RESTRICTED  ORGANIZACIÓN MUNDIAL  
DEL COMERCIO  GPA/MOD/JPN/26 
9 de enero de 2007 
 (07-0107) 
Comité de Contratación Pública Original:   inglés 
  
 
RECTIFICACIONES O ENMIENDAS PROPUESTAS 
POR EL JAPÓN AL APÉNDICE I 
Comunicación del Japón de conformidad con
 
el párrafo 6 a) del artículo XXIV1 del ACP  
 La siguiente comunicación, de fecha 26 de di ciembre de 2006, de la delegación del Japón se 
distribuye a las Partes en el Acuerdo sobre Contratación Pública. 
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1. De conformidad con el párrafo 6 a) del artículo XXIV del Acuerdo sobre Contratación 
Pública de la OMC (el "Acuerdo"), el Gobierno del Japón desea notificar al Comité de Contratación Pública la siguiente rectificación de carácter puramente formal en relación con el Anexo 1 del 
Apéndice I del Acuerdo. 
2. Esta rectificación es necesaria debido a que la  "Defense Agency" del Japón ha pasado a ser el 
"Ministry of Defense", con efecto a partir del 9 de  enero de 2007.  Esta rectificación no modifica el 
nivel del alcance mutuamente convenido previsto en el Acuerdo. 
3. En consecuencia, las páginas 1/3 y 2/3 del Anexo 1 del Japón antes mencionado deberían 
rectificarse según figura en el Anexo A del presente  documento.  El Anexo B muestra cómo quedarían 
estas páginas del Anexo 1 del Apéndice I del Japón tr as la introducción de la rectificación propuesta.
2 
 
                                                      
1 En el párrafo 6 a) del artículo XXIV ("Rectif icaciones o enmiendas") se establece lo siguiente:  
Rectificaciones o enmiendas  a) Las rectificaciones, las transferencias de  entidades de un anexo a otro o, en casos 
excepcionales, las enmiendas de otro ti po que afecten a los Apéndices I a IV se rán notificadas al Comité, y en la 
notificación se facilitará información en cuanto a las probables consecuen cias del cambio en el alcance 
mutuamente convenido previsto en el Acuerdo.  Las rec tificaciones, transferencias o enmiendas de otro tipo de 
carácter puramente formal o menores su rtirán efecto a condición de que en un plazo de 30 días no se presente 
objeción a ellas.  De no ser así, el Presidente del Comité convocará prontamente una reunión del Comité.  El 
Comité examinará la propuesta y las posibles demandas de arreglos compensatorios, con el fin de mantener un equilibrio de derechos y obligaciones y un nivel comparable del alcance mutuamente convenido previsto en el 
presente Acuerdo antes de la notificación de que se trat e.  En caso de que no se llegue a un acuerdo, podrá 
llevarse adelante la cuestión con arregl o a las disposiciones del artículo XXII. 
 
2 Los Anexos A y B existen únicamente en inglés. 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 1 Page 1/3
 
 
 
17 October 2004 (WT/Let/ 483) ATTACHMENT A 
JAPAN 
(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 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) 
-
 Defense 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) 
 
 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 1 Page 2/3
 
 
 
17 October 2004 (WT/Let/ 483) Services  (cont'd)  
 
- Defense 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
 
 
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 accord ance 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 Defence Agency
 
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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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 1 Page 1/3
 
 
 
... 2007 (WT/Let/...)  ATTACHMENT B 
JAPAN 
(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 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) 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 1 Page 2/3
 
 
 
... 2007 (WT/Let/...)  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 accord ance 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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