Green public procurements to be encouraged

The Government is adopting a National Action Plan aimed at encouraging green public procurements. Such transactions relate to cases whereby public authorities seek to obtain products, services and works with a reduced environmental impact throughout their entire life cycle. The plan stipulates the product groups covered by the GPPs, and the environmental criteria that they should meet.

According to the objectives of the plan, contracting authorities from the central administration have to reach a certain percentage of GPPs when they purchase different items:
- copying and graphic paper (60% in 2012, 80% in 2013 and 90% in 2014)
- IT office equipment (60%, 80%, 100%)
- Office lighting (80%, 90%, 100%)
- Air conditioners (90%, 95%, 100%)
- Cleaning products and services (30%, 40%, 50%)
For contractors from the local administration as well as for pubic bodies, these goals would be recommendatory in nature.

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