United States of America - General Notes - Annexe 7 doc report

Unless otherwise specified, the following General Notes apply without exception to this Agreement, including to Annexes 1 through 6.

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.