To that end, express provision had to be made in national law to ensure that, in the exercise of its tasks, a national regulatory authority is protected against external intervention or political pressure liable to jeopardise its independent assessment of matters coming before it.
Chuige sin, ba ghá foráil a dhéanamh go sainráite sa dlí náisiúnta chun a áirithiú go gcosnófaí údarás rialála náisiúnta, agus é i mbun a chuid cúraimí, ar idirghabháil sheachtrach nó ar bhrú polaitiúil a d'fhéadfadh a mheasúnú neamhspleách ar ábhair a thagann os a chomhair a chur i mbaol.