Developing GPP at National Levels the Swedish Example

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Developing GPP at National Levels the Swedish
Example

• Linda DahlströmSwedish Competition Authority

Seminar on Green Public ProcurementBucharest,
30-31 October 2007
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Public Procurement in SwedenCurrent situation

• 400 billion SEK
• 10 000 contracting entities
• At present six out of ten procurement procedures
  contain environmental requirements but only
  half of these have a real impact on the subject
  of the procurement

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Legal Framework for GPP in Sweden

• EC Treaty
• Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
• Public Procurement Directives (2004/18/EC and
  2004/17/EC)
• Judgments of the European Court of Justice
• The Swedish Public Procurement Act

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Swedish Environmental Public Procurement
Structure
Ministry of Finance The Swedish Public
Procurement Act
Ministry of Environment
Ministry of Enterprise
The Swedish Competition Authority (supervision)
Swedish Environmental Management Council
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
The National Financial Management Authority,
Coordination of Central Procurement
10 000 Procuring entities 290 Municipalities 12
County Councils 450 Central Authorities
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• Background GPP in Sweden

• 90s - Early engagement by NGOs and in local
  Municipalities, County Councils and in some
  Governmental Agencies
• Committee for Ecologically Sustainable Public
  procurement appointed by the Swedish Government
  1998-2001
• Development of the Swedish Instrument for
  Ecologically Sustainable Procurement (EKU) 2001
• Swedish Environmental Protection Agency survey on
  GPP 1998, 2002, 2004

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• Background GPP in Sweden

• Strong support for GPP from the Prime Minister in
  the Governmental declaration in 2002
• Swedish Action plan 2007-2009
• Legislation on green cars bought or leased by
  Governmental Agencies 1 Jan 2006
• Developments
• Sustainable procurement (social, ecological and
  economic dimension)

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The governments action plan for 07
Environmental public procurement

• Purpose to increase the level of environmental
  procurement
• Assessment of the current situation
• Target for the next three years
• Four strategic areas with measures for achieving
  the targets
• Clarification of the various actors
  responsibilities

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The Legal Way forward

• New Swedish procurement legislation which
  implements the provisions of the procurement
  directives. (January 2008)
• A proposal that contracting authorities should
  set environmental requirements where appropriate
  with regard to the nature of the procurement.

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• GPP-process

• Define the subject matter of the contract
• Analyse need and market
• Specify wanted env. performance of the
  product/service/work (technical spec.)
• Set the level of env. performance needed by the
  tenderer (selection criteria)
• Set the award criteria

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• GPP-process

• Draw up env. performance of the
  product/service/work wanted during the contract
  period (contract performance clauses)
• Follow up
• Inform contract users
• New procurement - investigate the possibility to
  require a higher level of env. performance

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The Swedish Environmental Managment Council
(EKU)

• Jointly owned by the Swedish state, the Swedish
  Association of Local Authorities and Regions and
  the Confederation of Swedish Enterprises.

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• The Swedish Instrument for Ecologically
  Sustainable Procurement EKU

• Internet based
• Criteria for 22 product groups
• Guidelines and education
• Aid and support (helpdesk) for public procurement
  officers and professional purchasers
• State financed, work contribution from different
  stakeholders
• Staff- 8 full time

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www.eku.nu/eng/criterion/
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EKU consensus process
Prioritized products - Board decision
Working group - start
Publishing
Pre-study (lca, market analysis, stakeholder
analysis etc)
Referral
Open stakeholder meeting
Decision committee
Referral consideration

Final criteria proposition
Working group - stop

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• Examples of criteria from EKU-tool

• IT-productsFlat panel displays shall meet the
  requirements of Energy Star, version 4.0, Tier 2,
  or equivalent.
• Does the product meet the requirements of ENERGY
  STAR, or equivalent that are valid for personal
  computer products from July 20th 2007, version
  4.0, Tier 1?

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• Examples of criteria from EKU-tool

• Refrigerators and fridge freezers - Refrigerators
  and fridge freezers shall be compliant with the
  criteria for EU energy class A and achieve a
  noise rating of 40dB(A) in accordance with
  Directive 2003/66/EC.
• Are refrigerators and fridge freezers compliant
  with the criteria for EU energy class A and a
  maximum noise rating of 40dB(A) in accordance
  with Directive 2003/66/EC?

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• Examples of criteria from EKU-tool

• Passenger cars - All diesel-powered vehicles must
  be compliant with environmental class 2005PM
  (i.e. particulate emissions may not exceed
  0.005 g/km)

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Websites

• The Swedish Competition Authority, supervisory
  authority for public procurement in Sweden
  (www.kkv.se)
• The EKU- instrument (www.eku.nu)
• The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
  (www.naturvardsverket.se)
• The Governments actionplan for environmental
  public procurement (www.regeringen.se)

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Thank You !