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ORGANISATION MONDIALE DU COMMERCE  
ORGANIZACIÓN MUNDIAL DEL COMERCIO  
 
 
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Reference:    WLI/100                      27 April 2012 
 
 
  
 
  
 
 
AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT 
DONE AT MARRAKESH ON 15 APRIL 1994 
 
CERTIFICATION OF MODIFICATIONS TO THE AGREEMENT 
 
TRANSMISSION OF CERTIFIED TR UE COPIES OF REPLACEMENT PAGES 
IN THE LOOSE-LEAF SYSTEM FOR APPENDICES CONTAINING 
THE CERTIFIED MODIFICATIONS 
 
 
 I have the honour to furnish herewith a certifi ed true copy of replacement pages 2/5 and 4/5 of 
Annex 3 to Appendix I containing the certified modifications. 
 
 The modifications concern Japan  and are effective as of 8 April 2012 . 
 
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
             P a s c a l  L a m y  
         D i r e c t o r - G e n e r a l  
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 
1 2 - 2 2 4 6           W T / L e t / 8 5 1   
 
 
  
 
 
 
AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT 
DONE AT MARRAKESH ON 15 APRIL 1994 
 
CERTIFICATION OF MODIFICATIONS 
  
 It is hereby certified that the modifications to Annex 3 to Appendix I of the Agreement on Government Procurement (1994) concerning Japan , which were notified to the Committee on 
Government Procurement (GPA/MOD/JPN/67) pursuant  to the procedures of Article XXIV:6, became 
effective as of 8 April 2012 . 
 
 Pursuant to the Decision of the Commi ttee on Government Procurement adopted on 
4 June 1996 regarding the establishment of a loose-le af system with legal effect to periodically update 
the Appendices to the Agreement on Government  Procurement (GPA/M/2) and procedures with 
respect to the modifications to the loose-leaf sy stem (GPA/M/5), these modifications are contained in 
the attached replacement pages to the loose-leaf sy stem.  Accordingly, the attached pages replace 
pages 2/5 and 4/5 of Annex 3 to Appendix I of Japan  in the Loose-Leaf System of Appendices in 
conformity with the aforementioned Decisions.  
 This notification is furnished in accordance with paragraph 14 of Article XXIV of the 
Agreement.  
 This Certification is deposited with the Dire ctor-General of the Worl d Trade Organization, who 
shall promptly furnish a certified true copy to each Party to the Agreement on Government 
Procurement.  It shall be registered in accordance wi th the provisions of Article 102 of the Charter of 
the United Nations. 
  Done at Geneva this fifteenth day of April, two thousand and twelve. 
 
  
 
  
 Pascal Lamy 
 
 
 Certified true copy: 
 
  
 
  
 
 Director-General
 
  
  
 
APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 2/5
 
 
 
8 April 2012 (WT/Let/851)  
Supplies  (cont'd)  
 
- Japan Arts Council - Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 
- University of the Air Foundation 
- National Agency for the Advancement of Sports 
and Health 
- Health Insurance Claims Review & 
Reimbursement Services 
- National Center for Persons with Severe 
Intellectual Disabilities, Nozominosono 
- Japan Racing Association 
- Mutual Aid Association of Agriculture, Forestry 
and Fishery Corporation Personnel 
- The National Association of Racing 
- Farmers' Pension Fund 
- Keirin Promotion Association (A juridical 
person designated as such pursuant to the 
Bicycle Racing Law) 
- Japan External Trade Organization - Motorcycle Racing Promotion Association (A 
juridical person designated as such pursuant to 
the Auto Racing Law) 
- New Energy and Industrial Technology 
 Development Organization 
- Japan Alcohol Corporation 
- Japan National Tourist Organization 
- The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and 
Training 
- Mutual Aid Fund for Official Casualties and 
Retirement of Volunteer Firemen 
- Corporation for Advanced Transport and 
Technology (e) 
- The Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation for 
Private Schools of Japan 
- Organization for Workers' Retirement 
 Allowance Mutual Aid  
2. Group B 
 - National Archives of Japan 
- National Institute of Information and 
Communications Technology 
- National Research In stitute of Brewing 
- National Center for University Entrance 
Examinations 
- National Institute of Special Needs Education 
 - National Institution for Youth Education 
- National Women's Education Center 
- National Museum of Nature and Science 
- National Institute for Materials Science 
- National Research Institute for Earth Science and 
Disaster Prevention 
- National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan 
- National Institute of Radiological Sciences 
- National Museum of Art - National Institutes for Cultural Heritage 
- National Center for Teachers' Development 
- National Institute of Health and Nutrition - National Institute of Occupational Safety and 
Health 
- Food and Agricultural Materials Inspection Center - National Center for Seeds and Seedlings 
- National Livestock Breeding Center 
- National Agriculture and Food Research 
Organization 
- National Fisheries University 
- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences - National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences 
- Japan International Research Center for 
Agricultural Sciences 
- Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute 
- Fisheries Research Agency - Research Institute of Ec onomy, 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 - Japan Health Insurance Association 
- Japan Pension Service 
- National Cancer Center - National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center 
- National Center for Neurology and Psychiatry 
- National Center for Global Health and Medicine - National Center for Child Health and Development 
- National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology  
 
APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 4/5
 
 
 
8 April 2012 (WT/Let/851)  
Services  (cont'd)  
 
- Japan Freight Railway Company (a)(g) - Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Co. (f)(g) 
- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Co. (f)(g) 
- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Co. 
(f)(g) 
- 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 
- Japan Arts Council - Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 
- University of the Air Foundation 
- National Agency for the Advancement of Sports 
and Health 
- Health Insurance Claims Review & 
Reimbursement Services 
- National Center for Persons with Severe 
Intellectual Disabilities, Nozominosono 
- Japan Racing Association 
- Mutual Aid Association of Agriculture, Forestry 
and Fishery Corporation Personnel 
- The National Association of Racing 
- Farmers' Pension Fund 
- Keirin Promotion Association (A juridical 
person designated as such pursuant to the 
Bicycle Racing Law) 
- Japan External Trade Organization - Motorcycle Racing Promotion Association (A 
juridical person designated as such pursuant to 
the Auto Racing Law) 
- New Energy and Industrial Technology 
Development Organization 
- Japan Alcohol Corporation - Japan National Tourist Organization 
- The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and 
Training 
- Mutual Aid Fund for Official Casualties and 
Retirement of Volunteer Firemen 
- Corporation for Advanced Transport and 
Technology (e) 
- The Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation for 
Private Schools of Japan 
- Organization for Workers' Retirement 
 Allowance Mutual Aid  2. Group B 
 
- National Archives of Japan 
- National Institute of Information and 
Communications Technology 
- National Research In stitute of Brewing 
- National Center for University Entrance 
Examinations 
- National Institute of Special Needs Education - National Institution for Youth Education 
- National Women's Education Center 
- National Museum of Nature and Science - National Institute for Materials Science 
- National Research Institute for Earth Science and 
Disaster Prevention 
- National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan 
- National Institute of Radiological Sciences 
- National Museum of Art - National Institutes for Cultural Heritage 
- National Center for Teachers' Development 
- National Institute of Health and Nutrition - National Institute of Occupational Safety and 
Health 
- Food and Agricultural Materials Inspection Center 
- National Center for Seeds and Seedlings 
- National Livestock Breeding Center - National Agriculture and Food Research 
Organization 
- National Fisheries University - National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences 
- National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences 
- Japan International Research Center for 
Agricultural Sciences 
- Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute 
- Japan Health Insurance Association - Japan Pension Service 
- National Cancer Center 
- National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center - National Center for Neurology and Psychiatry 
- National Center for Global Health and Medicine 
- National Center for Child Health and Development - National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology 
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