 
additional items  Evaluation criteria for 
additional items, etc. 
Facilities Solar power generation 
systems, fuel cells, solar 
heating systems, composting equipments for kitchen garbage.   
 
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* Electric arc furnace oxidizing slag aggregate. 
* Pavement block products 
using recycled material (precast plain concrete product).  Ratio of recycled 
material content in 
electrical oxidation 
slag. Public-works projects 1. Materials (42 items, 
including reconstituted 
wood boards, tiles, 
blended cement, recycled aggregate, base-coating paint, permeable concrete, insulated windows/doors, 
automatic faucets, 
automatically controlled lighting systems, and fertilizers using sewer sludge). 
2. Construction machines 
(low emission machines, low-noise machines). 
3. Construction methods 
(6 methods, including 
recycling treatment of 
construction sludge, and recycling treatment of concrete masses). 
4. Others (greening of 
rooftops, porous 
pavement, and permeable pavement). 
 * Re-evaluation of porcelain 
tile criteria to include 
unbaked tiles. * Re-evaluation of insulation criteria to non-Freon material.   
 
 
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Services Energy conservation 
diagnosis, cafeteria, printing, recycling of 
automobile tires, automobile 
repair. * Addition, in Evaluation 
Criteria for Printing, of material that should not be 
used from the viewpoint of 
recycled paper. * Addition, in Factors for Consideration for Printing, of reduction in waste products through 
digitization, as well as notes 
concerning packaging.  
  
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