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ORGANIZATION  GPA/MOD/JPN/34 
20 February 2009 
 (09-0941) 
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 20 February  2009, from the Delegation of Japan is being 
circulated to the Parties to the Agreement on Government Procurement.  
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1. Pursuant to Article XXIV, paragraph 6(a) of the Agreement on Government Procurement (the 
Agreement), the Government of Japan hereby no tifies the Committee on Government Procurement of 
the following proposed modifications of a purely fo rmal nature relating to its Annexes 1 and 3 of 
Appendix I of the Agreement: 
Annex 1 
 
 - Delete Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport from "List of Entities" and 
"List of Entities which procure the services, specified in Annex 4". 
 
 - Add Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism to "List of Entities" and 
"List of Entities which procure the services, specified in Annex 4". 
 
Annex 3 
 
 - Delete "National Life Finance Corpora tion", "Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 
Finance Corporation", "Japan Finance Cor poration for Small and Medium Enterprise" 
and "Japan Bank for International Coopera tion" from "List of Entities (Group A)" and 
"List of Entities which procure the services, specified in Annex 4 (Group A)". 
  - Add "Japan Finance Corporation" to "List of Entities (Group A)" and "List of Entities 
which procure the services, specified in Annex 4 (Group A)". 
 
                                                     
 
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/34 
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2. The above modifications are the results of the following changes: 
 (1) "Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport" was renamed as of 8 January 2008.  
The proposed modification does not alter the level of the mutually agreed coverage provided under the Agreement. 
 
 (2) "National Life Finance Corporation", "A griculture, Forestry and Fisheries Finance 
Corporation", "Japan Finance Corporati on for Small and Medium Enterprise" and 
"Japan Bank for International Coopera tion"(JBIC) were merged into a new 
organization called "Japan Finance Co rporation" which was established on 
1 October 2008, according to the Japan Fina nce Corporation Law.  All activities of 
the former entities, except overseas economic  cooperation operations of the former 
JBIC, are conducted by the Japan Finance Corporation. 
  (3) Overseas economic cooperation operations  of the former JBIC are conducted by 
Japan International Cooperation Agency (J ICA) according to the "Law Amending 
Part of JICA Law" enforced from 1 Octobe r 2008.  As the JICA remains as an entity 
covered by Annex 3, these modifications do not  alter the level of the mutually agreed 
coverage provided under the Agreement. 
 3. Attachment A to this document shows the modifications proposed by Japan in this 
communication to the corresponding pages of Annex 1 (page 1/3) and Annex 3 (pages 1/5 and 3/5) of 
Appendix I.  Attachment B indicates how these pa ges of Annexes 1 and 3 of Japan's Appendix I 
would appear after the proposed modifications in  this communication have been made.  (The 
underlined entity in both Attachments A and B is the entity that is newly added.)
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2 Attachments A and B are in English only. GPA/MOD/JPN/34 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 1 Page 1/3
 
 
 
7 February 2007 (WT/Let/5 64) ATTACHMENT A 
 
 
JAPAN 
 
(Authentic in the English language only) 
 
 
ANNEX 1 
 
Central Government Entities wh ich Procure in Accordance 
with the Provisions of this Agreement  
 
 
Supplies  
 
Threshold : 
 130 thousand SDR 
 
List of Entities : 
 
All entities covered by the Accounts Law as 
follows: 
 
- House of Representatives - House of Councillors 
- Supreme Court 
- Board of Audit - Cabinet 
- National Personnel Authority 
- Cabinet Office - Imperial Household Agency 
- National Public Safety Commission 
 (National Police Agency) - Financial Services Agency 
- Ministry of Internal Affairs and
 Communications - Ministry of Justice 
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
- Ministry of Finance - Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science 
 and Technology 
- Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare 
 - Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 
- Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry 
-
 Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transpo rt 
- Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and 
Tourism  
- Ministry of Environment 
- Ministry of Defense  
Services  
 
Threshold : 
 Construction services :  4,500 thousand SDR 
 
Architectural, engineering 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 : 
 
All entities covered by the Accounts Law as follows: 
 
- House of Representatives - House of Councillors 
- Supreme Court 
- Board of Audit 
- Cabinet 
- National Personnel Authority - Cabinet Office 
- Imperial Household Agency 
- National Public Safety Commission  (National Police Agency) 
 GPA/MOD/JPN/34 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 1/5
 
 
4 December 2008 (WT/Let/637/Corr.1)  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 Green Resources Agency 
- 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 
- Okinawa Development Finance Corporation 
-
 National Life Finance Corporation  
- Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Finance 
Corporation  
- Japan Finance Corpor ation for Small and Medium 
Enterprise  
- Japan Finance Corporation  
- Housing Loan Corporation - Japan Finance Corporation for Municipal 
Enterprises 
- Development Bank of Japan -
 Japan Bank for International Cooperation  
- 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/34 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 3/5
 
 
4 December 2008 (WT/Let/637/Corr.1)  Supplies (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 
- National Institute of Multimedia Education 
 
 
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 Green Resources Agency 
- 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 
- Okinawa Development Finance Corporation 
-
 National Life Finance Corporation  
- Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Finance 
Corporation  
- Japan Finance Corporation for Small and Medium 
Enterprises  
- Japan Finance Corporation  
- Housing Loan Corporation 
- Japan Finance Corporation for Municipal 
Enterprises 
- Development Bank of Japan 
- Japan Bank for International Cooperation  
- 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/34 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 1 Page 1/3
 
 
... 2009 (WT/Let/...)  ATTACHMENT B 
 
JAPAN 
 
(Authentic in the English language only) 
 
 
ANNEX 1 
 
Central Government Entities wh ich Procure in Accordance 
with the Provisions of this Agreement  
  
Supplies  
 
Threshold : 
 130 thousand SDR 
 
List of Entities : 
 
All entities covered by the Accounts Law as 
follows:  
- House of Representatives 
- House of Councillors - Supreme Court 
- Board of Audit 
- Cabinet - National Personnel Authority 
- Cabinet Office 
- Imperial Household Agency - National Public Safety Commission 
 (National Police Agency) 
- Financial Services Agency 
- Ministry of Internal Affairs and
 Communications - Ministry of Justice 
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
- Ministry of Finance - Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science 
 and Technology 
- Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare  - Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 
- Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry 
- Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and 
Tourism  
- Ministry of Environment 
- Ministry of Defense 
 
Services  
 
Threshold : 
 
Construction services :  4,500 thousand SDR 
 Architectural, engineering 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 : 
 
All entities covered by the Accounts Law as 
follows:  
- House of Representatives 
- House of Councillors - Supreme Court 
- Board of Audit 
- Cabinet - National Personnel Authority 
- Cabinet Office 
- Imperial Household Agency - National Public Safety Commission 
 (National Police Agency) 
 GPA/MOD/JPN/34 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 1/5
 
 
... 2009 (WT/Let/...)  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 Green Resources Agency 
- 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 
- Okinawa Development Finance Corporation 
- Japan Finance Corporation
 
- Housing Loan Corporation 
- Japan Finance Corporation for Municipal 
Enterprises 
- Development Bank of Japan 
- 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/34 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 3 Page 3/5
 
 
... 2009 (WT/Let/...)  Supplies (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 
- National Institute of Multimedia Education 
 
 
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 Green Resources Agency 
- 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 
- Okinawa Development Finance Corporation 
- Japan Finance Corporation
 
- Housing Loan Corporation - Japan Finance Corporation for Municipal 
Enterprises 
- Development Bank of Japan - 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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