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AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT
DONE AT MARRAKESH ON 15 APRIL 1994
CERTIFICATION OF MODIFICATIONS TO THE AGREEMENT
TRANSMISSION OF CERTIFIED TRUE COPIES OF REPLACEMENT PAGES
IN THE LOOSE-LEAF SYSTEM FOR APPENDICES CONTAINING
THE CERTIFIED MODIFICATIONS TO THE AGREEMENT
I have the honour to furnish herewith certified true copies of replacement pages 1/5 to 5/5 of
Annex 3 to Appendix I containing the certified modifications.
The modifications concern Japan  and are effective as of  9 May 2003 .
        Supachai Panitchpakdi
Director-General
03-3256 WT/Let/446AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT
DONE AT MARRAKESH ON 15 APRIL 1994
CERTIFICATION OF MODIFICATIONS TO THE AGREEMENT
It is hereby certified that the modifications to Annex 3 to Appendix I of the Agreement on
Government Procurement (1994) concerning Japan , which were notified to the Committee on
Government Procurement (GPA/W/252, GPA/W/253 and GPA/W/254) pursuant to the procedures of
Article XXIV:6, became effective as of 9 May 2003 .
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 updatethe 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 in
the attached replacement pages to the loose-leaf system.  Accordingly, the attached pages replacepages 1/5 to 5/5 of Annex 3 to Appendix I of Japan in the Loose-Leaf System of Appendices in
conformity with the aforementioned 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 GovernmentProcurement.  It shall be registered in accordance with the provisions of Article 102 of the Charter ofthe United Nations.
Done at Geneva this sixteenth day of June, two thousand and three.
Supachai Panitchpakdi
Certified true copy:
Director-GeneralAPPENDIX I JAPAN ANNEX 3 Page 1/5
9 May 2003 (WT/Let/446)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
9 May 2003 (WT/Let/446)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
9 May 2003 (WT/Let/446)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- Labor Management Organization for USFJ
Employees
- National Agency for Vehicle Inspection
- National Statistics Center- Japan Mint- National Printing Bureau
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
9 May 2003 (WT/Let/446)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
9 May 2003 (WT/Let/446)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- Labor Management Organization for USFJ
Employees
- National Agency for Vehicle Inspection
- National Statistics Center- Japan Mint- National Printing Bureau
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 inaccordance 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 oftheir daily profit-making activities which areexposed to competitive forces in markets.  Thisnote shall not be used in a manner which
circumvents 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 with
international agreements on intellectualproperty rights is not included.  Procurementfor safety-related activities aiming atutilization and management of radioactivematerials and responding to emergencies of
nuclear 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 servicesrelated to operational safety oftelecommunications is not included.
(g) Procurement of the services specified in
Annex 4, other than construction services, isnot included.
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