WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  RESTRICTED 
GPA/MOD/JPN/65 
9 December 2011 
 (11-6408) 
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 7 December 2011, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of Japan.  
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1. Pursuant to Article XXIV, paragraph 6(a) of the WTO Agreement on Government 
Procurement (hereinafter "the Agreement"), the Government of Japan hereby notifies the Committee 
on Government Procurement of the following modifica tions of a purely formal nature relating to its 
Annex 3 of Appendix I of the Agreement: 
 - Delete "Civil Engineering Research Institute of Hokkaido"  from " List of Entities 
(Group B)" and from " List of Entities which procure the service specified in Annex 4 
(Group B)". 
 2. The above modification is the result of the following change: 
 (1) On 1 April 2006 Civil Engineering Research Institute of Hokkaido was merged with 
Public Works Research Institute whic h is already covered under Annex 3, " List of 
Entities  (Group B)" and " List of Entities which procure the services, specified in 
Annex 4  (Group B)". 
  (2) Public Works Research In stitute succeeded the administration and operation, formerly 
conducted by Civil Engineering R esearch Institute of Hokkaido. 
 
3. This modification does not alter the level of th e mutually agreed coverage provided in the 
Agreement. 
4. Attachment A to this document shows (in strike out and underlining) the modifications to the 
corresponding pages of Annex 3 (pages 3/5 and 5/5) of Appendix I, based on this notification by the 
                                                      
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/65 
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Government of Japan.  Attachment B indicates how these pages would appear after the proposed 
modifications have been made.
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2 Attachments A and B are in English only. GPA/MOD/JPN/65 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 3/5
 
5 October 2011 (WT/Let/829)  ATTACHMENT A 
 
JAPAN 
 
Services  (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 - Japan Organization for Employment of the Elderly, 
Persons with Disabilities and Job Seekers 
- 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)  GPA/MOD/JPN/65 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 5/5
 
26 May 2009 (WT/Let/643)  Services  (cont'd)  
 
 - Fisheries Research Agency 
- Research Institute of  Economy, 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 
- 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 
 
 
Notes to Annex 3  
 
1. 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. 
  2. 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.   
 3. This Agreement shall not apply to contracts which 
the entities in Group A award for purposes of their 
daily profit-making activities which are exposed to competitive forces in markets.  This note shall not be 
used in a manner which circumvents the provisions 
of this Agreement. 
 
4. Notes to specific entities:    
 (a) Procurement related to operational safety of 
transportation is not included.  
 
 (b) Procurement which could lead to the 
disclosure of information incompatible with the purpose of the Treaty on the Non-
Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons or with 
international agreements on intellectual property rights is not included.  Procurement 
for safety-related activities aiming at 
utilization and management of radioactive materials and responding to emergencies of 
nuclear installation is not included.   
  (c) Procurement related to geological and 
geophysical survey is not included.   
  (d) Procurement of advertising services, 
construction services and real estate services 
is not included. 
 
 (e) Procurement of ships to be jointly owned 
with private companies is not included.   
 
 (f) Procurement of public electrical tele-
communications equipment and of services 
related to operational safety of 
telecommunications is not included.   
 
 (g) Procurement of the services specified in 
Annex 4, other than construction services, is not included. 
 GPA/MOD/JPN/65 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 3/5
 
… (WT/Let/…)  ATTACHMENT B 
 
JAPAN 
Services  (cont'd) 
 
 
 - National Traffic Safety and Environment 
Laboratory 
- National Maritime Research Institute - Port and Airport Research Institute 
- Electronic Navigation Research Institute 
- 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 
- Japan Organization for Employment of the Elderly, 
Persons with Disabilities and Job Seekers 
- 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) 
 
 
 GPA/MOD/JPN/65 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 5/5
 
... (WT/Let/...)  Services  (cont'd)  
 
 
- Fisheries Research Agency 
- Research Institute of  Economy, 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 
- National Traffic Safety and Environment 
Laboratory 
- National Maritime Research Institute 
- Port and Airport Research Institute - Electronic Navigation Research Institute 
- 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 
 
 
Notes to Annex 3  
 
1. 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. 
 
 2. 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.   
 3. This Agreement shall not apply to contracts which 
the entities in Group A award for purposes of their 
daily profit-making activities which are exposed to competitive forces in markets.  This note shall not be 
used in a manner which circumvents the provisions 
of this Agreement. 
 
4. Notes to specific entities:   
  (a) Procurement related to operational safety of 
transportation is not included.  
  (b) Procurement which could lead to the 
disclosure of information incompatible with 
the purpose of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons or with 
international agreements on intellectual 
property rights is not included.  Procurement 
for safety-related activities aiming at 
utilization and management of radioactive materials and responding to emergencies of 
nuclear installation is not included.   
  (c) Procurement related to geological and 
geophysical survey is not included.   
  (d) Procurement of advertising services, 
construction services and real estate services 
is not included. 
 
 (e) Procurement of ships to be jointly owned 
with private companies is not included.   
 
 (f) Procurement of public electrical tele-
communications equipment and of services related to operational safety of 
telecommunications is not included.   
 
 (g) Procurement of the services specified in 
Annex 4, other than construction services, is not included. 
 
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