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State customers may indicate in the tender documents the need to apply environmental protection measures to the procurement subject. This category of requirements includes environmental and other characteristics associated with the impact of a product, service, or work on the environment or human health during their life cycle. But still, customers and suppliers have questions about the application and implementation of these requirements. We will tell you where you can find answers to work with such purchases correctly.

What Sets the Requirements for Environmental Performance?

The list of requirements for the environmental performance of goods, results of work, or services in the technical specifications for tenders is specified in Art. 23 of the Law "On Public Procurement". The article also establishes the requirement that the markings, test reports, and certificates provided by the participant must be obtained from accredited competent conformity assessment bodies.

If the customer uses environmental and other characteristics of the subject of the procurement in the tender, he must indicate the following information in the conditions of the tender documents:

- requirements for markings;
- list of test reports;
- list of required certificates.

All this should confirm the compliance of the procurement item proposed by the participant with the characteristics that are important for the organizer.

Answers to Frequently Asked Questions About Environmental Performance

In response to a large number of questions from customers and suppliers, the information resource Prozorro Infobox published an article by Galyna Buzan, executive secretary of TC 82 "Environmental Protection" and a senior teacher at the State Ecological Academy of Postgraduate Education and Management.

The article details the answers to the following questions:

1. What are the requirements for the environmental performance of technical specifications (with examples of the formulation of the requirement concerning type I environmental labeling standards)?
2. What are the requirements for environmental protection measures when establishing a non-price criterion indicator (with examples)?
3. What products are subject to eco-labeling and how to verify the authenticity of certificates?
4. How is the control over the fulfillment of the established requirements for environmental performance or environmental protection measures?
5. Are DSTU ISO 14001 and DSTU ISO 14024 equivalent?

We suggest that you familiarize yourself with the material at the link: https://infobox.prozorro.org/articles/ekologichne-markuvannya-i-tipu-ta-publichni-zakupivli

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