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Internet:  http://www.wto.orgReference:    WLI/100 29 September 2000
AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT
DONE AT MARRAKESH ON 15 APRIL 1994
CERTIFICATION OF REPLACEMENT PAGES OF THE LOOSE-LEAF SYSTEM
FOR APPENDICES TO THE AGREEMENT
TRANSMISSION OF CERTIFIED TRUE COPY
I have the honour to furnish herewith a certified true copy of the Certification of replacement
pages 1/3 and 2/3 to Appendix I, Annex 1, Japan , dated 22 August 2000.
   Mike Moore
Director-General
00-4141 WT/Let/354AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT
DONE AT MARRAKESH ON 15 APRIL 1994
CERTIFICATION OF MODIFICATIONS TO THE AGREEMENT
It is hereby certified that the modifications to Appendix I, Annex 1 of the Agreement on
Government Procurement (1994) concerning Japan  which were notified to the Committee on
Government Procurement (GPA/W/115) pursuant to the procedures of Article XXIV:6 became
effective as of 22 August 2000 as no objections to the proposed modifications were received within30 days from the date of issue of the above-mentioned document.
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 inthe attached replacement pages to the loose-leaf system.  Accordingly, the attached pages replace
pages 1/3 and 2/3 of Annex 1 to Appendix I of Japan in the Loose-Leaf System of Appendices in
conformity with the afore-mentioned Decisions.
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, in accordance with paragraph 14 of Article XXIV of the Agreement.  It shall be
registered in accordance with the provisions of Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations.
Done at Geneva this twenty-second day of August, two thousand.
Mike Moore
Certified true copy:
Director-GeneralAPPENDIX 1 JAPAN ANNEX 1 Page 1/3
22 August 2000 (WT/Let/354)JAPAN
(Authentic in the English language only)
ANNEX 1
Central Government Entities which Procure in Accordance
with the Provisions of this Agreement
Supplies
Threshold :
130 thousand SDR
List of Entities :
All entities covered by the Accounts Law as
follows:
- House of Representatives
- House of Councillors
- Supreme Court- Board of Audit- Cabinet- National Personnel Authority- Prime Minister's Office
- Fair Trade Commission
- National Public Safety Commission
(National Police Agency)
- Environmental Disputes Co-ordination
Commission
- Imperial Household Agency
- Management and Co-ordination Agency- Hokkaido Development Agency- Defence Agency- Economic Planning Agency- Science and Technology Agency
- Environment Agency
- Okinawa Development Agency- National Land Agency- Ministry of Justice- Ministry of Foreign Affairs- Ministry of Finance
- Financial Services Agency
- Ministry of Education- Ministry of Health and Welfare- Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
- Ministry of International Trade and Industry- Ministry of Transport- Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications- Ministry of Labour- Ministry of Construction
- Ministry of Home Affairs
Services
Threshold :
Construction services :  4,500 thousand SDR
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 :
All entities covered by the Accounts Law as
follows:
- House of Representatives
- House of Councillors- Supreme Court
- Board of Audit
- Cabinet- National Personnel Authority- Prime Minister's Office- Fair Trade Commission- National Public Safety Commission
(National Police Agency)APPENDIX 1 JAPAN ANNEX 1 Page 2/3
22 August 2000 (WT/Let/354)Services  (cont'd)
- Environmental Disputes Co-ordination
Commission
- Imperial Household Agency- Management and Co-ordination Agency- Hokkaido Development Agency- Defence Agency- Economic Planning Agency
- Science and Technology Agency
- Environment Agency- Okinawa Development Agency- National Land Agency- Ministry of Justice- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Ministry of Finance
- Financial Services Agency- Ministry of Education- Ministry of Health and Welfare- Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
- Ministry of International Trade and Industry
- Ministry of Transport- Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications- Ministry of Labour- Ministry of Construction
- Ministry of Home Affairs
Notes to Annex 1
1. Entities covered by the Accounts Law
include all their internal sub-divisions,
independent organs, attached organizations
and other organizations and local branchoffices provided for in the NationalGovernment Organization Law.
2. Products and services procured with a view
to resale or with a view to use in the
production of goods for sale are not included.
3. This Agreement shall not apply to contracts
to be awarded to co-operatives orassociations in accordance with laws and
regulations existing at the time of the entry
into force of this Agreement for Japan.4. This Agreement will generally apply to
procurement by the Defence Agency of the
following Federal Supply Classification(FSC) categories subject to the JapaneseGovernment determinations under theprovisions of Article XXIII, paragraph 1:
FSC Description
22 Railway Equipment
24 Tractors32 Woodworking Machinery and Equipment34 Metalworking Machinery
35 Service and Trade Equipment
36 Special Industry Machinery37 Agricultural Machinery and Equipment38 Construction, Mining, Excavating, and
Highway Maintenance Equipment
39 Materials Handling Equipment
40 Rope, Cable, Chain, and Fittings
41 Refrigeration, Air Conditioning, and Air
Circulating Equipment
43 Pumps and Compressors45 Plumbing, Heating and Sanitation
Equipment
46 Water Purification and Sewage Treatment
Equipment
47 Pipe, Tubing, Hose, and Fittings48 Valves51 Hand Tools
52 Measuring Tools
55 Lumber, Millwork, Plywood and Veneer61 Electric Wire, and Power and Distribution
Equipment
62 Lighting Fixtures and Lamps65 Medical, Dental, and Veterinary Equipment
and Supplies
6630 Chemical Analysis Instruments6635 Physical Properties Testing Equipment6640 Laboratory Equipment and Supplies6645 Time Measuring Instruments6650 Optical Instruments
6655 Geophysical and Astronomical Instruments
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