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Reference:    WLI/100                 25 October 2010 
 
 
  
 
  
 
 
AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT 
DONE AT MARRAKESH ON 15 APRIL 1994 
 
CERTIFICATION OF MODIFICATIONS TO THE AGREEMENT 
 
TRANSMISSION OF CERTIFIED TR UE COPIES OF REPLACEMENT PAGES
 
IN THE LOOSE-LEAF SYSTEM  FOR APPENDICES CONTAINING  
THE CERTIFIED MODIFICATIONS  
 
 
 I have the honour to furnish herewith a certifi ed true copy of replac ement pages 1/4-2/4 of 
Annex 1, page 1/2 of Annex 2 and page 1/2 of Annex 3 to Appendix I containing the certified 
modifications. 
  The modifications concern Korea  and are effective as of 13 October 2010 . 
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
  
            P a s c a l  L a m y  
         D i r e c t o r - G e n e r a l   
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
1 0 - 5 5 4 7           W T / L e t / 6 8 5   
 
 
  
 
 
 
AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT 
DONE AT MARRAKESH ON 15 APRIL 1994 
 
CERTIFICATION OF MODIFICATIONS 
  
 It is hereby certified that the modifications to  Annexes 1-3 to Appendix I of the Agreement on 
Government Procurement (1994) concerning Korea , which were notified to the Committee on 
Government Procurement (GPA/MOD/ KOR/17) pursuant to the proced ures of Article XXIV:6, became 
effective as of 13 October 2010 . 
  
 Pursuant to the Decision of the Commi ttee on Government Procurement adopted on 
4 June 1996 regarding the establishment of a loose-le af 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 sy stem (GPA/M/5), these modifications are contained in 
the attached replacement pages to the loose-leaf sy stem.  Accordingly, the attached pages replace 
pages 1/4-2/4 of Annex 1, page 1/ 2 of Annex 2 and page 1/2 of Annex 3 to Appendix I of Korea  in the 
Loose-Leaf System of Appendices in confor mity 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 Dire ctor-General of the Worl d 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 wi th the provisions of Article 102 of the Charter of 
the United Nations. 
  Done at Geneva this nineteenth day  of October, two thousand and ten. 
 
  
 
  
 Pascal Lamy 
 
 
 Certified true copy: 
 
  
 
  
 
 Director-General
 
  
  
 
APPENDIX I KOREA  ANNEX 1 Page 1/4
 
 
 
13 October 2010 (WT/Let/685) KOREA 
 
(Authentic in the English language only) 
  
ANNEX 1 
 
Central Government Entities wh ich Procure in Accordance 
with the Provisions of this Agreement  
 
 
Supplies  
 Threshold : 130,000 SDR 
 List of Entities : 
 - Board of Audit and Inspection 
- Office of the Prime Minister 
- Ministry of Gender Equality and Family - Ministry of Strategy and Finance - Financial Services Commission - Ministry of Unification 
- Ministry of Public Ad ministration and Security 
- Ministry of Government Legislation - Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs - Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade - Ministry of Justice - Ministry of National Defense 
- Ministry of Education,  Science and Technology 
- Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism - Cultural Heritage Administration - Ministry for Food, Agricult ure, Forestry and Fisheries 
- Ministry of Knowledge Economy 
- Ministry for Health and Welfare 
- Korea Food and Drug Administration - Ministry of Employment and Labor - Ministry of Land, Trans port and Maritime Affairs 
- Ministry of Environment - Public Procurement Service (limited to purchases for entities in this list only.  Regarding 
procurement for entities in Annex 2 and Annex 3 in  this list, the coverages and thresholds for 
such entities thereunde r shall be applied.) 
  
 
APPENDIX I KOREA  ANNEX 1 Page 2/4
 
 
 
13 October 2010 (WT/Let/685) - National Tax Service 
- Customs Service 
- Statistics Korea 
- Korea Meteorological Administration - National Police Agency (except purchases fo r the purpose of maintaining public order, as 
provided in Article XXIII of the Code.) 
- Supreme Prosecutors' Office 
- Military Manpower Administration 
- Rural Development Administration - Forest Service - Korean Intellectual Property Office - Small and Medium Bu siness Administration 
- Korea Coast Guard (except purchases for the pur pose of maintaining public order, as provided 
in Article XXIII of the Agreement.) 
 
Services  
 
Threshold : 130,000 SDR 
 
List of Entities which Procure Services Specified in Annex 4 : 
 Same as "Supplies" section  Construction Services  
 
Threshold : 5,000,000 SDR 
 List of Entities which Procure Services Specified in Annex 5 : 
 
Same as "Supplies" section 
 
Notes to Annex 1  
 
1. The above central government entities include  their subordinate linear organizations, special 
local administrative organs, and attached organs as prescribed in the Government Organization 
Act of the Republic of Korea. 
 2. This Agreement does not apply to the products and services procured with a view to resale or to 
use in the production of goods or provision of services for sale. 
  
 
APPENDIX I KOREA  ANNEX 2 Page 1/2
 
 
 
13 October 2010 (WT/Let/685) ANNEX 2 
 
Sub-Central Government Entities which Procure in Accordance 
With the Provisions of this Agreement  
 
 
Supplies  
 
Threshold : 200,000 SDR 
 List of Entities : 
 - Seoul Metropolitan Government 
- Busan Metropolitan City 
- Daegu Metropolitan City - Incheon Metropolitan City - Gwangju Metropolitan City - Daejeon Metropolitan City 
- Gyeonggi-do 
- Gang-won-do - Chungcheongbuk-do - Chungcheongnam-do - Gyeongsangbuk-do 
- Gyeongsangnam-do 
- Jeollabuk-do - Jeollanam-do - Jeju Special Self-Governing Province   Services  
 
Threshold : 200,000 SDR 
 List of Entities which Procure Services Specified in Annex 4 :   
 
Same as "Supplies" section   
Construction Services  
 Threshold : SDR 15,000,000 
 List of Entities which Procure Services Specified in Annex 5 :   
 Same as "Supplies" section 
  
 
APPENDIX I KOREA  ANNEX 3 Page 1/2
 
 
 
13 October 2010 (WT/Let/685) ANNEX 3 
 
All Other Entities which Procure in Accordance 
With the Provisions of this Agreement  
 
 
Supplies  
 
Threshold : 450,000 SDR 
 List of Entities : 
 - Korea Development Bank 
- Industrial Bank of Korea 
- Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation - Korea Electric Power Corpora tion (except purchases of products in the categories of 
HS Nos. 8504, 8535, 8537 and 8544) 
- Korea Coal Corporation 
- Korea Resources Corporation 
- Korea National Oil Corporation - Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency - Korea Expressway Corporation - Korea Water Resources Corporation 
- Korea Rural Community Corporation 
- Korea Agro-Fisheries Trade Corporation - Korea Tourism Organization - Korea Workers' Compensation and Welfare Service - Korea Gas Corporation - Korea Railroad Corporation 
- Korea Land and Housing Corporation 
  
Construction Services  
 Threshold : 15,000,000 SDR 
 List of Entities which Procure Services Specified in Annex 5 : 
 Same as "Supplies" section  
 
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