In December 2016, the OECD Global Forum on Competition discussed "Independence of competition authorities - from designs to practices" during its third session. Competition authority independence from political power is a key element for the effective enforcement of competition law. This issue has been increasingly important in the debate about the design of a competition authority and it can have several dimensions:
- structural independence from government
- operational/decision-making independence
- organisational independence and
- financial independence.
The discussion focused on the notion of independence of competition enforcers from political interferences in their enforcement activity.
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