COM(2008)400 - Public procurement for a better environment

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Legal instrument	Communication
reference by COM-number39	COM(2008)400
Additional COM-numbers	SEC(2008)2127; SEC(2008)2125; SEC(2008)2124; SEC(2008)2126
CELEX number42	52008DC0400

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• 1. 

  It's worth noting that for most public authorities, construction and renovation works, and running costs of buildings represent a major share of annual expenditure, in some cases over 50 %
  
   
• 2. 

  An environmental technology is any technology designed to prevent or reduce the environmental impacts, at any stage of the life cycle of products or activities.
  
   
• 3. 

  UNEP Year Book 2008 -->
   
• 4. 

  Directives 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors, and Directive 2004/18/EC 18 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts.
  
   
• 5. 

  Regulation (EC) No 1980/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 July 2000 on a revised Community Eco-label Award Scheme, currently being revised
  
   
• 6. 

  Regulation (EC) No 106/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2008 on a Community energy
   
• 7. 

  Directive 2005/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2005 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-using products
  
   
• 8. 

  COM (2007)817 final of 19.12.2007; the proposal would establish a harmonised methodology for calculating the lifetime cost of pollutant emissions and fuel consumption (external costs) of vehicles and would require contracting authorities and public transport operators to use this methodology when calculating the overall price of a vehicle for procurement decisions ec.europa.eu/transport/clean/index_en
  
   
• 9. 

  COM (2008) 19 final of 23.1.2008; the proposal includes sustainability criteria for biofuels and bioliquids and provides that the Commission shall report on requirements for a sustainability scheme for energy uses of biomass, other than biofuels and other bioliquids, by 31 December 2010 at the latest
  
   
• 10. 

  Detailed information on the state of play and content of national GPP action plans can be found at the GPP website on Europa: ec.europa.eu/environment/gpp
  
   
• 11. 

  The Training Toolkit can be downloaded from: ec.europa.eu/environment/gpp/toolkit_en
  
   
• 12. 

  ec.europa.eu/civil_society/consultation_standards
  
   
• 13. 

  Section 6 refers to future mandatory measures on GPP, which may include the setting of mandatory thresholds for public procurement in the framework of the revised and/or new Labelling Directives (see section 2.3 of the Action Plan on Sustainable Consumption and Production)
  
   
• 14. 

  whilst the proposal for a Directive on the promotion of clean and energy efficient vehicles establishes a harmonised method for calculating the lifetime cost of pollutant emissions and fuel consumption and provides for the mandatory use of this method in public procurement after a transitional period, it is still useful to propose GPP criteria for Transport and transport services which would apply until the new harmonised methodology provided for under the proposal would become applicable
  
   
• 15. 

  French construction standard aimed at achieving high environmental quality
   
• 16. 

  More information at: ec.europa.eu/enterprise/innovation/documents_en and at: ec.europa.eu/invest-in-research/policy
  
   
• 17. 

  COM(2007) 799 final of 14 December 2007
  
   
• 18. 

  COM(2007)860 of 21 December 2007
  
   
• 19. 

  A good example of this link to private procurement can be found in the "Mayor of London's Green Procurement Code" at: www.greenprocurementcode.co.uk/
  
   
• 20. 

  It's worth noting that for most public authorities, construction and renovation works, and running costs of buildings represent a major share of annual expenditure, in some cases over 50 %
  
   
• 21. 

  An environmental technology is any technology designed to prevent or reduce the environmental impacts, at any stage of the life cycle of products or activities.
  
   
• 22. 

  UNEP Year Book 2008 -->
   
• 23. 

  Directives 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors, and Directive 2004/18/EC 18 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts.
  
   
• 24. 

  Regulation (EC) No 1980/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 July 2000 on a revised Community Eco-label Award Scheme, currently being revised
  
   
• 25. 

  Regulation (EC) No 106/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2008 on a Community energy
   
• 26. 

  Directive 2005/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2005 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-using products
  
   
• 27. 

  COM (2007)817 final of 19.12.2007; the proposal would establish a harmonised methodology for calculating the lifetime cost of pollutant emissions and fuel consumption (external costs) of vehicles and would require contracting authorities and public transport operators to use this methodology when calculating the overall price of a vehicle for procurement decisions ec.europa.eu/transport/clean/index_en
  
   
• 28. 

  COM (2008) 19 final of 23.1.2008; the proposal includes sustainability criteria for biofuels and bioliquids and provides that the Commission shall report on requirements for a sustainability scheme for energy uses of biomass, other than biofuels and other bioliquids, by 31 December 2010 at the latest
  
   
• 29. 

  Detailed information on the state of play and content of national GPP action plans can be found at the GPP website on Europa: ec.europa.eu/environment/gpp
  
   
• 30. 

  The Training Toolkit can be downloaded from: ec.europa.eu/environment/gpp/toolkit_en
  
   
• 31. 

  ec.europa.eu/civil_society/consultation_standards
  
   
• 32. 

  Section 6 refers to future mandatory measures on GPP, which may include the setting of mandatory thresholds for public procurement in the framework of the revised and/or new Labelling Directives (see section 2.3 of the Action Plan on Sustainable Consumption and Production)
  
   
• 33. 

  whilst the proposal for a Directive on the promotion of clean and energy efficient vehicles establishes a harmonised method for calculating the lifetime cost of pollutant emissions and fuel consumption and provides for the mandatory use of this method in public procurement after a transitional period, it is still useful to propose GPP criteria for Transport and transport services which would apply until the new harmonised methodology provided for under the proposal would become applicable
  
   
• 34. 

  French construction standard aimed at achieving high environmental quality
   
• 35. 

  More information at: ec.europa.eu/enterprise/innovation/documents_en and at: ec.europa.eu/invest-in-research/policy
  
   
• 36. 

  COM(2007) 799 final of 14 December 2007
  
   
• 37. 

  COM(2007)860 of 21 December 2007
  
   
• 38. 

  A good example of this link to private procurement can be found in the "Mayor of London's Green Procurement Code" at: -->
   
• 39. 

  De Europese Commissie kent nummers toe aan officiële documenten van de Europese Unie. De Commissie maakt onderscheid in een aantal typen documenten door middel van het toekennen van verschillende nummerseries. Het onderscheid is gebaseerd op het soort document en/of de instelling van de Unie van wie het document afkomstig is.
   
• 40. 

  De Raad van de Europese Unie kent aan wetgevingsdossiers een uniek toe. Dit nummer bestaat uit een vijfcijferig volgnummer gevolgd door een schuine streep met de laatste twee cijfers van het jaartal, bijvoorbeeld 12345/00 - een document met nummer 12345 uit het jaar 2000.
   
• 41. 

  Het interinstitutionele nummer is een nummerreeks die binnen de Europese Unie toegekend wordt aan voorstellen voor regelgeving van de Europese Commissie.
  Binnen de Europese Unie worden nog een aantal andere nummerseries gebruikt. Iedere instelling heeft één of meerdere sets documenten met ieder een eigen nummering. Die reeksen komen niet overeen met elkaar of het interinstitutioneel nummer.
   
• 42. 

  Deze databank van de Europese Unie biedt de mogelijkheid de actuele werkzaamheden (workflow) van de Europese instellingen (Europees Parlement, Raad, ESC, Comité van de Regio's, Europese Centrale Bank, Hof van Justitie enz.) te volgen. EURlex volgt alle voorstellen (zoals wetgevende en begrotingsdossiers) en mededelingen van de Commissie, vanaf het moment dat ze aan de Raad of het Europees Parlement worden voorgelegd.
   
• 43. 

  Als dag van bekendmaking van een Europees besluit geldt de dag waarop het besluit in het Publicatieblad wordt bekendgemaakt, en daardoor in alle officiële talen van de Europese Unie bij het Publicatiebureau beschikbaar is.