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Japan-United States: Exchange of Letters Containing Medical Technology Procurement Agreement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

Extract

On October 1, 1994, the United States and Japan reached agreement on Japanese government procurement of medical technology products and services. This agreement consists of: (1) an exchange of letters between the Governments of Japan and the United States, which include goals, quantitative and qualitative criteria by which to evaluate progress toward the goals and consultation provisions; (2) Measures Related to Japanese Public Sector Procurement of Medical Technology Products and Services, adopted by the Government of Japan on March 29, 1994; (3) Operational Guidelines, which supplement and clarify the Measures; and (4) detailed data collection requirements.

Type
Treaties and Agreements
Copyright
Copyright©American Society of International Law 1995

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Footnotes

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[Reproduced from the text provided by the United States Trade Representative. The Introductory Note was prepared for International Legal Materials by Wendy Silberman, Deputy Assistant USTR for Japan and Lead U.S. Negotiator of Telecommunication Government Procurement Negotiations, and Laura Sherman, an attorney in the Office of General Counsel, USTR. Views expressed by the authors do not necessarily represent the views of the U.S. Government. The October 1, 1994, Japan-United States Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Agreement appears at 34 I.L.M. 102 (1995). The August 16, 1994, Japan-United States Exchange of Letters on Modifications to Patent System can be found at 34 I.L.M. 121 (1995). The Japan-United States Telecommunications Procurement Agreement, of October 1, 1994, is reproduced at 34 I.L.M. 125 (1995).

Future information concerning the status of this agreement may be obtained from: The Office of the United States Trade Representative, 600 17th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., 20506 (tel: (1) 202 3953230).]

References

* [Reproduced from the text provided by the United States Trade Representative. The Introductory Note was prepared for International Legal Materials by Wendy Silberman, Deputy Assistant USTR for Japan and Lead U.S. Negotiator of Telecommunication Government Procurement Negotiations, and Laura Sherman, an attorney in the Office of General Counsel, USTR. Views expressed by the authors do not necessarily represent the views of the U.S. Government. The October 1, 1994, Japan-United States Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Agreement appears at 34 I.L.M. 102 (1995). The August 16, 1994, Japan-United States Exchange of Letters on Modifications to Patent System can be found at 34 I.L.M. 121 (1995). The Japan-United States Telecommunications Procurement Agreement, of October 1, 1994, is reproduced at 34 I.L.M. 125 (1995).

Future information concerning the status of this agreement may be obtained from: The Office of the United States Trade Representative, 600 17th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., 20506 (tel: (1) 202 3953230).]