Sustainable public procurement under EU law : new perspectives on the state as stakeholder / edited by Beate Sjåfjell and Anja Wiesbrock.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Why should public procurement be about sustainability? -- The uneasy relationship between EU environmental and economic policies: the role of the Court of Justice -- The link to the subject matter: a glass ceiling for sustainable public contracts? -- Socially responsible public procurement: European value or national choice? -- Labels as enablers of sustainable public procurement -- Life-cycle costing for sustainable public procurement in the European Union -- Sustainable public procurement under framework agreements -- The role of SMEs in promoting sustainable procurement -- Sustainable public procurement as a driver for sustainable companies? The interface between company law and public procurement law -- Using contracts to further sustainability? A contract law perspective on sustainable public procurement -- Public procurement's potential for sustainability.

This book examines the effectiveness of the modernisation of EU public procurement law in light of the overarching treaty goals on sustainability. Contributors expertly cover core issues of public procurement, including life cycle costing (LCC), eco- and fairtrade labels, the link to the subject matter (LtSM) requirement, the mandatory horizontal rule on environmental and social legal compliance, and framework agreements. Also explored are the balancing of economic and non-economic objectives implied in sustainable public procurement. The volume moves on to identify major unresolved issues in the use of sustainability considerations, and highlights challenges and possibilities for the national implementation due to take place in 2016. The book contributes to the dismantling of the compartmentalisation that underpins unsustainable policy decisions by discussing the interface of company law and public procurement law and the implication of the new rules on sustainable public procurement for sustainable companies, and specifically for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)-- Provided by Publisher.

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