UK RETAILERS WELCOME EU GREEN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT RULES
April 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE RETAIL Motor Industry Federation (RMIF) has welcomed the approval of a new European Union (EU) directive that will promote the sale of clean and energy-efficient road transport vehicles to public authorities and utilities.
The new law says these key auto sector customers must choose from two options for greening their fleets when buying new vehicles through compulsory competitive tenders:
*They can set minimum technical specifications for energy and environmental performance; and
*They can include energy and environmental impacts in the ...
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