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| United States of America * (Authentic in the English Language only) | | | | |
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| Unless otherwise specified, the following General Notes apply without exception to this Agreement, including to Annexes 1 through 6. | | | | |
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| 1 This Agreement does not apply to any set aside on behalf of a small- or minority-owned business. A set-aside may include any form of preference, such as the exclusive right to provide a good or service, or any price preference. | | | | |
| 2 This Agreement does not apply to governmental provision of goods and services to persons or governmental authorities not specifically covered under the Annexes to this Agreement. | | | | |
| 3 Where a procurement by an entity is not covered by this Agreement, this Agreement shall not be construed to cover any good or service component of that procurement. | | | | |
| 4 For goods and services, including construction services, of Canada and suppliers of such goods and services, this Agreement does not cover procurement by entities listed in Lists A and B in Annex 3 or the commitment with respect to financing provided by the Rural Utilities Service of power generation projects described in Note 1 to Annex 3. | | | | |
| 5 For construction services of the Republic of Korea and suppliers of such services, the threshold for procurement of construction services by the entities included in Annex 2 or 3 is 15,000,000 SDRs. | | | | |
| 6 For goods and services including construction services of Japan and suppliers of such goods and services, this Agreement does not cover procurement by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. | | | | |
| 7 A service listed in Annex 5 is covered with respect to a particular Party only to the extent that such Party has included that service in its Annex 5. | | | | |
| 8 For goods and services, including construction services, of Japan and suppliers of such goods and services, this Agreement does not cover procurement by entities listed in Annex 3 that are responsible for the generation or distribution of electricity, including the commitment with respect to financing provided by the Rural Utilities Service of power generation projects described in Note 1 to Annex 3. | | | | |
| 9 This Agreement does not cover procurement of transportation services that form a part of, or are incidental to, a procurement contract. | | | | |