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… Procurement (GPP), to be implemented by Member States by means of National Action Plans. GPP is defined as a ‘process whereby public authorities seek to procure goods, services and works with a reduced environmental impact throughout their life cycle when compared to goods, services and works with the same primary function that would otherwise be produced.’ 3 In this paper it will be researched how environmental considerations have developed within the public procurement regime of the European … the use of quantitative restrictions and measures having an equivalent effect in procurement contracts 10 and introduced certain principles. Among these were the need to advertise contracts on a community-wide scale, non-discrimination regarding technical specifications and objectivity. Also, in 1971 the first Directive 11 on public works was adopted. However, procurement was not only a topic on European level. In 1977 the GATT Agreement of Government Procurement 12 was signed between the major … binding but should be regarded as instruments 74 COM(2008) 400 final, p. 7. 75 European Commission, ‘Glossary’. European Commission Environment, http://ec.europa.eu/environment/gpp/gpp_policy_en.htm (last visited 2 May 2012). 76 European Commission, Buying Green! A Handbook on Green Public Procurement, 2 nd ed., Publications Office of the European Union, Luxemburg 2011, pp. 34-40. http://ec.europa.eu/environment/gpp/gpp_policy_en.htm 20 that will help governments steer their procurement policies …