Press Release

February 12, 2009
  • Environmental Policy

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 is 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 (the Law on the Promotion of Green Purchasing). Designated procurement items and their evaluation criteria as 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 13th, 2009, a revision to the Basic Policy will be approved in a Cabinet Meeting. In this revision, 10 items have been added to the list of designated procurement items and 39 evaluation criteria have been revised.


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