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9 June 2017

New EU GPP criteria for textiles issued

The European Commission has published new GPP criteria for textiles products and services, updating criteria issued in 2012. The new criteria, which will be translated into all official languages in the coming months, are aimed at significantly reducing the environmental impact of textiles, and primarily address identified public spend categories in uniforms for military, health and emergency services.

Two sets of criteria are provided - core and comprehensive - which include technical specifications, selection and award criteria, and contract performance clauses. Core criteria will address the ease of applicability and administration of GPP, while comprehensive criteria are aimed public authorities seeking to achieve further environmental and innovation procurement objectives.

The criteria are expected to impact a number of environmental aspects of textiles, including increasing the procurement of recyclable, non-hazardous, non-shrinking textiles products, as well as maintenance services which extend the lifetime of textile products.

For more information and to download the criteria, visit the EU GPP helpdesk website. A webinar introducing the new criteria will be held on 28 June. To register, visit the ICLEI web-conferencing website.