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ORGANIZATIONGPA/W/98
4 October 1999
(99-4096)
Committee on Government Procurement Original:  English
PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS TO APPENDIX I OF JAPAN
Notifications from Japan under Article XXIV:6(a)1
The following notification from the Permanent Mission of Japan was received on
1 October 1999, with the request that it be circulated to the Parties to the Agreement on GovernmentProcurement (1994).
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1. Pursuant to Article XXIV, paragraph 6(a) of the WTO Agreement on Government
Procurement, the Government of Japan wishes to notify the Committee on Government Procurement
the following rectification of a purely formal na ture relating to Annex 3 of Appendix I of the
Agreement:
(1) Delete "- Export-Import Bank of Japan" and "- The Overseas Economic Cooperation
Fund" from "List of Entities" and "List of Entities which procure the services,
specified in Annex 4".
Add "- Japan Bank for International Cooperation" to "List of Entities" and "List of
Entities which procure the services, specified in Annex 4".
(2) Delete "- People's Finance Corporation" and "- Environmental Sanitation Business
Financing Corporation" from "List of Entities" and "List of Entities which procure the
services, specified in Annex 4".
Add "- National Life Finance Corporation" to "List of Entities" and "List of Entities
which procure the services, specified in Annex 4".
(3) Delete "- Japan Development Bank" and "- Hokkaido-Tohoku Development Finance
Public Corporation" from "List of Entities" and "List of Entities which procure the
services, specified in Annex 4".
Add "- Development Bank of Japan" to "List of Entities" and "List of Entities which
procure the services, specified in Annex 4".
                                                     
1 Article XXIV:6(a) provides that "if the rectificati ons, transfers or other modifications are of a purely
formal or minor nature, they shall become effective provided there is no objection within 30 days.  In othercases, the Chairman of the Committee shall promptly convene a meeting of the Committee.  The Committee
shall consider the proposal and any claim for compensatory adjustments, with a view to maintaining a balance
of rights and obligations and a comparable level of mutually agreed coverage provided in this Agreement priorto such notification.  In the event of agreement not being reached, the matter may be pursued in accordance with
the provisions contained in Article XXII".GPA/W/98
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(4) Delete "- Housing and Urban Development Corporation (a)" from "List of Entities"
and "List of Entities which procure the services, specified in Annex 4".
Add "- Urban Development Corporation (a)" to "List of Entities" and "List of Entities
which procure the services, specified in Annex 4".
2. This rectification is based on the fact that on 1 October 1999, (1) the Export-Import Bank of
Japan and the Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund will merge to form the Japan Bank for
International Cooperation, (2) the People's Finance Corporation and the Environmental Sanitation
Business Financing Corporation will merge to form the National Life Finance Corporation, (3) the
Japan Development Bank and the Hokkaido-Tohoku Development Finance Public Corporation willreorganize as the Development Bank of Japan, (4) the Housing and Urban Development Corporation
will reorganize as the Urban Development Corporation, respectively.  This rectification does not alter
the level of mutually agreed coverage provided in this Agreement.
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