@misc{Błachucki_Mateusz_Independence_2019, author={Błachucki, Mateusz}, copyright={Copyright by Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego Sp. z o.o.}, address={Wrocław}, howpublished={online}, year={2019}, publisher={Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego}, language={pol}, language={eng}, abstract={The article analyzes the issue of independence of public administration authorities. This analysis is based on the example of the Polish antimonopoly authority. It includes presenting the evolution of the legal status of an antimonopoly authority and discussing its current legal regime. The presented research also covered the ECN+ Directive and the obligations it imposes on national governments in relation to the independence of national antitrust authorities. The article also addresses the problem of the actual independence of the antimonopoly authority and the insufficient guarantees of its accountability. The conclusions show that the formal independence of the antimonopoly authority may in Polish conditions lead to effects contrary to the assumptions of the ECN+ Directive.}, title={Independence of public administration authoritiesin the example of evolution of the legal statusof President of the Office for Competitionand Consumer Protection}, keywords={independent public authorities, antimonopoly authority, accountability}, }