<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The EU environmental policy is challenged by current international development (withdrawal of the US from the Paris climate accord, melting of the Arctic, changes in climate, extreme weather events), the sustainable development policy agenda and also by public pressure. The interest of the public in the environmental policy is not only reflected in the Eurobarometer polls, the increase of green parties in 2019 EP elections, but it is also present in the very first European Citizens’ Initiative, the environmentally oriented Right2Water initiative, which had been presented to the Commission in 2013. Following the need to reflect upon the current problems and challenges, the scope of European Environmental Policy (EEP) has broadened from traditional direct environmental challenges, such as access to clean water, clean air, maintaining biodiversity also to other areas connected to current challenges as the climate change and sustainable development and into practical implementation in particular internal and external policies – including trade policy, competition policy or public procurement. Following analysis is focused on the position of the green agenda and EEP transfer to legislation in public procurement on European level.</p></abstract>

The EU environmental policy is challenged by current international development (withdrawal of the US from the Paris climate accord, melting of the Arctic, changes in climate, extreme weather events), the sustainable development policy agenda and also by public pressure. The interest of the public in the environmental policy is not only reflected in the Eurobarometer polls, the increase of green parties in 2019 EP elections, but it is also present in the very first European Citizens’ Initiative, the environmentally oriented Right2Water initiative, which had been presented to the Commission in 2013. Following the need to reflect upon the current problems and challenges, the scope of European Environmental Policy (EEP) has broadened from traditional direct environmental challenges, such as access to clean water, clean air, maintaining biodiversity also to other areas connected to current challenges as the climate change and sustainable development and into practical implementation in particular internal and external policies – including trade policy, competition policy or public procurement. Following analysis is focused on the position of the green agenda and EEP transfer to legislation in public procurement on European level.

European Environmental policy and public procurement – connected or disconnected?

Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Faculty of Law

International and Comparative Law Review

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The EU environmental policy is challenged by current international development (withdrawal of the US from the Paris climate accord, melting of the Arctic,...

European Environmental policy and public procurement – connected or disconnected?

Published Online: Feb 07, 2020

Page range: 239 - 265

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/iclr-2019-0023

Keywords
Sustainable development, environmental policy, public procurement, division of competences

© 2019 Ondrej Blažo et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

European Environmental policy and public procurement – connected or disconnected?

Published Online: Feb 07, 2020

Page range: 239 - 265

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/iclr-2019-0023

KeywordsSustainable development, environmental policy, public procurement, division of competences

© 2019 Ondrej Blažo et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Sustainable development, environmental policy, public procurement, division of competences