Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications

Organisation

• General Secretariat
• Federal Office for Spatial Development : Coordinates area planning between the federal agencies, the cantons and the municipalities.
• Federal Office for the Environment : Responsible for matters of the environment, including the protection of plants and animals and the protection against noise, air pollution or natural hazards.
• Federal Office for Civil Aviation : Regulates civil aviation.
• Federal Office of Communications : Regulates radio and TV stations, notably the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation.
• Federal Office of Energy : Responsible for the provision of electrical energy at the federal level, as well as for the supervision of dams.
• Federal Office of Transport : Responsible for public transport at the federal level, including the development of the federal rail network and navigation on the Rhine.
• Federal Roads Authority : Responsible for the construction, maintenance and operation of the national highway network.

• Swiss Transportation Safety Investigation Board.
• Federal Communications Commission : Regulates the telecommunications market, awards service licences, rules on interconnection disputes and approves frequency and numbering plans.
• Federal Inspectorate for Heavy Current Installations : Responsible for inspecting low and heavy-current electrical installations.
• : Assesses and monitors security and radiation protection in Swiss nuclear installations.
• Federal Pipelines Inspectorate : Responsible for the planning, construction and operation of fuel pipeline systems in Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
• Independent Complaints Authority for Radio and Television: Decides on complaints about radio and television programmes.
• PostReg: Regulates the Swiss Post.
• Railways Arbitration Commission : Arbitrates in disputes over access to the rail network.

  Name of department

• 1848–1859: Department of Posts and Construction
• 1860–1872: Department of Posts
• 1873–1878: Department of Posts and Telegraph
• 1879–1962: Department of Posts and Railways
• 1963–1978: Department of Transport, Communications and Energy
• 1979–1997: Federal Department of Transport, Communications and Energy
• Since 1998: Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications

  List of heads of the department