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Procurement - EU rules relating to environmental issues in contracts
Whether a contract is competitively tested informally, or through a formal tender process, if environmental requirements are to be considered they must :
- be included within the tender
- be appropriate and relevant to the product or service
- not be anti-commercial
- not be anti-competitive, and must be equally capable of being met by suppliers from all member states in the EU
Contract awards can take environmental requirements into consideration (for example - whole life costs of a product or service). Suppliers cannot be rejected because they do not comply with EMAS or ISO 14001, as these schemes are voluntary
