Brussels, 27/08/2004 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has produced a Handbook on Green Public Procurement. It explains in clear, non-technical terms how public purchasers, such as schools, hospitals and national and local administrations, can take into account the environment when buying goods, services and works (available in English, translations available in June 2005).
The EU's new Public Procurement Directives, formally adopted on 31 March 2004, make clear that public...