RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE GPA/W/63
1December 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-5272)
Original: English Committee onGovernment Procurement
MODIFICATIONS TOAPPENDIX IOFJAPAN
Notification from Japan under Article XXIV:6(a)
Thefollowing notification from thePermanent Mission ofJapan wasreceived on
26November 1997, withtherequest thatitbecirculated totheParties totheAgreement onGovernment
Procurement (1994). Inaccordance withArticle XXIV:6(a), anyParty withanobjection totheproposed
changes isinvited tonotify theSecretariat within 30daysfrom thedateofissue ofthisdocument.1
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Pursuant toArticle XXIV, paragraph 6(a)oftheAgreement onGovernment Procurement,
theGovernment ofJapan wishes tonotify theCommittee onGovernment Procurement ofthefollowing
rectification ofapurely formal orminor nature totheListsinAnnex 3,Appendix IforJapan ofthe
Agreement onGovernment Procurement:
Delete: "- Mutual AidAssociation ofPrivate School Personnel" and
"- Japan Private School Promotion Foundation" from"List ofEntities"
and"ListofEntities which procure theservices, specified inAnnex 4"
respectively.
Add: "- Promotion andMutual AidCorporation forPrivate Schools ofJapan"
toeachofthelistsmentioned above.
Thisrectification isbased onthefactthatthe"Mutual AidAssociation ofPrivate School
Personnel" and"Japan Private School Promotion Foundation" arescheduled tobemerged toform
the"Promotion andMutual AidCorporation forPrivate Schools ofJapan" on1January 1998 andit
willnotalterthecurrent coverage oftheAgreement onGovernment Procurement withrespect toJapan.
1Article XXIV:6(a) provides that"iftherectifications, transfers orother modifications areofapurely formal
orminor nature, theyshallbecome effective provided there isnoobjection within 30days. Inother cases, the
Chairman oftheCommittee shallpromptly convene ameeting oftheCommittee. TheCommittee shallconsider
theproposal andanyclaim forcompensatory adjustments, withaview tomaintaining abalance ofrights and
obligations andacomparable level ofmutually agreed coverage provided inthisAgreement prior tosuch
notification. Intheevent ofagreement notbeing reached, thematter maybepursued inaccordance withthe
provisions contained inArticle XXII".