Green Public Procurement – Problem or Challenge
Green Public Procurement – Problem or Challenge

Summary/Abstract: Green procurement policies (GPP) are procedures based on public procurement law that apply environmental criteria in at least one stage of the procedure in provisions related to the person of the contractor or the subject matter of the contract. The author addresses the subject of GPP in the context of an analysis of whether the introduction of the application of actual GPP requires changes to the existing public procurement legislation. The subject of the article is not to define the meaningful scope of GPP or the principle of effectiveness, but to look at it from the perspective of application.The author, analysing the current legislation, indicates that the current legal system of public procurement due to the voluntary application of green procurement with some inclusions resulting from specific provisions is sufficient enough not to be an obstacle to its application.In the author's opinion, other changes are necessary to change the behaviour, habits and mentality of those responsible for public procurement proceedings.The article was prepared using the legal-dogmatic method related to the analysis and interpretation of legal acts related to the issue of green public procurement. It was supplemented by a comparative legal method, which allowed for the analysis and identification of existing legal norms as well as the basis for the use of green procurement in procedures based on public procurement law.

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