GREEN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT,
A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE
Johannes Imminger – CEEP Policy Officer Sustainability
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Short introduction to CEEP:
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CEEP membership and structure
Current CEEP priorities
Green Public Procurement
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The New Public Procurement Package
Relevant provisions
Next Steps
INTRODUCTION TO CEEP:
A European federation, based on two pillars:
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Cross-industry social partner representing public
service employers in the European Social Dialogue
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Lobby organisation representing public service
providers towards the European institutions
CEEP combines both missions to increase its
influence towards the EU
CEEP MEMBERS:
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... are enterprises, federations and authorities
... come from the EU, Norway and Turkey (associated member)
… are partly representing sectors: HOSPEEM, EFEE and EBU.
... represent around 500.000 SGIs providers in Europe;
... contribute to more than 26% of the EU GDP;
... employ more than 30% of the total workforce;
... provide SGIs regardless of their legal status or ownership;
... operate often with control from the state;
... compete often with other providers;
CEEP STRUCTURE:
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3 Boards and their respective Task Forces:
Social Affairs
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Health & Safety
Macro-economics
Social Protection
Vocational
Training
Public Services
• Enterprises, Internal Market
& Competition
• Local Enterprises
• Services of General Interest
& Statistics
Sustainability
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Communications
Energy
Environment
Transport
Water
Current CEEP Priorities – Examples:
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European Investment Package
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International Trade Negotiations: TTIP, TiSA, CETA etc.
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Energy Union/ European energy and climate policy
framework/ EU contribution to COP21 in Paris
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Circular Economy Package/ Review of waste legislation
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Review of Drinking Water Directive
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Digitalisation of public services
OUTLINE
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Introduction to CEEP:
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CEEP membership and structure
Current CEEP priorities
Green Public Procurement
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The context: New Public Procurement Package
Relevant provisions
Next Steps
THE CONTEXT:
NEW PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PACKAGE
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Public Procurement Package
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Timeline:
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The revision of EU Public Procurement rules
A proposal for a new Directive on the award of
concession contracts
At EU-level: December 2011 – February 2014
At national level: April 2016 (implementation)
Strong involvement of CEEP
PUBLIC PROCUREMENT & EU 2020
‘Europe 2020, a strategy for smart, sustainable and
inclusive growth’ (the ‘Europe 2020 strategy’): public
procurement as one of the market-based
instruments to be used to achieve smart, sustainable
and inclusive growth while ensuring the most
efficient use of public funds.
CLEARER RULES FOR GREEN PROCUREMENT
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Public procurement Directive
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Article 67 Contract award criteria (assessment on the
basis of the most economically advantageous tender
MEAT): best value for money (rather than the lowest
price)
Concessions Directive
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Article 41: award criteria may include, inter alia,
environmental, social or innovation-related criteria.
CLEARER RULES FOR GREEN PROCUREMENT
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CEEP supports a voluntary, not mandatory approach
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Article 43 Public Procurement Directive: Possibility for
contracting authorities to require a specific label
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CEEP-CSR Label project since 2008
NEXT STEPS
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Implementation of the Directive until 18 april 2016
(art. 51). Member States are free to set mandatory
environmental criteria.
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On-going negotiations on trade agreements (EUCandada, EU-US): threat or opportunity?
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Non-discriminatory access to public contracts
EP position adopted on the 8 July: [...] TTIP should
promote common sustainability standards for public
procurement [...]
THANK YOU!
Contact :
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@ceep_eu
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ceep
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/CEEPeu
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