WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  GPA/37/Add.5 
1 April 2008 
 
 (08-1459) 
Committee on Government Procurement Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION OF NATIONAL IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION 
 
Communication from Japan Pursuant to Article XXIV:5(b)
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Addendum  
 
  The following communication, dated 1 April 2008, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of Japan.  
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  Pursuant to Article XXIV , paragraph 5(b) of the WT O Agreement on Government 
Procurement, the Government of Japan wishes to  inform the Committee on Government Procurement 
of the following.
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NOTIFICATION OF THE PARTIAL REVISION TO THE "BASIC POLICY FOR THE 
PROMOTION OF THE PROCUREMENT OF ECO-FRIENDLY GOODS AND SERVICES" 
UNDER THE "LAW CONCERNING THE PROMOTION OF THE PROCUREMENT  
OF ECO-FRIENDLY GOODS AN D SERVICES BY THE STATE  
AND OTHER ENTITIES" 
 
 
1. Agency responsible: 
  Ministry of the Environment  2. Description of the partial revision of the Basic Policy: 
 
 The original "Basic Policy for the Promotion of the Procurement of Eco-Friendly Goods and Services" based on the "Law Concerning the Promo tion of the Procurement of Eco-Friendly Goods 
and Services by the State and Other Entities" (hereina fter referred to as Basic Policy) was adopted by 
a cabinet decision in February 2001 (partially revised  in February 2007).  The revision of the Basic 
Policy, including the addition of 15 designated proc urement items, was adopted by a cabinet decision 
                                                     
 
 1 Article XXIV:5(b) reads as follows:  National Legislation "(b) Each Party shall inform the Committee 
of any changes in its laws and regulations relevant to th is Agreement and in the administration of such laws and 
regulations." 
2 Previous notifications of Japan's implementing legi slation were made in GPA/37, dated 20 June 2000;  
GPA/67, dated 15 April 2002;  GPA/37/Add.1, dated 7 April 2004, GPA/37/Add.2, dated 21 March 2005;  
GPA/37/Add.3, dated 15 March 2006;  and GPA/37/Add.4, dated 13 March 2007. GPA/37/Add.5 
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  in February 2008.  (The summary of the revision is attached hereto.  The Japan ese text of the revised 
Basic Policy is available on the Ministry of the Environment website as follows:  http://www.env.go.jp/policy/hozen/green/g-law/index.ht ml.).  An English version of the Basic Policy 
will also be available on the same website.  
3. Starting date of procurement based on the revised Basic Policy: 
 
1 April 2008 
 
4. Enquiry point:   Environment and Economy Division  Integrated Environmental Policy Bureau  Ministry of the Environment 
 Telephone: +(81 3) 5521-8229 
 Fax:  +(81 3) 3580-9568   GPA/37/Add.5 
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  ATTACHMENT 
 
DESIGNATED PROCUREMENT ITEMS AND EVALUATION CRITERIA, ETC. 
 
(SUMMARY) 
 
Addition of Designated Procurement Items, etc. 
(Cabinet decision on 5 February 2008)  Category Designated 
Procurement Items 
(Cabinet decision on 
2 February 2007) 
• denotes newly added items 
* denotes revisions on existing 
criteria  New Evaluation 
Criteria for the newly added items 
Paper 8 items, including 
computer paper (copier paper, diazotype paper), printing paper and 
hygienic paper (toilet 
paper and tissue paper)   
 
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Stationery 79 items, including 
mechanical pencils, ball-point pens, scissors, glue, files, binders, desk 
mats, albums, binding 
strings, blackboard erasers, and can and bottle squashing devices * Revision of the Evaluation 
Criteria for 8 items made of plastics and 4 items made of paper stationery. ___ 
  
  * Addition of the Evaluation 
Criteria for plastics made from 
plants. 
  
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  • Chalk Usage rate of 
recycled materials 
  • Chalk for ground Usage rate of 
recycled materials 
Office furniture 10 items, including 
chairs, desks, shelves, coat hangers, umbrella stands and blackboards * Revision of the Evaluation 
Criteria for shelves and storage furniture comprised primarily of metal materials:  ratio of 
dismantle-possibility into 
single material 
  
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  * Revision of the Evaluation 
Criteria for products comprised primarily of plastic materials:  usage rate of 
plastics made from plants 
  
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  Addition of Designated Procurement Items, etc. 
(Cabinet decision on 5 February 2008)  Category Designated 
Procurement Items 
(Cabinet decision on 
2 February 2007) 
• denotes newly added items 
* denotes revisions on existing 
criteria  New Evaluation 
Criteria for the 
newly added 
items 
* Elimination of the categories 
of copiers etc. not distributed to the market  
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* Revision of the Evaluation 
Criteria for papers for copiers etc., digital duplicators, toner cartridges and ink cartridges 
  
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Office automation machines 17 items, including 
copiers, printers, facsimiles, and computer monitors, batteries 
* Addition of the Evaluation 
Criteria for plastics made from 
plants  
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Home 
electronic appliances Electric refrigerators, 
electric freezers, electric freezer-refrigerators and electric toilet seats * Revision of the Evaluation 
Criteria based on Multistage Rating System under the Law Concerning Rational Use of Energy for Electric 
Refrigerators, etc.:  energy 
efficiency 
  
 
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* Revision of the Evaluation 
Criteria based on Multistage Rating System under the Law Concerning Rational Use of Energy for Air Conditioners:  
energy efficiency 
  
 
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Air conditioners, etc. Air conditioners, gas 
heat pump air conditioners 
* Revision of the coefficient of 
performance of gas-heat-pump-type air conditioners 
 Coefficient of 
performance 
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  Addition of Designated Procurement Items, etc. 
(Cabinet decision on 5 February 2008)  Category Designated 
Procurement Items 
(Cabinet decision on 
2 February 2007) 
• denotes newly added items 
* denotes revisions on existing 
criteria  New Evaluation 
Criteria for the 
newly added 
items 
Water heaters, etc. Electric hot water supply 
system, gas water heaters, oil water heaters, gas cooking appliances * Revision of the item's name 
from "electric hot water supply system" to "heat-pump-type electric hot water supply system" 
  
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  * Revision of the Evaluation 
Criteria for heat-pump-type 
electric hot water supply system:  non-use of HFC 
  
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  * Revision of the Evaluation 
Criteria for oven section of gas cooking appliances:  energy 
efficiency 
  
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Lighting Fluorescent lighting 
equipment and fluorescent light bulbs  • LED lighting equipment Energy efficiency 
and rated life 
  • Covered LED indicating lamps Rated life 
  * Revision of the item's name 
from "Fluorescent lighting 
equipment" to "lighting 
equipment" 
  
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  * Addition of the Evaluation 
Criteria for the threshold content rate etc. of specific chemical substances for 
fluorescent lighting equipment 
  
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Vehicles, etc. Vehicles (natural gas 
vehicles, hybrid vehicles, etc.) Receivers/transmitters for Electronic Toll Collection system, Car 
navigation system 
 * Addition of a Note for 
affirmation use of bio-fuel by the central government  
 
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Fire extinguisher Fire extinguisher ___ ___ 
Uniforms and 
work clothes Uniforms and work 
clothes ___ ___ GPA/37/Add.5 
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  Addition of Designated Procurement Items, etc. 
(Cabinet decision on 5 February 2008)  Category Designated 
Procurement Items 
(Cabinet decision on 
2 February 2007) 
• denotes newly added items 
* denotes revisions on existing 
criteria  New Evaluation 
Criteria for the 
newly added 
items 
* Addition of the Evaluation 
Criteria for needle-punch carpets to include the usage rate of synthetic fibre made from plants 
  
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Interior fixtures and bedding  10 items, including 
carpets, curtains, blankets, comforters, bed frames 
* Revision of the Evaluation 
Criteria for mattresses:  non-
use of HFC 
  
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Other fibre 
products Tents, tarps and safety 
nets * Addition of the Evaluation 
Criteria for safety nets to include the usage rate of synthetic fibre made from 
plants 
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Facilities Solar power generation 
systems, fuel cells, solar heating systems, composting equipments for kitchen garbage, 
water saving equipment 
  
 
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Emergency goods * Addition of "Disaster 
Prevention Supplies" as a new category 
  
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 • PET bottled water Expiration Date 
 • Quick cooking rice Expiration Date 
 • Pilot Bread Expiration Date 
 • Canned food Expiration Date 
 • Pouch-packed food Expiration Date 
 • Emergency Portable Fuel Expiration Date 
  
    
 
   
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* Redefinition (re-
categorization) of blankets, work gloves, tents, tarps and 
disposable batteries under the 
category of "Disaster Prevention Supplies" 
  
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  Addition of Designated Procurement Items, etc. 
(Cabinet decision on 5 February 2008)  Category Designated 
Procurement Items 
(Cabinet decision on 
2 February 2007) 
• denotes newly added items 
* denotes revisions on existing 
criteria  New Evaluation 
Criteria for the 
newly added 
items 
• Form utilizing recycled 
material Usage rate of 
recycled materials 
* Addition of factors to be 
considered to identify 
manufacturers and distributors of 6 materials of steel slag  
 
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* Revision of Evaluation Criteria 
for the usage rate of bark to make bark compost 
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* Revision of Evaluation Criteria 
for the usage rate of sewage 
sludge to make fermented 
composts 
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Public-works 
projects 1. Materials (47 items, 
including reconstituted wood boards, tiles, blended cement, recycled 
aggregate, 
base-coating paint, permeable concrete, insulated windows/doors, 
automatic faucets, 
automatically controlled lighting systems and fertilizers using sewer sludge) 
2. Construction 
machines (low emission machines, low noise machines) 
3. Construction 
methods (5 methods, 
including recycling treatment of construction sludge and recycling 
treatment of concrete 
masses) 
4. Others (greening of 
rooftops, porous pavement and permeable pavement)* Revision of the coefficient of 
performance for gas-engine heat-pump air conditioner  
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  Addition of Designated Procurement Items, etc. 
(Cabinet decision on 5 February 2008)  Category Designated 
Procurement Items 
(Cabinet decision on 
2 February 2007) 
• denotes newly added items 
* denotes revisions on existing 
criteria  New Evaluation 
Criteria for the 
newly added 
items 
• Landscape management Comprehensive 
management 
system of pests 
and weeds 
• Pest prevention Comprehensive 
management of 
pest prevention 
• Passenger transportation Energy 
management and 
eco-friendly 
driving 
• Fluorescent Illumination 
Services 
 Rate of recycling 
* Revision of the Evaluation 
Criteria for non-stationed 
management and cleaning of 
government office buildings 
  
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Services Energy conservation 
diagnosis, Cafeteria, Printing, Recycling of automobile tires, Automobile repair, 
Management of 
government office buildings, Cleaning, Delivery and Retail businesses that operate 
in government buildings, 
etc. 
* Addition of the Evaluation 
Criteria for Automobile Maintenance:  engine cleaning 
  
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