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Referencia:    WLI/100 10 de enero de 2005 
 
 
  
 
 
ACUERDO SOBRE CONTRATACIÓN PÚBLICA  
HECHO EN MARRAKECH EL 15 DE ABRIL DE 1994 
 
CERTIFICACIÓN DE MODIFICACIONES DEL ACUERDO  
 
ENVÍO DE COPIAS AUTENTICADAS DE LAS PÁGINAS SUSTITUTIVAS
 
DEL SISTEMA DE HOJAS AMOVIBLES PARA LOS APÉNDICES QUE  
CONTIENEN LAS MODIFICACIONES CERTIFICADAS  
DEL ACUERDO  
 
 
 Tengo el honor de remitirle adjuntas copias aut enticadas de las páginas sustitutivas 2/5 y 5/5 
del Anexo 3 del Apéndice I que contienen las modificaciones certificadas.  
  Las modificaciones corresponden al Japón  y surten efecto a partir del 10 de diciembre 
de 2004 . 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
Supachai Panitchpakdi 
Director General 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 
05-0087 WT/Let/486  
  
 
 
 
ACUERDO SOBRE CONTRATACIÓN PÚBLICA 
HECHO EN MARRAKECH EL 15 DE ABRIL DE 1994 
 
CERTIFICACIÓN DE MODIFICACIONES DEL ACUERDO 
 
  Certifico por la presente que las modificaciones del Anexo 3 del Apéndice I del Acuerdo 
sobre Contratación Pública (1994) referentes al Japón , que se notificaron al Comité de Contratación 
Pública (GPA/MOD/JPN/16) en virtud del procedimient o previsto en el párrafo 6 del artículo XXIV, 
surten efecto desde el 10 de diciembre de 2004 . 
  
 De conformidad con la Decisión adoptada por el  Comité de Contratación Pública el 4 de junio 
de 1996 sobre el establecimiento de un sistema de hojas amovibles con efectos jurídicos para 
actualizar periódicamente los Apéndices del Acue rdo sobre Contratación Pública (GPA/M/2) y los 
procedimientos para las modificaciones del sistema de hojas amovibles (GPA/M/5), las modificaciones figuran en las páginas sustitutivas  del sistema de hojas amovibles que se adjuntan a 
la presente.  En consecuencia, las páginas adjunt as sustituyen a las páginas 2/5 y 5/5 del Anexo 3 
del Apéndice I del Japón  en el sistema de hojas amovibles de los Apéndices, con sujeción a las 
Decisiones antes mencionadas. 
  La presente notificación se efectúa de confor midad con el párrafo 14 del artículo XXIV del 
Acuerdo. 
  La presente Certificación queda depositada en po der del Director General de la Organización 
Mundial del Comercio, quien remitirá sin dilación una copia autenticada a cada parte en el Acuerdo 
sobre Contratación Pública.  La certificación será registrada de conformidad con las disposiciones del 
Artículo 102 de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas. 
 
 Hecha en Ginebra el cinco de enero de dos mil cinco.   
 
  
 
  Supachai Panitchpakdi 
 
 
 
Copia autenticada:  
 
  
 
  
 
Director General APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 2/5
 
10 December 2004 (WT/Let/486) JAPAN 
 
ANNEX 3 
 
All Other Entities which Procure in Accordance  
with the Provisions of this Agreement  
Supplies  (cont'd)  
 
- Japan Arts Council 
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 
- University of the Air Foundation - National Stadium and School Health Center of 
Japan 
- Social Insurance Medical Fee Payment Fund - Association for Welfare of the Mentally and 
Physically Handicapped 
- Japan Racing Association - Mutual Aid Association of Agriculture, 
Forestry and Fishery Corporation Personnel 
- The National Association of Racing - Farmers' Pension Fund 
- Japan Keirin Association 
- Japan External Trade Organization - Japan Motorcycle Racing Organization 
- New Energy and Industrial Technology 
 Development Organization - Japan National Tourist Organization 
- Japan Institute of Labour 
- Mutual Aid Fund for Official Casualties and 
Retirement of Volunteer Firemen 
- 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 - Communications Research Laboratory 
- National Research Institute of Fire and Disaster 
- National Research In stitute of Brewing 
- National Center for University Entrance 
Examinations 
- National Institute of Special Education - National Olympics Memorial Youth Center 
- National Women's Education Center 
- National Youth Houses 
- National Children's Centers 
- The National Institute for Japanese Language  - National Science Museum 
- 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 Museum 
- National Research Institute for Cultural 
Properties 
- National Center for Teachers' Development 
- National Institute of Health and Nutrition - National Institute of Industrial Safety 
- National Institute of Industrial Health 
- Center for Food Quality, Labeling and 
Consumer Services 
- National Center for Seeds and Seedlings 
- National Livestock Breeding Center - Fertilizer and Feed Inspection Station 
- Agricultural Chemicals Inspection Station 
- National Farmers Academy 
- Forest Tree Breeding Center 
- National Salmon Resources Center - National Fisheries University 
- National Agricultural Research Organization 
- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences - National Institute for Agro-Environmental 
Sciences 
- National Institute for Rural Engineering - National Food Research Institute 
- 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 
 
 APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 5/5
 
10 December 2004 (WT/Let/486)  
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 - Civil Engineering Research Institute of 
Hokkaido 
- Marine Technical College - National Institute for Sea Training 
- Schools for Seafarers Training 
- Civil Aviation College - National Institute for Environmental Studies 
- Labor Management Organization for USFJ 
Employees 
- National Agency for Vehicle Inspection 
- National Statistics Center - Japan Mint 
- National Printing Bureau 
- Japan Nuclear Energy Safety Organization - National Hospital Organization 
- National University Corporation 
- Inter-University Research  Institute Corporation 
- Institute of National Colleges of Technology, 
Japan 
- National Institution for Academic Degrees and 
University Evaluation 
- Center for National University Finance and 
Management 
- National Institute of Multimedia Education 
 
 
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. 
 
 
 
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