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Reference:
   WLI/100            5 March 2007 
 
  
 
  
 
  
AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT 
DONE AT MARRAKESH ON 15 APRIL 1994 
 
CERTIFICATION OF MODIFICATIONS TO THE AGREEMENT 
 
TRANSMISSION OF CERTIFIED TRUE  COPIES OF REPLACEMENT PAGES
 
IN THE LOOSE-LEAF SYSTEM FOR APPENDICES CONTAINING  
THE CERTIFIED MODIFICATIONS TO THE AGREEMENT  
 
 I have the honour to furnish herewith certified true copies of replacement pages 1/3 and 2/3 of Annex 1 to Appendix I, containing the certified modifications.  
 
 The modifications concern Japan  and are effective as of  7 February 2007 . 
  
  
 
  
 
   
 
            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  
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
07-0914          WT/Let/564  
  
    
 
AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT 
DONE AT MARRAKESH ON 15 APRIL 1994 
 
CERTIFICATION OF MODIFICATIONS TO THE AGREEMENT 
  
 It is hereby certified that the modifications to Annex 1 to Appendix I of the Agreement on 
Government Procurement (1994) concerning Japan , which were notified to the Committee on 
Government Procurement (GPA/MOD/JPN/26) pursuant  to the procedures of Article XXIV:6, became 
effective as of 7 February 2007 . 
   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 syst em (GPA/M/5), these modifications are contained in 
the attached replacement pages to the loose-leaf sy stem.  Accordingly, the attached pages replace 
pages 1/3 and 2/3 of Annex 1 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. 
 
 This Certification is deposited with the Director-General of the World Trade Organization, who shall promptly furnish a certified true copy to  each party to the Ag reement on Government 
Procurement.  It shall be registered in accordance with the provisions of Article 102 of the Charter of 
the United Nations.  
 Done at Geneva this twenty-sixth day of February, two thousand and seven. 
  
 
  
 
 Pascal Lamy 
  
 
Certified true copy:  
 
  
 
  
 
Director-General  
 
APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 1 Page 1/3
 
 
7 February 2007 (WT/Let/564)   
JAPAN 
 
(Authentic in the English language only) 
  
ANNEX 1 
 
Central Government Entities which Procure in Accordance 
with the Provisions of this Agreement  
 
 
Supplies  
 
Threshold : 
 
130 thousand SDR 
 List of Entities : 
 
All entities covered by the Accounts Law as follows: 
 
- House of Representatives - House of Councillors 
- Supreme Court 
- Board of Audit - Cabinet 
- National Personnel Authority 
- Cabinet Office - Imperial Household Agency 
- National Public Safety Commission 
 (National Police Agency) - Financial Services Agency 
- Ministry of Internal Affairs and 
Communications 
- Ministry of Justice - Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
- Ministry of Finance 
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science  and Technology 
- Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare 
 - Ministry of Agriculture,  Forestry and Fisheries 
- Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry 
- Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport 
- Ministry of Environment 
- Ministry of Defense 
 
Services  
 
Threshold : 
 
Construction services :  4,500 thousand SDR 
 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 : 
 All entities covered by the Accounts Law as 
follows: 
 
- House of Representatives - House of Councillors 
- Supreme Court 
- Board of Audit - Cabinet 
- National Personnel Authority 
- Cabinet Office - Imperial Household Agency 
- National Public Safety Commission 
 (National Police Agency)  
 
APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 1 Page 2/3
 
 
7 February 2007 (WT/Let/564)   
Services  (cont'd)  
 
- Financial Services Agency 
- Ministry of Internal Affairs and 
Communications 
- Ministry of Justice 
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Ministry of Finance 
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, 
 Science and Technology - Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare 
-  Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and 
 Fisheries 
-  Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry - Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and 
 Transport 
- Ministry of Environment 
- Ministry of Defense  
Notes to Annex 1  
 
1. Entities covered by the Accounts Law 
include all their internal sub-divisions, 
independent organs, attached organizations and other organizations and local branch 
offices provided for in the National 
Government Organization Law and the Law establishing the Cabinet Office. 
 
2. 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.   
 3. 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.   
 
4. This Agreement will generally apply to 
procurement by the Ministry of Defense of 
the following Federal Supply Classification 
(FSC) categories subject to the Japanese Government determinations under the 
provisions of Article XXIII, paragraph 1: 
  
 
FSC Description  
 22 Railway Equipment 
24 Tractors 
32 Woodworking Machinery and Equipment 34 Metalworking Machinery 
35 Service and Trade Equipment 
36 Special Industry Machinery 37 Agricultural Machinery and Equipment 
38 Construction, Mining, Excavating, and 
Highway Maintenance Equipment 
39 Materials Handling Equipment 40 Rope, Cable, Chain, and Fittings 
41 Refrigeration, Air Conditioning, and Air 
Circulating Equipment 
43 Pumps and Compressors 45 Plumbing, Heating and Sanitation 
Equipment 
46 Water Purification and Sewage Treatment 
Equipment 
47 Pipe, Tubing, Hose, and Fittings 
48 Valves 51 Hand Tools 
52 Measuring Tools 
55 Lumber, Millwork, Plywood and Veneer 61 Electric Wire, and Power and Distribution 
Equipment 
62 Lighting Fixtures and Lamps 65 Medical, Dental, and Veterinary Equipment 
and Supplies 
6630 Chemical Analysis Instruments 6635 Physical Properties Testing Equipment 
6640 Laboratory Equipment and Supplies 
6645 Time Measuring Instruments 6650 Optical Instruments 6655 Geophysical and Astronomical Instruments 
 
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