The OECD defines Authority Confidential Information as internally generated by the competition authority for which there is no statutory prohibition or restriction on disclosure, and that does not specifically identify confidential information of individual enterprises.  Information that the CMA has generated itself (such as knowledge of high-level issues, strategies in certain sectors, lessons learnt) can be shared at our own discretion and would not be considered ‘Specified information’ as defined by the Enterprise Act 2002 (EA02), which can only be shared in accordance with the Part 9 EA02 rules. ‘Specified information’ is information that (1) comes to the CMA in the exercise of its functions and (2) relates to the affairs of an individual during their lifetime or the business of an undertaking while the undertaking is in existence (and would therefore be separate from the types of information as set out in the definition above). The CMA can therefore freely share non-specified information about its experiences and cases with overseas public authorities (meaning a person or body outside the UK which appears to the CMA to exercise functions of a public nature in the enforcement of consumer or competition legislation (sections 243(11) and (12) of the EA02).