Act on Encouragement of Purchase of Green Products.

The purpose of this Act is to prevent waste of resources and environmental pollution, and contribute to the reduction of the greenhouse gas emission and the sustainable development of the national economy by encouraging purchase of green products. The text deals, inter alia, with the following aspects: responsibilities to encourage purchase of green products, basic plans for encouraging purchase of green products, public institutions obligation to purchase green products, implementation plans for purchasing green products, purchase records of green products, request for cooperation to encourage purchase of green products, encouragement of purchase of green products by local governments, roles of administrator of public procurement service, request for information on green products, establishment and operation of data management system of green products, support for encouragement of purchase of green products, fostering associations related to promotion of green products, subsidies, education of persons, establishment and operation of green purchasing support centres, reporting, inspection, hearing, fines. The text consists of 20 articles.