WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION  
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DU COMMERCE  
ORGANIZACIÓN MUNDIAL DEL COMERCIORESTRICTED 
GPA/O/RFO/HKG/1 
9 March 2012 
 (12-1373) 
Committee on Government Procurement Original:   English/ 
 anglais/  inglés 
 
 
RECTIFIED FINAL OFFER OF HONG KONG, CHINA IN THE 
NEGOTIATIONS UNDER ARTICLE XXIV:7 OF THE 
AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT 
 
Communication from Hong Kong, China
1 
 
 
 The following submission, dated 7 March 2012, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Hong Kong, China. 
 
 Comité des marchés publics  
 
 
OFFRE FINALE RECTIFIÉE DE HONG KONG, CHINE DANS LES 
NÉGOCIATIONS AU TITRE DE L'ARTICLE XXIV:7 DE 
L'ACCORD SUR LES MARCHÉS PUBLICS 
 
Communication de Hong Kong, Chine
1 
 
 
 La communication ci-après, datée du 7 mars 2012, est distribuée à la demande de la délégation de Hong Kong, Chine. 
 
 Comité de Contratación Pública 
  
OFERTA FINAL RECTIFICADA PRESENTADA POR HONG KONG, CHINA  
EN LAS NEGOCIACIONES PREVISTAS EN EL PÁRRAFO 7 
DEL ARTÍCULO XXIV DEL ACUERDO SOBRE  
CONTRATACIÓN PÚBLICA 
 
Comunicación de Hong Kong, China
1 
 
  La siguiente comunicación, de fecha 7 de ma rzo de 2012, se distribuye a petición de la 
delegación de Hong Kong, China. 
 
                                                      
1 In English only./En anglais seulement./En ingles solamente. GPA/O/RFO/HKG/1 
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  RECTIFIED  FINAL OFFER OF HONG KONG, CHINA 
  
  This document comprises the Rectified Fina l Appendix I Offer of Hong Kong, China in the 
Negotiations under Article XXIV:7 of the 1994 Ag reement on Government Procurement.  The 
changes that have been incorporated are set  out in track-changes format in document 
GPA/O/V/HKG/2. 
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  HONG KONG, CHINA 
 
(Authentic in the English Language only) 
  
ANNEX 1 
 
Central Government Entities 
 
 
Threshold : 130,000 SDR for goods and services 
 5,000,000 SDR for construction services   List of Entities : 
1. Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department 
2. Architectural Services Department 3. Audit Commission 4. Auxiliary Medical Service  5. Buildings Department 6. Census and Stat istics Department 
7. Chief Executive's Office (Note) 
8. Civil Aid Service  9. Civil Aviation Department 10. Civil Engineering and Development Department 
11. Companies Registry 
12. Correctional Services Department 
13. Customs and Excise Department 14. Department of Health 15. Department of Justice 16. Drainage Services Department 17. Electrical and Mechanical Services Department 
18. Environmental Protection Department 
19. Fire Services Department 20. Food and Environmental Hygiene Department 21. Government Flying Service 22. Government Laboratory 
23. Government Logistics Department 
24. Government Property Agency 25. Government Secretariat 26. Highways Department 27. Home Affairs Department 28. Hong Kong Monetary Authority 
29. Hong Kong Observatory 
30. Hong Kong Police Force (including Ho ng Kong Auxiliary Police Force) 
31. Hongkong Post 32. Immigration Department 33. Independent Commission Against Corruption 
34. Independent Police Complaints Council 
35. Information Services Department 36. Inland Revenue Department 37. Intellectual Pr operty Department  GPA/O/RFO/HKG/1 
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  38. Invest Hong Kong 
39. Joint Secretariat for the Advisory Bodies on Civil Service and Judicial Salari es and Conditions 
 of Service 40. Judiciary 41. Labour Department 
42. Land Registry 
43. Lands Department 44. Legal Aid Department 45. Leisure and Cultural Services Department 46. Marine Department 
47. Office of the Ombudsman 
48. Office of the Telecommunications Authority 49. Official Receiver's Office 
50. Planning Department 51. Public Service Commission 
52. Radio Television Hong Kong 
53. Rating and Valuation Department 54. Registration and Electoral Office 55. Secretariat, Commissione r on Interception of Commun ications and Surveillance 
56. Social Welfare Department 57. Student Financial Assistance Agency 
58. Television and Entertai nment Licensing Authority 
59. Trade and Industry Department 60. Transport Department 61. Treasury 62. University Grants Committee Secretariat 
63. Water Supplies Department 
 
 Note to Annex 1 
 
 This Agreement does not cover the procurem ent of armoured car services (CPC 87304) and 
telecommunications and related services (CPC 752+754) by th e Chief Executive's Office. GPA/O/RFO/HKG/1 
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  ANNEX 2 
 
Sub-Central Entities 
 
 
 Hong Kong, China has no Annex 2 entities.  GPA/O/RFO/HKG/1 
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  ANNEX 3 
 
Other Entities 
 
 
Threshold : 400,000 SDR for goods and services 
 5,000,000 SDR for construction services   
List of Entities : 
1. Airport Authority 
2. Hospital Authority 
3. Housing Authority and Housing Department 
4. Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation 5. MTR Corporation Limited  GPA/O/RFO/HKG/1 
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  ANNEX 4 
 
Goods 
 
  This Agreement covers all goods.  GPA/O/RFO/HKG/1 
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  ANNEX 5 
 
Services 
 
 
 This Agreement covers the following services, which are identified in accordance with the 
United Nations Provisional Central Product Cl assification (CPC) and that is found at:  
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/cr/r egistry/regcst.asp?Cl=9&Lg=1 : 
 CPC 
1. Computer and Related Services   
- Data base and processing services 843+844 - Maintenance and repair service of office 
machinery and equipment including computers 845 
- Other computer services 849 
2. Rental/Leasing Services Without Operators   
- Relating to ships 83103 - Relating to aircraft 83104 
- Relating to other transport equipment 83101+83102+83105 
- Relating to other machinery and equipment 83106+83109 3. Other Business Services   
- Maintenance and repair of equipment (not 
including maritime vessel s, aircraft or other 
transport equipment) 633+8861-8866 
- Market research & public opinion polling 
services 864 
- Armoured car services 87304 
- Building-cleaning services 874 - Advertising services 871 
- Services incidental to forestry and logging 8814 
- Services incidental to mining 883 4. Courier Services  7512  
5. Telecommunications and Related Services  (Note 1) 
- Telecommunications services 752 - Telecommunications-r elated services 754 
6. Environmental Services   
- Sewage services 9401 - Refuse disposal services 9402 - Sanitation and si milar services 9403 
- Cleaning services of exhaust gases 9404 GPA/O/RFO/HKG/1 
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  - Nature and landscape protection services 9406 
7. Financial Services  ex 81 
(exceptions are set out in Note 2) 
- All insurance and insurance-related services  
- Banking and other financial services  8. Transport Services   
- Air transport services 
 (excluding trans portation of mail) 731, 732, 734 
- Road transport services 712, 6112, 8867 
 
 
Notes to Annex 5  
1. Operators of telecommunications and rela ted services may requi re licensing under the 
Telecommunication Ordinance.  Operators applying for the licences are required to be established in 
Hong Kong under the Companies Ordinance. 
2. This Agreement does not cove r the following Financial Services: 
1. CPC 81402  
Insurance and pension consultancy services 
2. CPC 81339  
Money broking 
3. CPC 8119+81323  
Asset management, such as cash or portf olio management, all forms of collective 
investment management, pension fund mana gement, custodial depository and trust 
services. 
4. CPC 81339 or 81319  
Settlement and clearing services for fina ncial assets, including securities, derivative 
products, and other negot iable instruments. 
5. CPC 8131 or 8133  
Advisory and other auxiliary financial se rvices on all the activities listed in 
subparagraphs 5(a)(v) to (xvi) in the A nnex on Financial Services to the General 
Agreement on Trade in Services, including credit reference and analysis, investment and portfolio research and advice, advice on acquisitions and on corporate restructuring 
and strategy. 
 6.  CPC 81339+81333+81321  
Trading for own account or for account of customers, whether on an exchange, in an 
over-the-counter market or otherwise, the following:  GPA/O/RFO/HKG/1 
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  - money market instruments (cheques, bills, certificate of deposits, etc.); 
- foreign exchange; 
- derivative products including, but not limited to, futures and options; 
- exchange rate and interest rate instru ments, including products such as swaps, 
forward rate agreement, etc.; 
- transferable securities;  and - other negotiable instruments and financial assets, including bullion. GPA/O/RFO/HKG/1 
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  ANNEX 6 
 
Construction Services 
 
 
 This Agreement covers all construction serv ices of Division 51 of the United Nations 
Provisional Central Pr oduct Classification. 
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  ANNEX 7 
 
General Notes 
 
GENERAL CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO ENTITIES AND SERVICES 
SPECIFIED IN ANNEXES 1 TO 6 
1. This Agreement does not cover: 
- All consultancy and franchise arrangements; - Transportation of mail by air;  and 
- Statutory insurances including third party liab ility in respect of vehicles and vessels and 
employer's liability insurance in respect of employees. 
2. Hong Kong, China shall not be obliged to perm it the supply of services covered by this 
Agreement cross-border, or through commercial pr esence or the presence of natural persons. 
 
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