GENERAL NOTES

1.         For goods and services (including construction services) of Canada and suppliers of such goods and services, this Agreement does not apply to procurement by the entities listed in Annexes 2 and 3 (except for Japan Post in Group A and the entities in Group B set out in Annex 3).

2.         In case Parties do not apply Article XX to suppliers or service providers of Japan in contesting the award of contract by entities, Japan may not apply the Article to suppliers or service providers of the Parties in contesting the award of contracts by the same kind of entities.