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Green public procurement

The public procurement system is based on ensuring transparent and non-discriminatory participation of all interested parties, for which the contracting authority is responsible. Public procurement is known for a set of rules, procedures and principles that must be strictly adhered to by both contracting authorities and all interested economic operators. In this, the contracting authority is the one that determines the type of public procurement procedure, specifies, and conducts the procurement of works, goods or services. Green public procurement is mentioned as one of the terms that is important because it is through it that contracting authorities seek to order goods, services or works that have less impact on the environment during their life cycle, but with the same basic function and quality that would otherwise be ordered. Green public procurement is a voluntary instrument that encourages environmental protection and sustainable consumption as well as production, and its importance is emphasized in international and European strategic documents. The main goal of this paper is to present the concept of green public procurement, its importance and benefits, key determinants and benchmarks of this type of goods, works or services and to compare the current application of public procurement procedures that included the selection of "green" products and services as just one part of sustainable public procurement.

public procurement ; green public procurement ; environmental protection ; sustainable public procurement

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