RESTRICTED  ORGANIZACIÓN MUNDIAL  
DEL COMERCIO  GPA/MOD/JPN/34 
20 de febrero de 2009 
 
 (09-0941) 
Comité de Contratación Pública Original:   inglés 
  
 
MODIFICACIONES PROPUESTAS DEL APÉNDICE I DEL JAPÓN 
 
Comunicación del Japón de conformidad con el 
 
párrafo 6 a) del artículo XXIV 1 del ACP  
 
 
 La siguiente comunicación de la delegación de l Japón, de fecha 20 de febrero de 2009, se 
distribuye a las Partes en el Acuerdo sobre Contratación Pública.  
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 1. De conformidad con el párrafo 6 a) del ar tículo XXIV del Acuerdo sobre Contratación 
Pública (el Acuerdo), el Gobierno del Japón notifi ca por la presente al Comité de Contratación 
Pública las siguientes modificaciones de carácter puramente formal propuestas en relación con los Anexos 1 y 3 del Apéndice I del Acuerdo: 
Anexo 1 
 - Suprímase Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport de la lista de entidades y de 
la lista de entidades que contratan los servicios indicados en el Anexo 4. 
 - Añádase Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism a la lista de 
entidades y a la lista de entidades que contrata n los servicios indicados en el Anexo 4. 
Anexo 3 
 - Suprímanse "National Life Finance Co rporation", "Agriculture, Forestry and 
Fisheries Finance Corporation", "Japan Finance Corporation for Small and Medium Enterprise" y "Japan Bank for Internationa l Cooperation" de la lista de entidades 
(Grupo A) y de la lista de entidades que contratan los servicios indicados en el 
Anexo 4 (Grupo A). 
                                                     
 
1 El párrafo 6 a) del artículo XXIV ("Rectificaci ones o enmiendas") 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 tipo que afecten  a los Apéndices I a IV serán notificadas al Comité, 
y en la notificación se facilitará información en cuanto a las probables consecuencias del cambio en el alcance mutuamente convenido previsto en el Acuerdo.  Las rectificaciones, transfer encias 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. 
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 - Añádase "Japan Finance Corporation" a la lis ta de entidades (Grupo A) y a la lista de 
entidades que contratan los servicios indicados en el Anexo 4 (Grupo A). 
 2. Las modificaciones anteriores obed ecen a los siguientes cambios: 
 1) La entidad "Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport" fue rebautizada el 8 de 
enero de  2008.  La modificación propuesta no altera el nivel del alcance mutuamente 
convenido previsto en el Acuerdo. 
  2) Las entidades "National Life Finance Corporation", "Agriculture, Forestry and 
Fisheries Finance Corporation", "Japan Finance Corporation for Small and Medium 
Enterprise" y "Japan Bank for Internationa l Cooperation"(JBIC) se fusionaron en una 
nueva organización denominada "Japan Finance Corporation", que fue creada el 1º de 
octubre de 2008 de conformidad con la Le y de la Corporación de Financiación del 
Japón.  Japan Finance Corporation se ocupa de todas las actividades de las anteriores 
entidades, salvo de las operaciones de cooperación económica en el extranjero del 
antiguo JBIC. 
  3) De conformidad con la "Ley por la que se modifica parcialmente  la Ley del JICA", 
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JIC A) lleva a cabo, con efecto a partir del 
1º de octubre de 2008, las operaciones de c ooperación económica en el extranjero del 
antiguo JBIC.  Dado que el JICA sigue sie ndo una entidad comprendida en el Anexo 
3, estas modificaciones no alteran el ni vel del alcance mutuamente convenido 
previsto en el Acuerdo. 
 3. En el suplemento A se muestran las modi ficaciones de las páginas correspondientes del 
Anexo 1 (1/3) y del Anexo 3 (1/5 y 3/5) del Apéndice I propuestas por el Japón en esta comunicación.  
En el suplemento B se indica cómo quedarían di chas páginas una vez introducidas las modificaciones 
propuestas en la presente comunicación.  (Las en tidades que aparecen subray adas en los suplementos 
A y B son las entidades que se añaden.)
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2 Los Anexos A y B existen únicamente en inglés. GPA/MOD/JPN/34 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 1 Page 1/3
 
 
 
7 February 2007 (WT/Let/5 64) 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) - 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 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) 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 1/5
 
 
4 December 2008 (WT/Let/637/Corr.1)  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 Green Resources Agency 
- 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 
-
 National Life Finance Corporation  
- Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Finance 
Corporation  
- Japan Finance Corporation for Small and Medium 
Enterprise  
- Japan Finance Corporation  
- Housing Loan Corporation 
- Japan Finance Corporation for Municipal 
Enterprises 
- Development Bank of Japan 
- Japan Bank for International Cooperation  
- 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 
 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 3/5
 
 
4 December 2008 (WT/Let/637/Corr.1)  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 
- National Institute of Multimedia Education 
 
 
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 Green Resources Agency 
- 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 
-
 National Life Finance Corporation  
- Agriculture, Forest ry and Fisheries Finance 
Corporation  
- Japan Finance Corporation for Small and Medium 
Enterprises  
- Japan Finance Corporation  
- Housing Loan Corporation 
- Japan Finance Corporation for Municipal 
Enterprises 
- Development Bank of Japan 
- Japan Bank for Inte rnational Cooperation  
- 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/34 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 1 Page 1/3
 
 
... 2009 (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, 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) 
 GPA/MOD/JPN/34 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 1/5
 
 
... 2009 (WT/Let/...)  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 Green Resources Agency 
- 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
 
- Housing Loan Corporation - Japan Finance Corporation for Municipal 
Enterprises 
- Development Bank of Japan - 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/34 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 3/5
 
 
  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 
- National Institute of Multimedia Education 
 
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 Green Resources Agency 
- 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
 
- Housing Loan Corporation - Japan Finance Corporation for Municipal 
Enterprises 
- Development Bank of Japan - 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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