Submit to Parliament a draft law which will (a) ensure that the ECA reports directly to the Prime Minister and is independent from any Minister to avoid conflict of interest; (b) provides the ECA with administrative fining powers, eliminates the representation of the government and increase the representation of the judiciary and the technical experts in the ECA's board of directors, and provides it with an earmarked budget as a single digit subject to the review of the Administrative Control Authority; (c) exempts the ECA from the salaries cap provides the ECA independence in hiring; (d) establishes clear criteria for assessing the performance of the ECA and its chairperson; (e) strengthen the transparency of ECA’s operations by requiring it to (i) publish motivated decisions together with a non-confidential versions of the case files (including the investigation report and the parties submissions) and market studies, (ii) introduce a referencing system for all board decisions, and (iii) publish non-confidential versions of all previous and future cases and decisions with supporting analyses; the regulation clarifying procedures and conditions to receive exemptions from the prohibitions of the competition law; the guidelines to calculate fines and settlements; the guidelines to grant leniency on, cartel cases; and the methodology to identify and remove barriers to competition in legislation, policies or decrees which negatively affect competition. MEFP ¶25
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