Administrative Council for Economic Defense

Administrative Council for Economic Defense
Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica
Agency overview
Formed10 September 1962; 62 years ago (1962-09-10)
JurisdictionFederal government of Brazil
HeadquartersSEPN 515, Conjunto D, Lote 4
Brasília, Federal District
Annual budgetR$ 47 million (2023)[1]
Agency executive
  • Alexandre Cordeiro Macedo, Chairperson
Parent departmentMinistry of Justice and Public Security
Websitewww.gov.br/cade/

The Administrative Council for Economic Defense (in Portuguese, Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica, often referred to as Cade or CADE) is Brazil's national competition regulator and an agency of the government of Brazil. Its stated goals are "guiding, inspecting, preventing and investigating economic power abuse by exercising a custodial role in its prevention and repression".[2]

  1. ^ "Portaria do MPO adapta orçamento para 2023". Ministério do Planejamento e Orçamento (in Brazilian Portuguese). 16 February 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  2. ^ CADE's official website (in Portuguese).