RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE GPA/W/31
5December 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-5106)
Original: English Committee onGovernment Procurement
MODIFICATIONS TOAPPENDIX IOFJAPAN
Communication from Japan
Thefollowing communication, dated 3December 1996, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Representative ofJapan, withtherequest thatitbecirculated totheParties totheAgreement on
Government Procurement (1994). Themodification communicated below willbecome effective 30days
from thedateofissue ofthisdocument provided there isnoobjection.
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PursuanttoArticleXXIV,paragraph6(a)oftheWTOAgreementonGovernmentProcurement,
theGovernment ofJapan wishes tonotify theCommittee onGovernment Procurement thefollowing
rectifications ofapurely formal nature relating toAnnex 3inAppendix IoftheWTO Agreement on
Government Procurement:
Delete "-Social Development Research Institute" from "List ofEntities" regarding
supplies and"List ofEntities which procure theservices, specified inAnnex 4",
respectively.
Thisrectificationisbasedonthefactthat"SocialDevelopmentResearchInstitute"wasabolished
asof1December 1996 anditsfunction wastransferred totheNational Institute ofPopulation and
Social Security Research asanattached organization oftheMinistry ofHealth andWelfare, which
isalready listed inAnnex 1inAppendix IofthisAgreement. Therefore, sucharectification does
notalterthecoverage which hasmutually beenagreed upon.