Recital 173

(173) Public procurement amounts to 14 % of the Union’s GDP. In order to contribute to the objectives of reaching climate neutrality, improving energy and resource efficiency and transitioning to a circular economy that protects public health and biodiversity, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission to require, where appropriate, contracting authorities and entities as defined in Directives 2014/24/EU (47) and 2014/25/EU (48) of the European Parliament and of the Council, to align their public procurement with specific minimum mandatory green public procurement requirements, to be set out in the implementing acts adopted pursuant to this Regulation. Compared to a voluntary approach, mandatory requirements should maximise the leverage of public spending to boost demand for better performing packaging. The requirements should be transparent, objective and non-discriminatory. It should be possible for Member States to refer to technical specifications, selection criteria or contract performance conditions in their public procurement requirements and it should not be necessary for those requirements to be cumulative. Contracting authorities and entities should be able, while observing the general rules laid down in the TFEU and acting in accordance with this Regulation, to adopt provisions which go beyond the minimum green public procurement requirements laid down in this Regulation.

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Source: EUR-Lex CELLAR · retrieved 2026-08-26 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.