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European Court confirms possibility to demand Fair Trade criteria in public procurement

10 May 2012 (Brussels) - Two days before World Fair Trade Day, the Court of Justice of the European Union provides much-needed legal clarification by confirming that Fair Trade criteria can be included in public procurement. This confirms the practice across the European Union by contracting authorities and cannot be ignored in the current revision of the EU Public Procurement Directive.
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Fair Trade espresso with Vice-President Anna-Maria Darmanin

Richard Adams, member of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) in the various interest group and consultant in social, environmental and ethical business, and project development, is a guest in Espresso with Anna-Maria. The Espresso with Anna-Maria is a series of short video-clips where Vice-President -Communications for the EESC, Anna-Maria Darmanin, meet with the different members of the EESC to get to know them and what they are doing better. In this episode she takes the opportunity to interview Richard Adams on what the Fairtrade label stands for.
 
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