MEPS PRESS FOR EARLY INTRODUCTION OF GREEN TRANSPORT PROCUREMENT REFORMS
July 1st, 2008 BY KEITH NUTHALL LOCAL authorities maybe forced in future to consider the pollution and energy efficiency of transport services they buy or hire when issuing public procurement tenders for contracts or purchases. A proposed reform of European Union (EU) procurement rules is now being considered by the European Parliament, which would make the comparison of environmental performance just as important as the financial cost of a service or vehicle within compulsory competitive tendering procedures. MEPs are expected to back the proposals and the parliament's ...
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