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25 August  2022 
(22-6437) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Government Procurement  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF DOMESTIC LEGISLATION RELEVANT TO THE  
AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT  2012  
 NOTIFICATION FROM JAPAN   
The following notification, dated 23 August  2022, is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of Japan . 
 
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Notifying Party  JAPAN   
Legal Basis   ARTICLE XXII:5  OF THE GPA  2012 
 Committee's Decision on notification requirements under Articles XIX 
and XXII:5 of the GPA 2012 ( GPA/113 , Annex A of Appendix 2, para 1)  
Title of the 
notified legal 
text "Basic Policy on Promoting Green Procurement " under the "Act on Promotion  
of Procurement of Eco -Friendly Goods and Services by the State and Other 
Entities " 
Link to legal 
text English version:  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/GPA/JPN/22_5353_01_e.pdf  
Japanese  version:  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/GPA/JPN/22_5802_00_x.pdf  
Notification 
status     First notification  
   Change, a mendment or revision to notified legal text  
   Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  GPA/LEGIS/JPN/4 ; GPA/LEGIS/JPN/3 ; GPA/LEGIS/JPN/1  
Brief description of the notified legal text  
"Basic Policy on Promoting Green Procurement " (hereinafter referred as "Basic Policy ") was 
adopted at a cabinet meeting in February 2001 based on the "Act on Promotion of Procurement 
of Eco -Friendly Goods and Services by the State and Other Entities " which went into effect in 
January 2001 . 
 
On 25th February 2022, amendment concerning designated procurement items under the Basic 
Policy including addition of 3 items and revis ion of individual evaluation criteria for 59 items , was 
adopted at a cabinet meeting.  
 
Text of the revised Basic Policy is available at the website of the Ministry of the Environment 
below.  
 
https://www.env.go.jp/policy/hozen/green/g -law/net/kihonhoushin.html  (in Jap anese)  
http://www.env.go.jp/en/laws/policy/green/index.html  (in English)  GPA/LEGIS/JPN/5  
 
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  Language(s) of 
notified legal 
text Japanese and English  
Date of 
adoption  25 February  2022  
Entry into force  1 April 2022  
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  Environment and Economy Division,  
Minister 's Secretariat ,  
Ministry of the Environment  
Telephone:  +81-3-5521-8229  
Fax:   +81-3-3580-9568 
 
 
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