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The European Ecolabel Scheme
The use of the European Ecolabel
in Green Public Procurement
approaches
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The European ecolabel
 The EU Ecolabel is an official
label managed by the European
Commission which certifies that
a product or service is of good
environmental quality and
guaranteed technical
performance
 An ecolabelled product
generates less environmental
impacts on air, water, soil and
human health throughout its life
cycle, from raw material
extraction to end of life (“from
cradle to grave”)
 Added value: usage cost
generally lower than average
Example: life cycle of a detergent
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Legal framework
 Regulation (EC) No 1980/2000 on a revised
Community Eco-label award Scheme
 Revision 2009
 Commission Decisions establishing the criteria for
each product group
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Established product groups
Cleaning Products:
All purpose cleaners and cleaners for
sanitary facilities
Detergents for dishwashers
Hand dishwashing detergents
Laundry detergents
Soaps and shampoos
Home and garden
Bed mattresses
Wooden Furniture (Criteria under development)
Hard and soft floor coverings
Indoor & Outdoor paints and Varnishes
Soil improvers and growing media
Textile products
Appliances
Dishwashers
Heat pumps (Criteria under development)
Light bulbs
Personal computers
Portable computers
Refrigerators
Televisions
Vacuum cleaners
Washing machines
Clothing
Footwear
Textile products
Paper Products
Copings and graphic paper
Printed Paper (Criteria under development)
Tissue paper
Tourism
Camp Site service
Tourist accommodation service
Lubricants
Lubricants
PRODUCT GROUP DEVELOPMENT
EuP/ Ecolabel project
Buildings
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Example:
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Personal computers
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1. Energy savings
2. Lifetime extension
3. Mercury content of a liquid crystal display (LCD) monitor
4. Noise
5. Electromagnetic emissions
6. Take-back, recycling and hazardous substances
7. User instructions
8. Packaging
9. Information appearing on the eco-label
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The importance and the role of public
procurement ?
 European public authorities spend each year over
€1,800 billion on goods & services (14% -16 % of the GDP)
 Directing this spending power towards the purchase of greener
products and service can:
 Achieve huge direct environmental benefits
 Help drive the market for greener products and services
 Set an example for corporate and private consumers
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How do Public Procurement Directives allow
to take environmental considerations into
account in call for tenders ?
 In March 2004, the Council and the European
Parliament adopted new public procurement
directives enabling the integration of environmental
considerations into the selection and award criteria
for public procurement tenders.
 In July 2008, the Commission has adopted its
Communication on "Public procurement for a better
environment" in which it sets forth a 50 % GPP target
for each individual Member State to be reached as
from 2010.
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Developed GPP criteria
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Copying and graphic paper
Cleaning products and services
Office IT equipment
Construction
Transport
Furniture
Electricity
Food and Catering services
Textiles
Gardening products and services
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Example:
PCs, notebooks and monitors
Core GPP criteria
Specifications:
 All products must meet the latest ENERGY STAR standards for energy performance.
Verification: All products carrying the ENERGY STAR label will be deemed to
comply. Any other appropriate means of proof, such as a technical dossier of the
manufacturer or a test report from a recognised body demonstrating that the criteria
are met will also be accepted.
 PCs must be designed so that: The memory is readily accessible and can be changed.
The hard disk and, if available, the CD drive and/or DVD drive, can be changed.
Verification: All products carrying the EU Ecolabel will be deemed to comply.
Other appropriate means of proof will also be accepted.
 Notebooks must be designed so that the memory is easily accessible and can be
changed.
Verification: All products carrying the EU Ecolabel will be deemed to comply. Other
appropriate means of proof will also be accepted.
 For notebooks the availability of compatible batteries and power supplies and
of the keyboard and its parts shall be guaranteed for at least 3 years from the
time that production ceases.
Verification: All products carrying the EU Ecolabel, will be deemed to comply.
Alternatively the bidder must provide a written guarantee that this criterion
will be met.
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The next set of GPP criteria
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Mobile phones
CHP - Combined Heat and Power
Boilers
Aircon and heat pumps
Thermal insulation
Wall panels
Hardfloor coverings
Windows
Street lighting and traffic signals
Road construction and traffic signs
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Conclusions
 The ecolabels make it easy to implement GPP in a
practical way.
 Public purchasers become actors of Sustainable
Development.
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/ecolabel/index_en.htm
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/gpp/index_en.htm
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