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GPA/MOD/JPN/64 
6 September 2011 
 (11-4342) 
Committee on Government Procurement Original:   English 
  
 
PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS TO APPENDIX I OF JAPAN 
 
Communication from Japan pursuant to Article XXIV:6(a)
1 of the GPA 
  
 The following communication, dated 1 September 2011, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of Japan.  
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1. Pursuant to Article XXIV, paragraph 6(a) of the WTO Agreement on Government 
Procurement (hereinafter "the Agreement"), the Government of Japan hereby notifies the Committee 
on Government Procurement of the following modifi cations relating to its Annex 3 of Appendix I of 
the Agreement: 
 - Delete " Employment and Human Resources Development Organization of Japan " 
from " List of Entities (Group A) " and " List of Entities which procure the service 
specified in Annex 4 (Group A) " respectively. 
  - Add " Japan Organization for Employment of the Elderly, Persons with Disabilities 
and Job Seekers " in " List of Entities (Group A) " and " List of Entities which procure 
the services, specified in Annex 4 (Group A) ". 
 2. The above modifications are the results of th e following changes.  In  accordance with the 
provisions of the Law on the Abolishment of Employment and Human Resources Development 
Organization of Japan, the  Employment and Human Resources Development Organization of Japan  
will be abolished as of 1 October 2011.  Its activ ities will be succeeded by  the following entities: 
 - Activities for human resources development will be succeeded by the Japan 
Organization for Employment of the Eld erly, Persons with Disabilities and Job 
Seekers , which is an entity to be listed unde r Group A of Annex 3 upon modification. 
  - Activities promoting workers' property accumulation will be succeeded by the 
Organization for Workers Retirem ent Allowance Mutual Aid , which is an entity under 
Group A of Annex 3. 
                                                      
1 Article XXIV:6(a) reads as follows:  Rectifications or Modifications   (a) Rectifications, transfers of 
an entity from one Annex to another or, in exceptiona l cases, other modifications relating to Appendices I 
through IV shall be notified to the Committee, along with information as to the likely consequences of the 
change for the mutually agreed coverage provided in this  Agreement.  If the rectifi cations, transfers or other 
modifications are of a purely formal or minor nature, th ey shall become effective pr ovided there is no objection 
within 30 days.  In other cases, the Chairman of the Committee shall promptly convene a meeting of the 
Committee.  The Committee shall consider the proposal and any claim for compensato ry adjustments, with a 
view to maintaining a balance of rights and obligations and a comparable level of mutually agreed coverage 
provided in this Agreement prior to such notification.  In the event of agreement not being reached, the matter 
may be pursued in accordance with th e provisions contained in Article XXII . GPA/MOD/JPN/64 
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  - Activities concerning subsidies for employment management will be succeeded by 
Prefectural Labour Offices , which is an independent orga n of the Ministry of Health, 
Labour and Welfare (MHLW) listed in Annex 1. 
 
3. These modifications do not alter the level of th e mutually agreed coverage provided in the 
Agreement. 
4. Attachment A to this document shows (in strike out and underlining) the modifications to the 
corresponding pages of Annex 3 (pages 1/5 and 3/5) of Appendix I, based on this notification by the 
Government of Japan.  Attachment B indicates how these pages would appear after the proposed 
modifications have been made.
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2 Attachments A and B are in English only. GPA/MOD/JPN/64 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 1/5
 
 
29 April 2010 (WT/Let/673) ATTACHMENT A 
 
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 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 
- Japan Organization for Employment of the Elderly, 
Persons with Disabilities and Job Seekers 
- Okinawa Development Finance Corporation 
- Japan Finance Corporation 
- Japan Housing Finance Agency - Japan Finance Organization for Municipalities 
- Development Bank of Japan Inc. 
- 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
 
 
29 April 2010 (WT/Let/673)  Services  (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 
 
 
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 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 
- Japan Organization for Employment of the Elderly, 
Persons with Disabilities and Job Seekers 
- Okinawa Development Finance Corporation 
- Japan Finance Corporation 
- Japan Housing Finance Agency - Japan Finance Organization for Municipalities 
- Development Bank of Japan Inc. 
- 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/64 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 1/5
 
 
... 2011 (WT/Let/...)  ATTACHMENT B 
 
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 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 
- Japan Organization for Employment of the Elderly, 
Persons with Disabilities and Job Seekers 
- Okinawa Development Finance Corporation 
- Japan Finance Corporation - Japan Housing Finance Agency 
- Japan Finance Organization for Municipalities 
- Development Bank of Japan Inc. - 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/64 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 3/5
 
 
... 2011 (WT/Let/...)  Services  (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 
 
 
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 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 
- Japan Organization for Employment of the Elderly, 
Persons with Disabilities and Job Seekers 
- Okinawa Development Finance Corporation 
- Japan Finance Corporation - Japan Housing Finance Agency 
- Japan Finance Organization for Municipalities 
- Development Bank of Japan Inc. - 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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