Acta academica karviniensia 2014, 14(3):15-29 | DOI: 10.25142/aak.2014.044

THE SOCIAL RESPONSIBLE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT IN EUROPEAN UNION IN THE CONTEXT OF IMPLEMENTATION IN LEGAL SYSTEM OF POLAND

Danuta Duda

Slezská univerzita, Obchodně podnikatelská fakulta, Univerzitní nám. 1934/3, 733 40 Karviná, Email:duda@opf.slu.cz

This article deals with the social responsible public procurement and green public procurement in European union. The aim of this article is to explore history of the social responsible and green public procurement of the European union, the EU legislation in this area and apply it to practical examples in selected EU Member States (France, Great Britain, Sweden and Czech Republic). In Poland is the most important legislation of 29 January 2004 Public Procurement Law, where is listed also provision about social responsible and green public procurement. Socially responsible public procurement in Poland has been applied in many cities, such as: Gdynia, Gdansk, Bydgoszcz, Brzeziny, Bytom, Wrocław, Częstochowa, Szczecin, Toruń, Łódź and Kraków. The aim of this article is to also graphically present the level of EU green public procurement uptake in the EU in 2011, the level greening of public procurement in Poland in the years 2009-2012 or the level of social responsible public procurement in Poland in the years 2010-2012.

Keywords: European union, green public procurement, social responsible public procurement, socially responsible public procurement, the Public Procurement Office in Poland, public contracts

JEL classification: K39

Received: June 20, 2014; Accepted: September 23, 2014; Published: September 30, 2014  Show citation