© OECD A joint initiative of the OECD and the European Union, principally financed by the EU Developing GPP at National Levels – the Swedish Example Linda Dahlström Swedish Competition Authority Seminar on Green Public Procurement Bucharest, October 2007

© OECD A joint initiative of the OECD and the European Union, principally financed by the EU Public Procurement in Sweden Current situation l 400 billion SEK l contracting entities l 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

© OECD A joint initiative of the OECD and the European Union, principally financed by the EU Legal Framework for GPP in Swede n l EC Treaty l Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) l Public Procurement Directives (2004/18/EC and 2004/17/EC) l Judgments of the European Court of Justice l The Swedish Public Procurement Act

© OECD A joint initiative of the OECD and the European Union, principally financed by the EU Swedish Environmental Public Procurement Structure Ministry of Enterprise Ministry of Finance The Swedish Public Procurement Act Ministry of Finance The Swedish Public Procurement Act The Swedish Competition Authority (supervision) Ministry of Environment Procuring entities 290 Municipalities 12 County Councils 450 Central Authorities Swedish Environmental Management Council Swedish Environmental Protection Agency The National Financial Management Authority, Coordination of Central Procurement

© OECD A joint initiative of the OECD and the European Union, principally financed by the EU Background GPP in Sweden l 90’s - Early engagement by NGO:s and in local Municipalities, County Councils and in some Governmental Agencies l Committee for Ecologically Sustainable Public procurement appointed by the Swedish Government l Development of the Swedish Instrument for Ecologically Sustainable Procurement (EKU) 2001 l Swedish Environmental Protection Agency survey on GPP 1998, 2002, 2004

© OECD A joint initiative of the OECD and the European Union, principally financed by the EU Background GPP in Sweden l Strong support for GPP from the Prime Minister in the Governmental declaration in 2002 l Swedish Action plan l Legislation on green cars bought or leased by Governmental Agencies 1 Jan 2006 Developments l Sustainable procurement (social, ecological and economic dimension)

© OECD A joint initiative of the OECD and the European Union, principally financed by the EU The government’s action plan for ’07 – Environmental public procurement l Purpose to increase the level of environmental procurement l Assessment of the current situation l Target for the next three years l Four strategic areas with measures for achieving the targets l Clarification of the various actors’ responsibilities

© OECD A joint initiative of the OECD and the European Union, principally financed by the EU The ”Legal” Way forward l New Swedish procurement legislation which implements the provisions of the procurement directives. (January 2008) l A proposal that contracting authorities should set environmental requirements where appropriate with regard to the nature of the procurement.

© OECD A joint initiative of the OECD and the European Union, principally financed by the EU GPP-process l Define the subject matter of the contract l Analyse need and market l Specify wanted env. performance of the product/service/work (technical spec.) l Set the level of env. performance needed by the tenderer (selection criteria) l Set the award criteria

© OECD A joint initiative of the OECD and the European Union, principally financed by the EU GPP-process l Draw up env. performance of the product/service/work wanted during the contract period (contract performance clauses) l Follow up l Inform contract users l New procurement - investigate the possibility to require a higher level of env. performance

© OECD A joint initiative of the OECD and the European Union, principally financed by the EU The Swedish Environmental Managment Council (EKU) l Jointly owned by the Swedish state, the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions and the Confederation of Swedish Enterprises.

© OECD A joint initiative of the OECD and the European Union, principally financed by the EU The Swedish Instrument for Ecologically Sustainable Procurement – EKU l Internet based l Criteria for 22 product groups l Guidelines and education l Aid and support (helpdesk) for public procurement officers and professional purchasers l State financed, work contribution from different stakeholders l Staff- 8 full time

© OECD A joint initiative of the OECD and the European Union, principally financed by the EU

© OECD A joint initiative of the OECD and the European Union, principally financed by the EU EKU – consensus process Pre-study (lca, market analysis, stakeholder analysis etc) Working group - start Referral Final criteria proposition Referral consideration Working group - stop Decision committee Publishing Prioritized products - Board decision Open stakeholder meeting

© OECD A joint initiative of the OECD and the European Union, principally financed by the EU Examples of criteria from EKU- tool l IT-products Flat panel displays shall meet the requirements of Energy Star, version 4.0, Tier 2, or equivalent. l Does the product meet the requirements of ENERGY STAR ®, or equivalent that are valid for personal computer products from July 20 th 2007, version 4.0, Tier 1?

© OECD A joint initiative of the OECD and the European Union, principally financed by the EU Examples of criteria from EKU-tool l 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. l 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?

© OECD A joint initiative of the OECD and the European Union, principally financed by the EU Examples of criteria from EKU-tool l Passenger cars - All diesel-powered vehicles must be compliant with environmental class 2005PM (i.e. particulate emissions may not exceed g/km)

© OECD A joint initiative of the OECD and the European Union, principally financed by the EU Websites l The Swedish Competition Authority, supervisory authority for public procurement in Sweden ( l The EKU- instrument ( l The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency ( l The Government’s actionplan for environmental public procurement (

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