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GPA/MOD/KOR/21  
 
12 November 2020  
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Committee on Government Procurement  Original: English  
 
 
PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS TO APPENDIX I OF REPUBLIC OF KOREA  UNDER THE 
REVISED AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT  
COMMUNICATION FROM THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA  
The following communication, dated 4 November 2020, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the Republic of Korea.  
 
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Pursuant to paragraph 1 of Article XIX of the revised Agreement on Government Procurement 
(hereinafter "the revised Agreement "), the Republic of Korea hereby notifies the Committee on 
Government Procurement of the following modifications to its Annexes 1 and 3, Appendix I  of the 
revised Agreement . 
 
Notifying Party  THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA 
Legal Basis   Article XIX:1(a) of the revised GPA  
 Article XIX:1(b) of the revised GPA  
Annex(es) of 
Appendix I affected  • Central Government Entities (Annex 1)  
• Other entities (Annex 3)  
Description of the proposed modification(s):  
 
ANNEX 1 - CENTRAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES  
 
a. Change "Ministry of Strategy and Finance " to "Ministry of Economy and Finance " as 
it has been renamed;  
 
b. Change "Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning " to "Ministry of Science and 
ICT" as it has been renamed and some of its functions moved to the "Ministry of SMEs and 
Startups "; 
 
c. Remove "Ministry of Public Safety and Sec urity (except purchases for the purpose of 
maintaining public order, as provided in Article III of the Agreement) " as the entity was 
abolished and "National Fire Agency " and "Korea Coast Guard " have been re -established 
from it and some of its functions hav e been amalgamated with the "Ministry of the Interior 
and Safety "; 
 
d. Change "Ministry of the Interior " to "Ministry of the Interior and Safety " as it has 
amalgamated with some of the functions of the "Ministry of Public Safety and Security "; 
 
e. Add "National Fire Agency " to the List of Entities in Annex 1;  
 
f. Add "Korea Coast Guard (except purchases for the purpose of maintaining public 
order, as provided in Article III of the Agreement) " to the List of Entities in Annex 1;  
 
g. Change "Fair Trade Commis sion" to "Korea Fair Trade Commission " as it has been 
renamed;  
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 h. Change "Small and Medium Business Administration " to "Ministry of SMEs and 
Startups " as it has been elevated and renamed; and  
 
i. Reorder and renumber the List of Entities thereto following  the changes above.  
 
ANNEX 3 - OTHER ENTITIES  
 
a. Replace "Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation " with "Korea Minting, 
Security Printing and ID Card Operating Corporation " as it has been renamed;  
 
b. Replace "Korea Labor Welfare Corporation " with "Korea Workers ' Compensation & 
Welfare Service " as it has been renamed;  
 
c. Replace "Incheon Metro " with "Incheon Transit Corporation " as it has been renamed.   
Information of the likely consequences of the change for the mutually agreed 
coverage provided for by the Agreement:  
 
The above modifications do not affect the mutually agreed coverage provided in Appendix I of 
the Republic of Korea under the revised Agreement.   
Attachments1: 
• Attachment A  to this document shows (in bold, strikeout or underlining) the proposed 
modifications to the corresponding pages of Annexes 1 and 3 to Appendix I of the 
Republic of Korea under the revised GPA.  
• Attachment B  indicates how the relevant pages would appear a fter the proposed 
modifications have become effective.  
 
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1 Attachments A and B are in English only.  GPA/MOD/KOR/21  
 
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ATTACHMENT A 
ANNEX 1  
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES  
Threshold s: 
Goods       SDR 130,000  
 
Services      SDR 130,000  
 
Construction Services    SDR 5,000,000  
 
Build-operate -transfer (BOT)   SDR 5,000,000  
List of Entities:  
1. Board of Audit and Inspection;  
2. Office for Government Policy Coordination;  
3. Prime Minister's Secretariat;  
4. Ministry of Strategy  Economy  and Finance ; 
5. Ministry of Education ; 
6. Ministry of Science , and ICT and Future Planning ; 
7. Ministry of Foreign Affairs ; 
8. Ministry of Unification;  
9. Ministry of Justice ; 
10. Ministry of National Defense ; 
11. Ministry of the Interior  and Safety ; 
12. Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism ; 
13. Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs ; 
14. Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy ; 
15. Ministry of Health and Welfare ; 
16. Ministry of Environment ; 
17. Ministry of Employment and Labor ; 
18. Ministry of Gender Equality and Fam ily; 
19. Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and  Transport ; 
20. Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries;  
4221. Small and Medium Business Administration  Ministry of SMEs and Startups ; 
2122. Korea  Fair Trade Commission;  
2223. Financial Services Commission;  
2324. Anti-corruption and Civil Rights Commission ; 
2425. Korea Communications Commission ; 
2526. National Human Rights Commission ; 
26.  Ministry of Public Safety and Security (except purchases for the purpose of 
maintaining public order, as provided in Article III of the Agreement) ; 
27. Ministry of Personnel Management;  
28.  Ministry of Government Legislation ; 
29. Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs ; 
30. Ministry of Food  and Drug Safety;  
31. National Tax Service ; 
32. Korea Customs Service ; 
33. Public Procurement Service (Note 3);  
34. Statistics Korea;  
35. Supreme Prosecutors' Office;  
36. Military Manpower Administration ; 
37. Defense Acquisition Program Administration ; GPA/MOD/KOR/21  
 
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 38. National Police Agency (except purchases for the purpose of maintaining public order, as 
provided in Article III of the Agreement);  
39. National Fire Agency ; 
3940. Cultural Heritage Administration ; 
4041. Rural Development Administration;  
4142. Korea Forest Service;  
43. Korean Intellectual Property Office ; 
44. Korea Meteorological Administration ; 
45. Korea Coast Guard (except purchases for the purpose of maintaining public order, 
as provided in Article III of the Agreement) ; 
4546. National Agency for Administrative City Construction . 
Notes to Annex 1  
1. The above central government entities cover their "subordinate linear organizations", "special 
local administrative agencies" and "attached organs", as prescribed in the relevant provisions of the 
Government Organization Act of the Republic of Korea. Any e ntity with a separate legal personality 
that is not listed in this Annex is not covered.  
2. This Agreement does not apply to  any set-asides for small - and medium -sized businesses 
according to the Act Relating to Contracts to Which the State is a Party and its  Presidential Decree, 
and the procurement of agricultural, fishery and livestock products according to the Grain 
Management Act, the Act on Distribution and Price Stabilization of Agricultural and Fishery Products, 
and the Livestock Industry Act . 
3. Where the  Public Procurement Service conducts procurement on behalf of an entity listed in 
Annex 2 or Annex 3, the scope of coverage and threshold for such entity applies.  GPA/MOD/KOR/21  
 
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 ANNEX 3  
OTHER ENTITIES  
Threshold s: 
Goods       SDR 400,000  
 
Services      SDR 400,000  
 
Construction Services     SDR 15,000,000  
List of Entities:  
1. Korea Development Bank;  
2. Industrial Bank of Korea;  
3. Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation  Korea Minting, Security Printing and 
ID Card Operating Corporation ; 
4. Korea Electric Power Corporation (except purchases of products in the categories of 
HS Nos. 8504, 8535, 8537 and 8544) (Note 3);  
5. Korea Coal Corporation;  
6. Korea Resources Corporation;  
7. Korea Nation al Oil Corporation;  
8. Korea Trade -Investment Promotion Agency;  
9. Korea  Expressway Corporation;  
10. Korea Land and Housing Corporation;  
11. Korea Water Resources Corporation;  
12. Korea Rural Community Corporation;  
13. Korea Agro -Fisheries Trade Corporation;  
14. Korea Tourism Organ ization;  
15. Korea Labor Welfare Corporation  Korea Workers ' Compensation & Welfare Service ; 
16. Korea Gas Corporation (Note 3);  
17. Korea Railroad Corporation;  
18. Korea Rail Network Authority  (Note 4) ; 
19. Seoul Metro ; 
20. Incheon Metro  Incheon Transit Corporation ; 
21. Busan Transportation Corporation ; 
22. Daegu Metropolitan Transit Corporation ; 
23. Daejeon Metropolitan Express Transit Corporation ; 
24. Gwangju Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation . 
Notes to Annex 3  
1. This Agreement does not apply to any set -asides for small - and medium -sized businesses 
according to the Act on the Management of Public Institutions, the Rule on Contract Business of 
Public Institutions and Quasi -governmental Institutions, the Local Public Enterprises Act and the 
Enforcem ent Regulations  of the Local Public Enterprises Act.  
2. This Agreement does not cover procurement of the transportation services that form a part 
of, or are incidental to, a procurement contract.  GPA/MOD/KOR/21  
 
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 ATTACHMENT B 
ANNEX 1  
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES  
Threshold s: 
Goods       SDR 130,000  
 
Services      SDR 130,000  
 
Construction Services    SDR 5,000,000  
 
Build-operate -transfer (BOT)   SDR 5,000,000  
List of Entities:  
1. Board of Audit and Inspection;  
2. Office for Government Policy Coordination;  
3. Prime Minister's Secretariat;  
4. Ministry of Economy  and Finance ; 
5. Ministry of Education ; 
6. Ministry of Science  and ICT; 
7. Ministry of Foreign Affairs ; 
8. Ministry of Unification;  
9. Ministry of Justice ; 
10. Ministry of National Defense ; 
11. Ministry of the Interior  and Safety ; 
12. Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism ; 
13. Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs ; 
14. Ministry of Trade, Industry and  Energy ; 
15. Ministry of Health and Welfare ; 
16. Ministry of Environment ; 
17. Ministry of Employment and Labor ; 
18. Ministry of Gender Equality and Family ; 
19. Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and  Transport ; 
20. Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries;  
21.  Ministry of SMEs and Startups ; 
22. Korea Fair Trade Commission;  
23. Financial Services Commission;  
24.  Anti-corruption and Civil Rights Commission ; 
25.  Korea Communications Commission ; 
26.  National Human Rights Commission ; 
27. Ministry of Personnel Mana gement;  
28.  Ministry of Government Legislation ; 
29. Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs ; 
30. Ministry of Food  and Drug Safety;  
31. National Tax Service ; 
32. Korea Customs Service ; 
33. Public Procurement Service (Note 3);  
34. Statistics Korea;  
35. Supreme Prosecutors' Office;  
36. Military Manpower Administration ; 
37. Defense Acquisition Program Administration ;GPA/MOD/KOR/21  
 
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38. National Police Agency (except purchases for the purpose of maintaining public order, as 
provided in Article III of the Agreement);  
39. National Fire Agency ; 
40. Cultural Heritage Administration ; 
41. Rural Development Administration;  
42. Korea Forest Service;  
43. Korean Intellectual Property Office ; 
44. Korea Meteorological Administration ; 
45. Korea Coast Guard (except purchases for the purpose of maintaining public order, as provided 
in Article III of the Agreement) ; 
46. National Agency for Administrative City Construction . 
Notes to Annex 1  
1. The above central government entities cover their "subordinate linear organizations", "special 
local administrative agencies" and "attached organs", as prescribed in the relevant provisions of the 
Government Organization Act of the Republic of Korea. Any entity with a separate legal personality 
that is not listed in this Annex is not covered.  
2. This Agreement does not apply to  any set-asides for small - and medium -sized businesses 
according to the Act Relating to Contracts to Which the State is a Party and its Presidential Decree, 
and the procurement of agricultural, fishery and livestock products according to the Grain 
Management Act, the Act on Distribution and Price Stabilization of Agricultural and Fishery Products, 
and the Li vestock Industry Act . 
3. Where the Public Procurement Service conducts procurement on behalf of an entity listed in 
Annex 2 or Annex 3, the scope of coverage and threshold for such entity applies.GPA/MOD/KOR/21  
 
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 ANNEX 3  
OTHER ENTITIES  
Threshold s: 
Goods       SDR 400,000  
 
Services      SDR 400,000  
 
Construction Services     SDR 15,000,000  
List of Entities:  
1. Korea Development Bank;  
2. Industrial Bank of Korea;  
3. Korea Minting, Security Printing and ID Card Operating Corporation ; 
4. Korea Electric Power Corporation (except purchases of products in the categories of 
HS Nos. 8504, 8535, 8537 and 8544) (Note 3);  
5. Korea Coal Corporation;  
6. Korea Resources Corporation;  
7. Korea National Oil Corporation;  
8. Korea Trade -Investment Promotion Agency;  
9. Korea  Expressway Corporation;  
10. Korea Land and Housing Corporation;  
11. Korea Water Resources Corporation;  
12. Korea Rural Community Corporation;  
13. Korea Agro -Fisheries Trad e Corporation;  
14. Korea Tourism Organization;  
15. Korea Workers ' Compensation & Welfare Service ; 
16. Korea Gas Corporation (Note 3);  
17. Korea Railroad Corporation;  
18. Korea Rail Network Authority  (Note 4) ; 
19. Seoul Metro ; 
20. Incheon Transit Corporatio n; 
21. Busan Transportation Corporation ; 
22. Daegu Metropolitan Transit Corporation ; 
23. Daejeon Metropolitan Express Transit Corporation ; 
24. Gwangju Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation . 
Notes to Annex 3  
1. This Agreement does not apply to any set -asides for small - and medium -sized businesses 
according to  the Act on the Management of Public Institutions, the Rule on Contract Business of 
Public Institutions and Quasi -governmental Institutions, the Local Public  Enterprises Act and the 
Enforcement Regulations of the Local Public Enterprises Act.  
2. This Agreement does not cover procurement of the transportation services that form a part 
of, or are incidental to, a procurement contract . 
 
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