The Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato, better known as the Antitrust Authority, was established in Italy in 1990. It's an independent institution, which makes its decisions based on the law without the possibility of interference by the government or other organs of political representation. The Authority shall ensure compliance with rules prohibiting agreements between undertakings, abuse of dominant position, and mergers deemed to create or strengthen a dominant position, with the aim of improving the welfare of citizens. Antitrust since 2007 has been entrusted the task of protecting consumers from unfair commercial practices and misleading advertising. To ensure that the comparison is made on the market operates fairly well it intervenes against comparative advertising which discredits the products of competitors or confuse consumers. Since 2004 supervises compliance with the law on conflict of interests of holders of Government office.