Court tells buyers to spell out green criteria in tenders
28 August 2012
Purchasers in the European public sector must clearly state the environmental and social criteria that will be applied at the start of the tender process.
An update to the European Union public procurement directives has adopted the European Court of Justice ruling in the so-called "Finnish bus case".
In 2002, the ECJ ruled in favour of Helsinki when the city stipulated nitrogen oxide emission levels for new buses in a 1997 contract. A supplier had claimed the stipulation curbed competition because only one...