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Background

Both the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water (Austrian Ministry of Life) and the Federal Environmental Agency ("Umweltbundesamt") are EMAS (Eco-Management and Audit Scheme) certified. To progressively improve the environmental performance in accordance with EMAS, the procurement of green electricity is seen as a crucial contribution to reducing the environmental impact.

In the first half of 2005 the Federal Procurement Ltd. issued a call for tenders for the green electricity supply for ministries, agencies and affiliated companies. The call for tenders was divided in 11 partial lots in order to allow also small power suppliers to participate in the bidding process. Minimum standards were set to comply with environmental criteria. Up to 100% RES-E supply was requested for each partial lot.

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