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ORGANIZATION  GPA/MOD/JPN/46 
29 March 2010 
 (10-1699) 
Committee on Government Procurement Original:   English 
  
 
PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS TO APPENDIX I OF JAPAN  
 
Communication from Japan pursuant to Article XXIV:6(a)
1 of the GPA  
  
 The following communication, dated 29 March 2010, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Japan.  
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1. Pursuant to Article XXIV, pa ragraph 6(a) of the Agreemen t on Government Procurement 
(hereinafter "the Agreement"), the Governme nt of Japan hereby notifies the Committee on 
Government Procurement of the following proposed modifications of a purely formal nature relating 
to its Annex 3 of Appendix I of the Agreement: 
Annex 3 
 
 - Delete "Japan Finance Corporation for Municipal Enterprises" to " List of Entities  
(Group A)" and " List of Entities which procure th e services, specified in Annex 4  
(Group A)". 
 
 - Add "Japan Finance Organization for Municipalities" to " List of Entities  (Group A)" 
and " List of Entities which procure th e services, specified in Annex 4  (Group A)". 
 2. The above modifications are the result of the following changes: 
 Japan Finance Corporation for Municipal Ente rprises (hereinafter referred to as "the JFM") 
was dissolved on 1 October 2008.  Thereafter, Japan Finance Organization for Municipalities 
(hereinafter referred to as "the new JFM") started business, succeeding all the rights and obligations of 
the JFM except the capital which was returned to the national government.  The full amount of capital 
to the new JFM is contributed jointly by local gove rnments.  In addition, the name of the new JFM 
was changed to Japan Finance Organization for Municipalities  on 1 June 2009, accompanying the 
expansion of the scope of lending. 
 
                                                     
 
1 Article XXIV:6(a) reads as follows:  Rectifications or Modifications   (a) Rectifications, transfers of 
an entity from one Annex to another or, in exceptiona l cases, other modifications relating to Appendices I 
through IV shall be notified to the Committee, along with information as to the likely consequences of the 
change for the mutually agreed coverage provided in this  Agreement.  If the rectifi cations, transfers or other 
modifications are of a purely formal or minor nature, th ey shall become effective pr ovided there is no objection 
within 30 days.  In other cases, the Chairman of the Committee shall promptly convene a meeting of the 
Committee.  The Committee shall consider the proposal and any claim for compensato ry adjustments, with a 
view to maintaining a balance of rights and obligations and a comparable level of mutually agreed coverage 
provided in this Agreement prior to such notification.  In the event of agreement not being reached, the matter 
may be pursued in accordance with th e provisions contained in Article XXII . GPA/MOD/JPN/46 
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3. Attachment A to this document shows the modi fications that Japan proposes, based on this 
notification, to the corresponding pages of Annex 3 (pages 1/5 and 3/5) of Appendix I.  Attachment B 
indicates how these pages would appear after the pr oposed modifications, based on this notification, 
has been made.  (The underlined entity in both A ttachments A and B is the entity that is newly 
added.)
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2 Attachments A and B are in English only. GPA/MOD/JPN/46 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 1/5
 
 
17 October  2009 (WT/Let/6 59) ATTACHMENT A 
 
JAPAN 
 
ANNEX 3 
 
All Other Entities which Procure in Accordance  
with the Provisions of this Agreement  
 
Supplies  
 
Threshold : 
 
130 thousand SDR 
  
List of Entities : 
 1. Group A 
 
- Japan Water Agency - Japan Regional Development Corporation 
- Japan Railway Construction Public Corporation 
(a)(d) 
- Narita International Airport Corporation 
- East Nippon Expressway Company Limited 
- Central Nippon Expressway Company Limited - West Nippon Expressway Company Limited 
- Metropolitan Expressway Company Limited 
- Hanshin Expressway Company Limited - Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Expressway Company 
Limited 
- Japan Expressway Holding and Debt Repayment 
Agency 
- Urban Development Corporation (a) 
- Japan Science and Technology Agency 
- Japan Atomic Energy Agency (b) 
- Japan Environmental Safety Corporation - Japan International Cooperation Agency 
- Welfare and Medical Service Agency 
- Government Pension Investment Fund - Agriculture and Livestock Industries 
Corporation 
- Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation 
(c) 
 - Japan Small and Medium Enterprise Corporation 
- Japan Post 
- Japan Labour Health and Welfare Organization 
- Employment and Human Resources Development 
Organization of Japan 
- Okinawa Development Finance Corporation 
- Japan Finance Corporation - Japan Housing Finance Agency 
- Japan Finance Corporation for Municipal 
Enterprises  Japan Finance Organization for 
Municipalities  
- Development Bank of Japan Inc. 
- Tokyo Metro Co. Ltd. (a) - Japan Tobacco Inc. 
- Hokkaido Railway Company (a) 
- East Japan Railway Company (a) - Central Japan Railway Company (a) 
- West Japan Railway Company (a) 
- Shikoku Railway Company (a) - Kyushu Railway Company (a) 
- Japan Freight Railway Company (a) 
- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Co. (f) - Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Co. (f) 
- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Co. (f) 
- 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  
 
 
 GPA/MOD/JPN/46 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 3/5
 
 
17 October  2009 (WT/Let/6 59)  
Supplies (cont'd)  
 
- 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 Education Agency 
- National Institute for Sea 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 
 
 
Services  
 
Threshold :   
 
Construction services :   
4,500 thousand SDR for Japan Post in Group A 15,000 thousand SDR for all other entities in 
Group A 
4,500 thousand SDR for entities in Group B  
Architectural, engineerin g 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 : 
 
1. Group A 
 - Japan Water Agency 
- Japan Regional Development Corporation 
- Japan Railway Construction Public Corporation 
(a)(d) 
- Narita International Airport Corporation 
- East Nippon Expressway Company Limited - Central Nippon Expressway Company Limited 
- West Nippon Expressway Company Limited 
- Metropolitan Expressway Company Limited 
- Hanshin Expressway Company Limited 
- Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Expressway Company 
Limited 
- Japan Expressway Holding and Debt Repayment 
Agency 
- Urban Development Corporation (a) 
- Japan Science and Technology Agency 
- Japan Atomic Energy Agency (b) - Japan
 Environmental Safety Corporation 
- Japan International Cooperation Agency 
- Welfare and Medical Service Agency - Government Pension Investment Fund 
- Agriculture and Livestock Industries Corporation 
- Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (c) - Japan Small and Medium Enterprise Corporation 
- Japan Post 
- Japan Labour Health and Welfare Organization - Employment and Human Resources Development 
Organization of Japan 
- Okinawa Development Finance Corporation 
- Japan Finance Corporation 
- Japan Housing Finance Agency - Japan Finance Corporation for Municipal 
Enterprises  Japan Finance Organization for 
Municipalities  
- Development Bank of Japan Inc. 
- Tokyo Metro Co. Ltd. (a) 
- Japan Tobacco Inc. (g) - Hokkaido Railway Company (a)(g) 
- East Japan Railway Company (a)(g) 
- Central Japan Railway Company (a)(g)  - West Japan Railway Company (a)(g) 
- Shikoku Railway Company (a)(g) 
- Kyushu Railway Company (a)(g)  
 GPA/MOD/JPN/46 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 1/5
 
 
... 2010 (WT/Let/...)  ATTACHMENT B 
 
JAPAN 
 
ANNEX 3 
 
All Other Entities which Procure in Accordance  
with the Provisions of this Agreement  
 
Supplies  
 
Threshold : 
 
130 thousand SDR 
  
List of Entities : 
 1. Group A 
 
- Japan Water Agency - Japan Regional Development Corporation 
- Japan Railway Construction Public Corporation 
(a)(d) 
- Narita International Airport Corporation 
- East Nippon Expressway Company Limited 
- Central Nippon Expressway Company Limited - West Nippon Expressway Company Limited 
- Metropolitan Expressway Company Limited 
- Hanshin Expressway Company Limited - Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Expressway Company 
Limited 
- Japan Expressway Holding and Debt Repayment 
Agency 
- Urban Development Corporation (a) 
- Japan Science and Technology Agency 
- Japan Atomic Energy Agency (b) 
- Japan Environmental Safety Corporation - Japan International Cooperation Agency 
- Welfare and Medical Service Agency 
- Government Pension Investment Fund - Agriculture and Livestock Industries 
Corporation 
- Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation 
(c) 
 - Japan Small and Medium Enterprise Corporation 
- Japan Post 
- Japan Labour Health and Welfare Organization 
- Employment and Human Resources Development 
Organization of Japan 
- Okinawa Development Finance Corporation 
- Japan Finance Corporation - Japan Housing Finance Agency 
- Japan Finance Organization for Municipalities
 
- Development Bank of Japan Inc. - Tokyo Metro Co. Ltd. (a) 
- Japan Tobacco Inc. 
- Hokkaido Railway Company (a) - East Japan Railway Company (a) 
- Central Japan Railway Company (a) 
- West Japan Railway Company (a) - Shikoku Railway Company (a) 
- Kyushu Railway Company (a) 
- Japan Freight Railway Company (a) - Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Co. (f) 
- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Co. (f) 
- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Co. (f) - 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 
 
 
 GPA/MOD/JPN/46 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 3/5
 
 
... 2010 (WT/Let/...)  Supplies (cont'd)  
 
- 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 Education Agency 
- National Institute for Sea 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 
 
 
Services  
 
Threshold :   
 Construction services :   
4,500 thousand SDR for Japan Post in Group A 
15,000 thousand SDR for all other entities in 
Group A 
4,500 thousand SDR for entities in Group B 
 Architectural, engineerin g 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 : 
 1. Group A 
 
- Japan Water Agency 
- Japan Regional Development Corporation 
- Japan Railway Construction Public Corporation 
(a)(d) 
- Narita International Airport Corporation 
- East Nippon Expressway Company Limited - Central Nippon Expressway Company Limited 
- West Nippon Expressway Company Limited 
- Metropolitan Expressway Company Limited - Hanshin Expressway Company Limited 
- Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Expressway Company 
Limited 
- Japan Expressway Holding and Debt Repayment 
Agency 
- Urban Development Corporation (a) - Japan Science and Technology Agency 
- Japan Atomic Energy Agency (b) 
- Japan
 Environmental Safety Corporation 
- Japan International Cooperation Agency 
- Welfare and Medical Service Agency 
- Government Pension Investment Fund 
- Agriculture and Livestock Industries Corporation 
- Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (c) - Japan Small and Medium Enterprise Corporation 
- Japan Post 
- Japan Labour Health and Welfare Organization - Employment and Human Resources Development 
Organization of Japan 
- Okinawa Development Finance Corporation - Japan Finance Corporation 
- Japan Housing Finance Agency 
- Japan Finance Organization for Municipalities
 
- Development Bank of Japan Inc. 
- Tokyo Metro Co. Ltd. (a) 
- Japan Tobacco Inc. (g) - Hokkaido Railway Company (a)(g) 
- East Japan Railway Company (a)(g) 
- Central Japan Railway Company (a)(g)  - West Japan Railway Company (a)(g) 
- Shikoku Railway Company (a)(g) 
- Kyushu Railway Company (a)(g) 
 
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