The public procurement sector represents on average 12% of the GDP of the European Union, but reaches a rate of 17% in Italy and even 19% in certain Member States such as France: those numbers highlight the great significance of the sector.

The adoption of GPP on a wide scale could modify the purchasing behaviour of subjects that purchase goods and services for about 1/5 of the national total.
GPP can play a fundamental role, on the demand side, to sustain the production of green goods and services and to act as a driving force in the process of ecological management and re-orientation of consumption towards greener products. At the same time, it can serve as a model of good behaviour for enterprises, private institutions and citizens, giving thus a positive contribution to environmental protection.

Local authorities, by transferring their purchasing capacity on products with a reduced environmental impact and by including environmental criteria into purchasing procedures, have the concrete opportunity to orientate the market so as to:

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