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ORGANIZATIONGPA/W/125
14 December 2000
(00-5466)
Committee on Government Procurement Original:  English
CHANGES IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF QUALIFICATION
PROCEDURES OF JAPAN
Notification from Japan under Article XXIV:5(b) of the GPA
The following notification from the Permanent Mission of Japan was received on
12 December 2000, with the request that it be circulated to the Parties to the Agreement on
Government Procurement.  In accordance with Ar ticle XXIV:5(b), "each Party shall inform the
Committee of any changes in its laws and regulations relevant to this Agreement and in theadministration of such laws and regulations".
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Pursuant to Article XXIV, paragraph 5(b) of the WTO Agreement on Government
Procurement, the Government of Japan wishes to inform the Committee on Government Procurement
of changes in the administration of qualification procedures.
This notification is based on the fact that Japan will introduce unified qualification procedures
for registered suppliers and establish a unified list of registered suppliers regarding procurement of
goods and services by central government entities, except for public works, to be effective on andafter 1 April 2001.GPA/W/125
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Unified enforcement of the verification of qualifications for participation in competitive
contracts and documentation of a list of parties who meet the qualifications.
15 December 2000
Director of Accounts Division of the General A ffairs Department of the House of Representatives
Takuseki Okumura
Director of Accounts Division of the General Affairs Department of the House of Councillors
Asao Suzuki
Chief of Accounts Division of the Administrati ve Department of the National Diet Library
Kazunari Matsuo
Director of Financial Bureau of the General Secretariat of the Supreme Court
Hironobu Takesaki
Director of Accounts Division, Secretariat, Board of Audit
Haruo Morosawa
Director of Accounts Division, Minister 's Secretariat, Prime Minister's Office
Shunichi Uchida
Chief of Finance Division of the Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Justice
Tetsuo Ito
Director of Financial Affairs Division of the Minister's Secretariat, Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Masato Kitera
Chief of Accounts Division of the Minist er's Secretariat, Ministry of Finance
Junichi Naito
Chief of Budget and Accounts Division of the Minister's Secretariat, Ministry for Education
Tamotsu Tokunaga
Chief of Accounts Division of the Minister's Secretariat, Ministry for Health and Welfare
Shinji Asonuma
Chief of Accounting Division of the Minister's Secretariat, Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry and
Fisheries
Mitsuhiro Yokoyama
Chief of Budget and Account Division of the Minister's Secretariat, Ministry for International Trade
and Industry
Makoto Nakajima
Director of Budget and Accounts  Division of the Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Transport
Kenichirou Hirata
Director-General of Finance Department of the Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Posts and
Telecommunications
Hideo ShimizuGPA/W/125
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Chief of Finance Division of the Minister's Secretariat, Ministry for Labour
Akira Oishi
Director of Budget and Accounts Division of the Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Construction
Takahiro Shibata
Director of Financial Affairs Division of the Mini ster's Secretariat, Ministry of Home Affairs
Satoshi Yoshida
With regard to the verification of qualifications for participation in competitions currently
executed by each ministry or agency, qualifications for participation in open tendering (selective
tendering) for contracts that are not for public works (e.g. manufacture and sale of goods) and a list ofparties who meet the qualifications shall be as fo llows for the qualifications which will be effective on
1 April 2001.  Such is an attempt to lighten the burd en to the parties wishing to participate in the
competitions and to make the administrative affairs simple and effective.
1. Qualifications for participation in open tendering (selective tendering) as prescribed by
the chief of each ministry or agency
The qualification requirements for participation in open tendering (selective tendering) are
those which are commonly effective to each ministry or agency (hereinafter referred to as "unified
qualifications") concerning the standard and ranking, etc. in the verification at each ministry or
agency indicated in 6 below (hereinafter referred to as "each ministry or agency").
2. List of parties who meet the unified qualifications
A list of parties who meet the unified qualification shall be the unified list, which is common
to each ministry or agency.
3. Applications of parties wishing to participat e in competitions executed by each ministry
or agency
Applications can be filed by hand, by mail or via the Internet, and applicants should submit
the application forms to one of the places where applications are received by one of those methods.
4. Types of contracts on which the unified qualifications will be effective
Each qualification for each contract of "manufacture of product", "sale of product", "offer of
services, etc." or "purchase of product".
5. Effective date of the unified qualifications
It applies to qualifications that will be effective on 1 April 2001.
6. Ministries and agencies in which the unified  qualifications will be effective (names of
ministries and agencies after the realignment of central ministries and agencies in
January 2001)
The House of Representatives, the House of Councillors, the National Diet Library, the
Supreme Court, the Board of Audit, the Cabinet, the National Personnel Authority, the CabinetOffice, the Imperial Household Agency, the National Public Safety Commission (National Police
Agency), the Defense Agency, the Financial Services Agency, the Ministry of Public Management,
Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology,GPA/W/125
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the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the Mini stry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the
Ministry of Environment.  Also included are external bureaus and attached organizations and other
organizations and local branches or bureaus.
7. Others
With regard to the method for filing applications for verification of qualifications, etc. based
on this case, "a notice on the qualifications for participation in competitions" shall be published in the
separate Kanp ō.
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