NOTIFICATION OF NATIONAL IMPLEMENTING
LEGISLATION
Communication
from Japan Pursuant to Article XXIV:5(b)[1]
of the GPA (1994)
and ARTICLE XXII:5[2]
of the REVISED GPA
Addendum
The following communication,
dated 28 March 2018, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of
Japan.
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Pursuant to Article XXIV,
paragraph 5(b) of the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement, done at
Marrakesh on 15 April 1994 and Article XXII, paragraph 5 of the Revised
Agreement on Government Procurement, done at Geneva on 30 March 2012, the
Government of Japan wishes to inform the Committee on Government Procurement of
the following.[3]
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Notification of the revision to the
"Basic Policy for Promotion of Procurement of Eco-Friendly Goods and
Services" (hereinafter
referred to as "Basic Policy") under the "Act on Promotion of
Procurement of Eco Friendly Goods and Services by
the State and Other Entities" (hereinafter
referred to as "Act")
1. Competent authority:
Ministry of the Environment
2. Description of the revision of the Basic Policy:
The original Basic Policy was
adopted by the cabinet decision in February 2001 based on the Act which went
into effect in January 2001. In February 2018, concerning designated
procurement items under the Basic Policy, the addition of 3 items, the deletion
of 2 items and the revision of the evaluation criteria for 55 items were
adopted by the cabinet decision.
The text of the revised Basic
Policy is available at the website of the Ministry of the Environment below:
http://www.env.go.jp/policy/hozen/green/g-law/index.html (in Japanese);
http://www.env.go.jp/en/laws/policy/green/index.html (in English).
3. Starting date of procurement based on the revised Basic Policy:
1 April 2018
4. Contact information:
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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[1] Article XXIV:5(b) of the GPA 1994 reads as follows: National Legislation "(b) Each Party shall
inform the Committee of any changes in its laws and regulations relevant to
this Agreement and in the administration of such laws and regulations."
[2] Article XXII:5 of the Revised GPA reads as follows : Domestic legislation "Each Party shall inform the
Committee of any changes to its laws and regulations relevant to this Agreement
and in the administration of such laws and regulations."
[3] Previous notifications of Japan's implementing legislation were
made in GPA/37, dated 20 June 2000; GPA/67, dated 15 April 2002; GPA/37/Add.1,
dated 7 April 2004, GPA/37/Add.2, dated 21 March 2005; GPA/37/Add.3,
dated 15 March 2006; GPA/37/Add.4, dated 13 March 2007; GPA/37/Add.5, dated
1 April 2008; GPA/99, dated 2 June 2009; GPA/99/Add.1, dated 23 July
2009; GPA/37/Add.6, dated 23 July 2009; GPA/99/Add.2, dated 31 May
2010; GPA/37/Add.7, dated 6 July 2010; GPA/37/Add.8, dated
13 April 2011; GPA/37/Add.9, dated 16 April 2012; GPA/99/Add.3, dated
10 April 2013; GPA/37/Add.10, dated 10 April 2013; GPA/99/Add.4, dated 15 April
2014; GPA/37/Add.11, dated 15 April 2014; GPA/37/Add.12, dated 9 April 2015;
GPA/37/Add.13, dated 14 July 2016; GPA/99/Add.5, dated 3 April 2017; GPA/37/Add.14,
dated 3 April 2017; and GPA/99/Add.6, dated 3 April 2018.