Reference:  WLI/100                                                                                              4 August 2021

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 1/1 of Annex 1 to Appendix I concerning Japan were notified to the Committee on Government Procurement in document GPA/MOD/JPN/104 on 17 June 2021. 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 1 August 2021.

        The attached page 1/1 of Annex 1 to Appendix I for Japan replaces the corresponding page 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 second day of August, two thousand and twenty-one.

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

                                                                    Director-General

21-6071                                                                                                                    WT/Let/1554

Certified loose-leaf pages offset (pdf file attached)