Press Release

February 04, 2008
  • Environmental Policy

Partial Revision to the Basic Policy for the Promotion of Procurement of Eco-Friendly Goods and Services

The Basic Policy for the Promotion of Procurement of Eco-Friendly Goods and Services as based on Clause 1, Article 6 of the Law concerning the Promotion of Procurement of Eco-Friendly Goods and Services by the State and Other Entities (Law on Promoting Green Purchasing) is to be revised. Designated procurement items and their evaluation criteria provided in the Basic Policy are revised from time to time in order to further shift the demand to items contributing to environmental load reduction.
On February 5, 2008, a partial revision to the Basic Policy will be approved in a Cabinet Meeting. In this revision, 15 items are added to the list of designated procurement items and 61 evaluation criteria are revised.

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