Sustainability takes centre stage in public procurement

• Authors: Roberto Caranta

Title variants

EN

Zrównoważony rozwój jako determinanta zamówień publicznych

Abstracts

PL

Niniejszy artykuł ma na celu przedstawienie, w jaki sposób środek ciężkości zamówień publicznych przesuwa się ze stanowiska, w którym główny nacisk pada na najniższą cenę, do stanowiska, w którym w sposób bardziej wyważony uwzględnienia się różne cele społeczne, do osiągnięcia których mogą przyczynić się środki publiczne, w tym takich celów, jak walka o sprawiedliwość społeczną i przeciwdziałanie zmianom klimatycznym oraz degradacji środowiska. Ocena działań podejmowanych przez wybranych prawodawców – państw członkowskich UE – w ramach Europejskiego Zielonego Ładu i inicjatywy na rzecz zrównoważonych produktów zostanie poprzedzona charakterystyką obecnych ram prawa unijnego oraz doświadczenia Włoch i kilku wybranych państwach członkowskich. Następnie w artykule podkreśla się nowe spojrzenie na formalne oraz praktyczne uwarunkowania funkcjonowania systemu zamówień publicznych (w tym umów koncesji) w ramach Unii Europejskiej.

EN

This article delineates how a shift in the priorities of EU laws can change public procurement’s current centre of gravity from its fixation on the lowest price to that of a more balanced consideration of different societal goals. There is an acknowledgement that public money can meaningfully contribute to support for social justice and the fight against climate change and environmental degradation. To this end, the present EU legal framework, together with more advanced experiences in Italy and in a few other EU Member States, are illustrated before an analysis of the many initiatives currently under consideration by the EU law makers as per the European Green Deal and the Sustainable Products Initiative. The article then highlights the need to reconsider the theory of public procurement law and practice as well as the current EU legislative framework for public procurement (and concessions).

Keywords

EN

public procurement; sustainable public procurement (SPP); green public procurement (GPP); sustainability

PL

zamówienia publiczne; zrównoważone zamówienia publiczne; zielone zamówienia publiczne

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Ruch Prawniczy, Ekonomiczny i Socjologiczny
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 85
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 41-54

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

author

Roberto Caranta

• University of Turin

• https://orcid.org/0000000253017725

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Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/rpeis.2023.85.1.05

Biblioteka Nauki

28810085