European stakeholders are providing a set of guidelines for public authorities and contracting parties to support the introduction and use of Green Public Procurement. Published in 2004, Buying Green! is a 40 page and 6 chapter handbook explaining in concrete terms how environmental considerations can be integrated into procurement procedures, public legal constraints and including concrete examples of environmental tendering by local authorities in Europe. It is organised as follows:
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CHAPTER 1 — GREEN PURCHASING STRATEGIES
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CHAPTER 2 — ORGANISING PUBLIC PROCUREMENT
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CHAPTER 3 — DEFINING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CONTRACT
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CHAPTER 4 — SELECTING SUPPLIERS, SERVICE PROVIDERS OR CONTRACTORS
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CHAPTER 5 — AWARDING THE CONTRACT
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CHAPTER 6 — CONTRACT PERFORMANCE CLAUSES
This handbook is available in 20 EU-languages here. You can directly download it in english there.