RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE GPA/W/60
24October 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-4662)
Original: English Committee onGovernment Procurement
MODIFICATIONS TOAPPENDIX IOFJAPAN
Notification from Japan under Article XXIV:6(a)
Thefollowing notification from thePermanent Mission ofJapan wasreceived on
20October 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: "- Maritime Credit Corporation (e)"and
"- RailDevelopment Fund" from"List ofEntities" and"List ofEntities
which procure theservices, specified inAnnex 4",respectively.
Add: "- Corporation forAdvanced Transport &Technology (e)"toeachof
thelistsmentioned above.
Thisrectification isbased onthefactthatthe"Maritime Credit Corporation" andthe"Rail
DevelopmentFund"havebeenmergedtoformthe"CorporationforAdvancedTransport&Technology"
since 1October 1997anditdoesnotalterthecoverage which hasbeenagreed uponamong theParties
totheAgreement onGovernment Procurement.
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".