RESTRICTED  ORGANISATION MONDIALE  
DU COMMERCE  GPA/MOD/JPN/29 
9 novembre 2007 
 (07-4863) 
Comité des marchés publics Original:   anglais 
  
 
MODIFICATIONS PROPOSÉES DE L'APPENDICE I  
CONCERNANT LE JAPON 
 
Communication présentée par le Japon au titre de l'article XXIV:6 a
)1  
de l'Accord sur les marchés publics  
 
  La communication ci-après, datée du 6 novembre  2007 et adressée par la délégation du Japon, 
est distribuée aux Parties à l'A ccord sur les marchés publics. 
 
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  1. Conformément à l'article XXIV, paragraphe 6 a), de l'Accord sur les marchés publics 
(l'Accord), le gouvernement japona is souhaite notifier au Comité des marchés publics les 
modifications de pure forme ci-après se rapportant  à l'Annexe 3 de l'Appendice I de l'Accord: 
 - Supprimer "Japan Keirin Association" de la " Liste des entités (Groupe A)" et de la 
"Liste des entités qui passent des marchés portant sur les services spécifiés à 
l'Annexe 4  (GroupeA)". 
  - Ajouter "Keirin Promotion Association (p ersonne morale désignée en tant que telle 
conformément à la Loi sur les courses cyclistes)" à la " Liste des entités (Groupe A)" 
et à la " Liste des entités qui passent des march és portant sur les services spécifiés à 
l'Annexe 4  (Groupe A)". 
 2. En vertu de la modification de la Loi sur les c ourses cyclistes, la "Japan Keirin Association", 
qui est une entité mentionnée à l'Annexe 3 con cernant le Japon, a été dissoute à compter du 
1
er octobre 2007.  En outre, le para graphe 1 de l'article 23 de la Loi sur les courses cyclistes modifiée 
(Loi n° 209 de 1948) dispose qu'une personne mora le peut être désignée en tant que "Keirin 
Promotion Association" pour conduire les activités qui avaient été menées par la "Japan Keirin 
Association".  Les modifications proposées n'altèrent pas le niveau du champ d'application mutuellement convenu de l'Accord. 
                                                     
 
1 L'article XXIV:6 a) dispose ce qui suit:  " Rectifications ou modifications  a) Les rectifications, les 
transferts d'une entité d'une annexe à une autre ou, da ns des cas exceptionnels, les autres modifications se 
rapportant aux Appendices I à IV se ront notifiés au Comité, accompagnés de renseignements concernant les 
conséquences probables du changement  pour le champ d'application mutu ellement convenu du présent accord.  
S'ils sont de pure forme ou mineurs, les rectifications, transferts ou autres modifications prendront effet à la 
condition qu'aucune objection n'y ait été faite dans un délai de 30 jours.  Dans les autres cas, le Président du Comité convoquera le Comité dans les moindres délais .  Le Comité examinera la proposition et toute demande 
d'ajustements compensatoires, afin de préserver l'équilibre des droits et des obligations et de maintenir le champ 
d'application mutuellement convenu du présent accord à un niveau compar able à son niveau antérieur à la 
notification.  S'il n'est pas possible d'arriver à un acco rd, la question pourra être traitée ensuite selon les 
dispositions de l'article XXII." 
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 3. La pièce jointe A du présent document indiqu e les modifications que le Japon propose 
d'apporter aux pages correspondantes de  l'Annexe 3 de l'Appendice I (pag es 2/5 et 4/5) conformément 
à la présente notification.  La pièce jointe B repr oduit l'Annexe 3 de l'Appe ndice I concernant le Japon 
telle qu'elle se présentera après les modifications  apportées à ces pages conformément à la présente 
notification.  (L'entité soulignée dans les pièces jo intes A et B est l'entité qui vient d'être ajoutée.)
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2 Les pièces jointes A et B sont en anglais seulement. 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 2/5
 
 
 
14 June 2007 (WT/Let/577)  ATTACHMENT A 
Supplies  (cont'd)  
 - Japan Arts Council 
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 
- University of the Air Foundation 
- National Agency for the Advancement of Sports 
and Health 
- Social Insurance Medical Fee Payment Fund 
- National Center for Persons with Severe 
Intellectual Disabilities, Nozominosono 
- Japan Racing Association 
- Mutual Aid Association of Agriculture, Forestry 
and Fishery Corporation Personnel 
- The National Association of Racing 
- Farmers' Pension Fund 
- Japan Keirin Association
 Keirin Promotion 
Association (A juridical person designated as 
such pursuant to the Bicycle Racing Law)  
- Japan External Trade Organization - Japan Motorcycle Racing Organization 
- New Energy and Industrial Technology 
 Development Organization - Japan National Tourist Organization 
- The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and 
Training 
- 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 
- Food and Agricultural Materials Inspection Center - National Center for Seeds and Seedlings 
- National Livestock Breeding Center 
- National Agriculture and Food Research 
Organization 
- National Fisheries University 
- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences - National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences 
- Japan International Research Center for 
Agricultural Sciences 
- Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute 
- Fisheries Research Agency - Research Institute of Ec onomy, 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 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 4/5
 
 
 
14 June 2007 (WT/Let/577)  Services  (cont'd)  
 
- Japan Freight Railway Company (a)(g) - Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Co. (f)(g) 
- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Co. (f)(g) 
- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Co. 
(f)(g) 
- Northern Territories Issue Association - National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan  
- RIKEN (b) 
- Environmental Restoration and Conservation 
Agency 
- Fund for the Promotion and Development of the 
Amami Islands 
- Japan Foundation 
- Japan Student Services Organization 
- Japan Arts Council - Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 
- University of the Air Foundation 
- National Agency for the Advancement of Sports 
and Health 
- Social Insurance Medical Fee Payment Fund 
- National Center for Persons with Severe 
Intellectual Disabilities, Nozominosono 
- Japan Racing Association 
- Mutual Aid Association of Agriculture, Forestry 
and Fishery Corporation Personnel 
- The National Association of Racing - Farmers' Pension Fund 
- Japa
n Keirin Association  Keirin Promotion 
Association (A juridical person designated as 
such pursuant to the Bicycle Racing Law)  
- Japan External Trade Organization 
- Japan Motorcycle Racing Organization - New Energy and Industrial Technology 
Development Organization 
- Japan National Tourist Organization - The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and 
Training 
- 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 
- Food and Agricultural Materials Inspection Center 
- National Center for Seeds and Seedlings 
- National Livestock Breeding Center - National Agriculture and Food Research 
Organization 
- National Fisheries University - National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences 
- National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences 
- Japan International Research Center for 
Agricultural Sciences 
- Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute 
  
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 2/5
 
 
 
... 2007 (WT/Let/...)  ATTACHMENT B 
 
Supplies  (cont'd)  
 
- Japan Arts Council 
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science - University of the Air Foundation 
- National Agency for the Advancement of Sports 
and Health 
- Social Insurance Medical Fee Payment Fund 
- National Center for Persons with Severe 
Intellectual Disabilities, Nozominosono 
- Japan Racing Association 
- Mutual Aid Association of Agriculture, Forestry 
and Fishery Corporation Personnel 
- The National Association of Racing 
- Farmers' Pension Fund 
- Keirin Promotion Association (A juridical 
person designated as such pursuant to the 
Bicycle Racing Law)  
- Japan External Trade Organization - Japan Motorcycle Racing Organization 
- New Energy and Industrial Technology 
 Development Organization 
- Japan National Tourist Organization 
- The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and 
Training 
- 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 
- Food and Agricultural Materials Inspection Center - National Center for Seeds and Seedlings 
- National Livestock Breeding Center 
- National Agriculture and Food Research 
Organization 
- National Fisheries University 
- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences 
- National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences 
- Japan International Research Center for 
Agricultural Sciences 
- Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute 
- Fisheries Research Agency - Research Institute of Ec onomy, 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 
 GPA/MOD/JPN/29 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 4/5
 
 
 
... 2007 (WT/Let/...)  Services  (cont'd)  
 
- Japan Freight Railway Company (a)(g) - Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Co. (f)(g) 
- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Co. (f)(g) 
- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Co. 
(f)(g) 
- Northern Territories Issue Association - National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan  
- RIKEN (b) 
- Environmental Restoration and Conservation 
Agency 
- Fund for the Promotion and Development of the 
Amami Islands 
- Japan Foundation 
- Japan Student Services Organization 
- Japan Arts Council - Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 
- University of the Air Foundation 
- National Agency for the Advancement of Sports 
and Health 
- Social Insurance Medical Fee Payment Fund 
- National Center for Persons with Severe 
Intellectual Disabilities, Nozominosono 
- Japan Racing Association 
- Mutual Aid Association of Agriculture, Forestry 
and Fishery Corporation Personnel 
- The National Association of Racing - Farmers' Pension Fund 
- Keirin Promotion Association (A juridical 
person designated as such pursuant to the 
Bicycle Racing Law)  
- Japan External Trade Organization 
- Japan Motorcycle Racing Organization - New Energy and Industrial Technology 
Development Organization 
- Japan National Tourist Organization - The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and 
Training 
- 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 
- Food and Agricultural Materials Inspection Center 
- National Center for Seeds and Seedlings - National Livestock Breeding Center 
- National Agriculture and Food Research 
Organization 
- National Fisheries University 
- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences 
- National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences - Japan International Research Center for 
Agricultural Sciences 
- Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute  
 
 
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