The department is composed of the following offices: • General Secretariat •
Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE): Coordinates area planning between the federal agencies, the cantons and the municipalities. •
Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN): 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 (FOCA): Regulates
civil aviation. •
Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM): Regulates radio and TV stations, notably the
Swiss Broadcasting Corporation. •
Federal Office of Energy (FOE): Responsible for the provision of electrical energy at the federal level, as well as for the supervision of dams. •
Federal Office of Transport (FOT): Responsible for
public transport at the federal level, including the development of the
federal rail network and navigation on the
Rhine. •
Federal Roads Office (FEDRO): Responsible for the construction, maintenance and operation of the
national highway network. The following independent authorities are affiliated to the DETEC for administrative purposes: •
Swiss Transportation Safety Investigation Board (STSB, formerly
Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau and
Investigation Bureau for Railway, Funicular and Boat Accidents). •
Federal Communications Commission (ComCom): Regulates the telecommunications market, awards service licences, rules on
interconnection disputes and approves frequency and numbering plans. •
Federal Electricity Commission (ElCom): monitors electricity prices, rules as a judicial authority on disputes relating to network access and payment of cost-covering feed-in of electricity produced from renewable energy, monitors electricity supply security and regulates issues relating to international electricity transmission and trading. •
Federal Postal Services Commission (PostCom): Regulates the
Swiss Post and Swiss postal market. •
Rail Transport Commission (RailCom): Arbitrates in disputes over access to the rail network and the calculation of fees for the use of infrastructure. •
Independent Complaints Authority for Radio and Television (ICA): Decides on complaints related to radio and television programmes. •
Safety Office (formerly known as the Civil Aviation Safety Office, CASO): supports the development of safety in land, sea and air transport, in the use, transport and distribution of energy, and for communications infrastructures •
Reporting Office for Just Culture in Civil Aviation (ROJCA): strengthens
Just Culture through the protection of the information source of an occurrence reporting in Swiss Civil Aviation. •
Federal Inspectorate for Heavy Current Installations (ESTI): Responsible for inspecting low and heavy-current electrical installations. •
Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate (ENSI): Assesses and monitors security and radiation protection in Swiss nuclear installations. •
Federal Pipelines Inspectorate (ERI): Responsible for the planning, construction and operation of
fuel pipeline systems in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. ASTRA BAZL BFE Südosten.jpg|The building of the
Federal Office of Civil Aviation, the Federal Roads Office and the Federal Office of Energy ==Name of department==