Electrical and electronic equipment used in the health care sector, copying and graphic paper, waste water infrastructure, water-based heaters
In the European Union (EU), sustainable consumption is promoted by the ‘Circular Economy Action Plan’. In particular, the voluntary scheme of the EU Green Public Procurement (EU GPP) provides guidance to reduce the environmental impacts of the public sector. To this end, the European Commission proposes EU GPP criteria for 20 product groups. The fitness for use of EU GPP criteria needs to be periodically assessed, because technological developments, changes in the regulatory and strategic context, and other factors could affect their suitability and effectiveness. For this reason, this report assesses the fitness for use of EU GPP criteria for four product groups: 1) electrical and electronic equipment used in the health care sector, 2) copying and graphic paper, 3) water-based heaters and 4) waste water infrastructure. The study was developed within an administrative arrangement between the Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the Directorate-General for Environment (DG ENV), which is responsible for the EU GPP policy. The performed desk research revealed that all the investigated sets of EU GPP criteria are not up to date. The presence of no up-to-date criteria could negatively affect the uptake of the EU GPP policy.
DELRE Antonio;
LA PLACA Maria Grazia;
ALFIERI Felice;
FARACA Giorgia;
KOWALSKA Malgorzata Agata;
VIDAL ABARCA GARRIDO Candela;
WOLF Oliver;
European Commission: Joint Research Centre, DELRE, A., LA PLACA, M.G., ALFIERI, F., FARACA, G., KOWALSKA, M.A., VIDAL ABARCA GARRIDO, C. and WOLF, O., Assessment of the European Union Green Public Procurement criteria for four product groups, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2022, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2760/661750, JRC127215.
2022-01-13
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC127215
978-92-76-46056-5 (online),
978-92-76-55782-1,
1831-9424 (online),
1831-9424,
EUR 30943 EN,
OP KJ-NA-30943-EN-N (online),
OP KJ-NA-30-943-EN-E,
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC127215,
10.2760/661750 (online),
10.2760/19339,
