Overview
- Focuses on green public procurement (GPP) from a comprehensive international trade law perspective, analyzing both the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) and general WTO law, while also considering dynamic developments in jurisprudence
- Discusses various ways in which countries can implement GPP in line with WTO law, making it relevant for the growing number of GPA signatory states
- Offers an introduction to the revised GPA (2012), the EU public procurement directives (2014) and the new Swiss public procurement law (2021)
Part of the book series: European Yearbook of International Economic Law (EUROYEAR, volume 9)
Part of the book sub series: EYIEL Monographs - Studies in European and International Economic Law (EYIELMONO)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Conceptual Framework
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Front Matter
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World Trade Organization
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Front Matter
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Part III
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Front Matter
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Concluding Remarks
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book investigates the strategic use of public procurement as a way to establish “buying green” as a common practice – not only in the EU, but all over the world. However, imposing environmental requirements may affect the conditions of competition between suppliers, especially between local and foreign ones. This is particularly relevant for signatory states to the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA), a plurilateral WTO agreement that aims at liberalizing public procurement markets. So how can these countries strike a balance between trade concerns and using the environmental potential of public procurement? What scope does the GPA 2012 leave for environmental criteria and how are signatory states making use of it? The need for answers to these questions is becoming even more pressing with the increasing use of green public procurement (GPP).
This book discusses approaches to finding legal solutions to this question, using a multilayered approach to do so: In a firststep, an analysis of the pertinent GPA provisions serves to delineate the scope for GPP under WTO law. In a second step, an evaluation of the implementation of the respective provision at the regional and national level by the EU and Switzerland helps reveal the impact of the GPA on its signatory states. While the book chiefly focuses on the legal framework for GPP, it also takes into account the latest developments in jurisprudence and policy initiatives. It concludes by proposing practical solutions regarding the specific design of GPP policies and measures in compliance with the GPA.
The comparative approach applied in the book, focusing on the implementation of the WTO/GPA by two selected signatories, makes it an informative and insightful resource for practitioners, policymakers and legal scholars from all GPA signatory countries, extending its relevance beyond the selected examples (the EU and Switzerland).
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Rika Koch is a postdoctoral research and teaching fellow at the University of Zurich, where she completed her PhD thesis. She holds a bachelor degree in political science (global governance) from the University of Zurich and a master degree in international and European law from the University of Berne. Her research focuses on international economic law, public procurement regulation and on environmental law.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Green Public Procurement under WTO Law
Book Subtitle: Experience of the EU and Prospects for Switzerland
Authors: Rika Koch
Series Title: European Yearbook of International Economic Law
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48214-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-48213-8Published: 01 September 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-48216-9Published: 01 September 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-48214-5Published: 31 August 2020
Series ISSN: 2364-8392
Series E-ISSN: 2364-8406
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 233
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: International Economic Law, Trade Law, European Economic Law, International Economics