In 1995, having drafted the first Public Procurement Act (Act XL of 1995 on Public Procurement), the National Assembly established the Public Procurement Authority (hereinafter referred to as Authority) – called Public Procurement Council at that time – as an independent organization specialized for public procurement. The Authority is an autonomous state administration body, subordinated only to the National Assembly. The Authority is responsible for effectively contributing to framing the public procurement policy and forming and spreading lawful public procurement behaviour to enhance the public and transparent spending of public funds, while considering the public interest and the interest of contracting authorities and tenderers.