Reference:  WLI/100                                                                                     16 April 2025

Agreement on government procurement
as amended by the PROTOCOL DONE AT GENEVA ON 30 MARCH 2012

CERTIFICATION OF MODIFICATIONS TO APPENDIx I

TRANSMISSION OF CERTIFIED TRUE COPY

        Pursuant to paragraph 1 of Article XIX of the Agreement on Government Procurement as amended by the Protocol Amending the Agreement on Government Procurement, done at Geneva on 30 March 2012 (the "Agreement"), modifications to page 3/4 of Annex 3 to Appendix I concerning Japan were notified to the Committee on Government Procurement in document GPA/MOD/JPN/107 on 25 February 2025. As no objections to the proposed modifications were received within forty-five days from the date of issue of the above-mentioned document, it is hereby certified that these modifications became effective as of 11 April 2025.

        Accordingly, the attached pages 1/4 to 4/4 of Annex 3 to Appendix I for Japan replace the corresponding pages in the loose-leaf system of Appendices to the Agreement.

        In accordance with paragraph 17 of Article XXII of the Agreement, I hereby furnish a certified true copy of the above-mentioned modifications to each Member of the World Trade Organization. This certification shall be registered in accordance with the provisions of Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations.

        Done at Geneva this eleventh day of April, two thousand and twenty-five.

                                                                                        Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

                                                                                           Director-General