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Reference:    WLI/100              19 March 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 certified true copies of replacement pages to Annex 1 
(pages 1/3 and 2/3) to Appendix I containing the certified modifications. 
 
 The modifications concern Japan  and are effective as of 2 March 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 - 1 4 7 4           W T / L e t / 6 7 0   
 
 
  
 
 
 
AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT 
DONE AT MARRAKESH ON 15 APRIL 1994 
 
CERTIFICATION OF MODIFICATIONS 
  
 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/42) pursuant  to the procedures of Article XXIV:6, became 
effective as of 2 March 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 to Annex 1 (pages 1/3 and 2/3) 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 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 fifteenth day of March, two thousand and ten. 
 
  
 
  
 Pascal Lamy 
 
 
 Certified true copy: 
 
  
 
  
 
 Director-General
 
  
  
 
APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 1 Page 1/3
 
 
 
2 March 2010 (WT/Let/670)   
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 - Consumer Affairs 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, Transport and 
Tourism 
- 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
 
 
 
2 March 2010 (WT/Let/670)  
 
Services  (cont'd)  
 - Financial Services Agency 
- Consumer Affairs 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, Transport  and Tourism 
- 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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