If a procurement procedure is applied, the environmental impacts shall be used as award criteria and the operational lifetime costs for energy consumption, CO2 emissions and pollutants emissions shall be monetised and calculates following a methodology specifies in the directive.
Dalībvalstīm tomēr saglabāsies manevra iespējas — direktīva sīki izklāsta, kā jānosaka kritēriji, izstrādājot procedūras.