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Internet:  http://www.wto.orgReference:    WLI/100 3 October 2001
AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT
DONE AT MARRAKESH ON 15 APRIL 1994
CERTIFICATION OF REPLACEMENT PAGES OF THE LOOSE-LEAF SYSTEM
FOR APPENDICES TO THE AGREEMENT
TRANSMISSION OF CERTIFIED TRUE COPY
I have the honour to furnish herewith a certified true copy of the Certification of replacement
pages 1/5 to 5/5 of Annex 3;  page 1/1 of Annex 5;  and page 1/1 of General Notes of Appendix I ofJapan , effective as of 5 September 2001 .
   Mike Moore
Director-General
01-4961 WT/Let/400AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT
DONE AT MARRAKESH ON 15 APRIL 1994
CERTIFICATION OF MODIFICATIONS TO THE AGREEMENT
It is hereby certified that the modifications to Appendix I, Annex 3, Annex 5 and General
Notes of the Agreement on Government Procurement (1994) concerning Japan  which were notified
to the Committee on Government Procurement (GPA/W/129) pursuant to the procedures of
Article XXIV:6 became effective as of 5 September 2001 .
Pursuant to the Decision of the Committee on Government Procurement adopted on
4 June 1996 regarding the establishment of a loose-leaf system with legal effect to periodically update
the Appendices to the Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA/M/2) and procedures withrespect to the modifications to the loose-leaf system (GPA/M/5), these modifications are contained inthe attached replacement pages to the loose-leaf system.  Accordingly, the attached pages replacepages 1/5 to 5/5 of Annex 3; page 1/1 of Annex 5;  and page 1/1 of General Notes to Appendix I of
Japan in the Loose-Leaf System of Appendices in conformity with the afore-mentioned Decisions.
This notification is furnished in accordance with paragraph 14 of Article XXIV of the
Agreement.
This Certification is deposited with the Director-General of the World 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 with the provisions of Article 102 of the Charter of
the United Nations.
Done at Geneva this third day of October, two thousand and one.
Mike Moore
Certified true copy:
Director-GeneralAPPENDIX I JAPAN ANNEX 3 Page 1/5
5 September 2001 (WT/Let/400)JAPAN
(Authentic in the English language only)
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- Water Resources Development Public
Corporation
- Japan Regional Development Corporation
- Japan Green Resources Corporation- Japan National Oil Corporation (c)- Japan Railway Construction Public Corporation
(a) (d)
- New Tokyo International Airport Authority
- Japan Highway Public Corporation
- Metropolitan Expressway Public Corporation- Hanshin Expressway Public Corporation- Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Authority- Urban Development Corporation (a)
- Japan Science and Technology Corporation
- Japan Nuclear Cycle Development
Institute (b)
- Japan Environment Corporation- Japan International Cooperation Agency- Social Welfare and Medical Service Corporation
- Government Pension Investment Fund
- Agriculture and Livestock Industries
Corporation
- Metal Mining Agency of Japan (c)- Japan Small and Medium Enterprise Corporation- Postal Life Insurance Welfare Corporation
- Labour Welfare Corporation- 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 Business- Housing Loan Corporation- Japan Finance Corporation for Municipal
Enterprises
- Development Bank of Japan
- Japan Bank for International Cooperation
- Teito Rapid Transit Authority (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)
- Northern Territories Issue Association
- Japan Consumers Information Center- Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (b)- RIKEN (The Institute of Physical and Chemical
Research) (b)
- Pollution-Related Health Damage Compensation
Association
- Fund for the Promotion and Development of the
Amami Islands
- Japan Foundation- The Japan Scholarship FoundationAPPENDIX I JAPAN ANNEX 3 Page 2/5
5 September 2001 (WT/Let/400)Supplies  (cont'd)
- Japan Arts Council
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science- University of the Air Foundation
- National Stadium and School Health Center of
Japan
- Social Insurance Medical Fee Payment Fund- Association for Welfare of the Mentally and
Physically Handicapped
- Japan Racing Association
- Mutual Aid Association of Agriculture, Forestry
and Fishery Corporation Personnel
- The National Association of Racing- Farmers' Pension Fund- Japan Keirin Association
- Japan External Trade Organization
- Japan Motorcycle Racing Organization- New Energy and Industrial Technology
Development Organization
- Japan National Tourist Organization- Japan Institute of Labour
- 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
- Communications Research Laboratory- National Research Institute of Fire and Disaster- National Research Institute of Brewing- National Center for University Entrance
Examinations
- National Institute of Special Education
- National Olympics Memorial Youth Center- National Women's Education Center- National Youth Houses- National Children's Centers- The National Institute for Japanese Language- National Science Museum
- 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 Museum
- National Research Institute for Cultural Properties
- National Center for Teachers' Development- National Institute of Health and Nutrition- National Institute of Industrial Safety- National Institute of Industrial Health- Center for Food Quality, Labeling and Consumer
Services
- National Center for Seeds and Seedlings- National Livestock Breeding Center- Fertilizer and Feed Inspection Station- Agricultural Chemicals Inspection Station- National Farmers Academy
- Forest Tree Breeding Center
- National Salmon Resources Center- National Fisheries University- National Agricultural Research Organization- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences
- National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences
- National Institute for Rural Engineering- National Food Research Institute- Japan International Research Center for
Agricultural Sciences
- Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
- Fisheries Research Agency
- Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry- National Center for Industrial Property Information- 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 InstituteAPPENDIX I JAPAN ANNEX 3 Page 3/5
5 September 2001 (WT/Let/400)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 College
- National Institute for Sea Training- Schools for Seafarers Training- Civil Aviation College- National Institute for Environmental Studies
Services
Threshold :
Construction services :
15,000 thousand SDR for entities in Group A
4,500 thousand SDR for entities in Group B
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 :
1. Group A- Water Resources Development Public
Corporation
- Japan Regional Development Corporation
- Japan Green Resources Corporation- Japan National Oil Corporation (c)- Japan Railway Construction Public Corporation
(a) (d)
- New Tokyo International Airport Authority
- Japan Highway Public Corporation
- Metropolitan Expressway Public Corporation- Hanshin Expressway Public Corporation
- Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Authority- Urban Development Corporation (a)- Japan Science and Technology Corporation
- Japan Nuclear Cycle Development
Institute (b)
- Japan Environmental Corporation- Japan International Cooperation Agency- Social Welfare and Medical Service Corporation
- Government Pension Investment Fund
- Agriculture and Livestock Industries Corporation- Metal Mining Agency of Japan (c)- Japan Small and Medium Enterprise Corporation- Postal Life Insurance Welfare Corporation- Labour Welfare Corporation
- 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 Business
- Housing Loan Corporation- Japan Finance Corporation for Municipal
Enterprises
- Development Bank of Japan
- Japan Bank for International Cooperation
- Teito Rapid Transit Authority (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)- Japan Freight Railway Company (a)(g)- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Co. (f)(g)- Northern Territories Issue Association
- Japan Consumers Information CenterAPPENDIX I JAPAN ANNEX 3 Page 4/5
5 September 2001 (WT/Let/400)Services  (cont'd)
- Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (b)
- RIKEN (The Institute of Physical and Chemical
Research) (b)
- Pollution-Related Health Damage Compensation
Association
- Fund for the Promotion and Development of the
Amami Islands
- Japan Foundation
- The Japan Scholarship Foundation- Japan Arts Council- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science- University of the Air Foundation- National Stadium and School Health Center of
Japan
- Social Insurance Medical Fee Payment Fund- Association for Welfare of the Mentally and
Physically Handicapped
- Japan Racing Association- Mutual Aid Association of Agriculture, Forestry
and Fishery Corporation Personnel
- The National Association of Racing- Farmers' Pension Fund- Japan Keirin Association- Japan External Trade Organization
- Japan Motorcycle Racing Organization
- New Energy and Industrial Technology
Development Organization
- Japan National Tourist Organization- Japan Institute of Labour- 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
- Communications Research Laboratory
- National Research Institute of Fire and Disaster
- National Research Institute of Brewing- National Center for University Entrance
Examinations
- National Institute of Special Education
- National Olympics Memorial Youth Center- National Women's Education Center- National Youth Houses- National Children's Centers
- The National Institute for Japanese Language
- National Science Museum- 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 Museum- National Research Institute for Cultural Properties- National Center for Teachers' Development- National Institute of Health and Nutrition
- National Institute of Industrial Safety
- National Institute of Industrial Health- Center for Food Quality, Labeling and Consumer
Services
- National Center for Seeds and Seedlings
- National Livestock Breeding Center
- Fertilizer and Feed Inspection Station- Agricultural Chemicals Inspection Station- National Farmers Academy- Forest Tree Breeding Center- National Salmon Resources Center
- National Fisheries University
- National Agricultural Research Organization- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences- National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences- National Institute for Rural Engineering- National Food Research Institute
- Japan International Research Center for
Agricultural Sciences
- Forestry and Forest Products Research InstituteAPPENDIX I JAPAN ANNEX 3 Page 5/5
5 September 2001 (WT/Let/400)Services  (cont'd)
- Fisheries Research Agency
- Research Institute of Economy, Trade and
Industry
- National Center for Industrial Property
Information
- 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
- 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 College- National Institute for Sea Training- Schools for Seafarers Training
- Civil Aviation College
- National Institute for Environmental Studies
Notes to Annex 3
1. Products and services procured with a view to
resale or with a view to use in the production ofgoods for sale are not included.
2. This Agreement shall not apply to contracts to be
awarded to co-operatives or associations in
accordance with laws and regulations existing atthe time of the entry into force of this Agreementfor Japan.
3. This Agreement shall not apply to contracts which
the entities in Group A award for purposes of
their daily profit-making activities which areexposed to competitive forces in markets.  Thisnote shall not be used in a manner whichcircumvents the provisions of this Agreement.4. Notes to specific entities:
(a) Procurement related to operational safety of
transportation is not included.
(b) Procurement which could lead to the
disclosure of information incompatible withthe purpose of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons or withinternational agreements on intellectual
property rights is not included.  Procurement
for safety-related activities aiming atutilization and management of radioactivematerials and responding to emergencies ofnuclear installation is not included.
(c) Procurement related to geological and
geophysical survey is not included.
(d) Procurement of advertising services,
construction services and real estate services
is not included.
(e) Procurement of ships to be jointly owned
with private companies is not included.
(f) Procurement of public electrical tele-
communications equipment and of services
related to operational safety oftelecommunications is not included.
(g) Procurement of the services specified in
Annex 4, other than construction services, is
not included.APPENDIX I JAPAN ANNEX 5 Page 1/1
5 September 2001 (WT/Let/400)ANNEX 5
Construction Services
Definition :
A construction services contract is a contract  which has as its objective the realization by
whatever means of civil or building works, in  the sense of Division 51 of the Central Product
Classification (CPC).
List of Division 51, CPC :
All services listed in Division 51.
Threshold : 4,500 thousand SDR for entities set out in ANNEX 1;
15,000 thousand SDR for those in ANNEX 2;  and15,000 thousand SDR for those in Group A in ANNEX 3;  and
4,500 thousand SDR for those in Group B in ANNEX 3.APPENDIX 1 JAPAN GENERAL NOTES Page 1/1
5 September 2001 (WT/Let/400)GENERAL NOTES
1. For goods and services (including construction services) of Canada and suppliers of such goods
and services, this Agreement does not apply to procurement by the entities listed in Annexes 2 and 3
(except for those listed in Group B set out in Annex 3).
2. In case Parties do not apply Article XX to supplie rs or service providers of Japan in contesting
the award of contract by entities, Japan may not apply the Article to suppliers or service providers of the
Parties in contesting the award of contracts by the same kind of entities.
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