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"Department of Posts and Telegraph" redirects here. For the Irish governmental department, see Department of Posts and Telegraphs.
Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications 
Agency overview Formed 1848 Jurisdiction Federal administration of Switzerland Headquarters Bern Employees 1,848[1] Annual budget Expenditure: CHF 9 billion
Revenue: CHF 815.3 million
(2009)[1]Minister responsible Doris Leuthard, Federal Councillor Website uvek.admin.ch The Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (Italian: Dipartimento federale dell'ambiente, dei trasporti, dell'energia e delle comunicazioni (ATEC); German: Eidgenössisches Departement für Umwelt, Verkehr, Energie und Kommunikation (UVEK); French: Département fédéral de l'Environnement, des Transports, de l'Energie et de la Communication (ETEC)) is one of the seven departments of the Swiss federal government, headed by a member of the Swiss Federal Council.
Contents
Organisation
The Department is composed of the following offices:[2]
- 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 of 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 Authority (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:
- Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB): Technical investigating authority for aircraft accidents.
- Federal Communications Commission (ComCom): Regulates the telecommunications market, awards service licences, rules on interconnection disputes and approves frequency and numbering plans.
- Federal Inspectorate for Heavy Current Installations (ESTI): Responsible for inspecting low and heavy-current electrical installations.
- Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate (HSK): 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.
- Independent Complaints Authority for Radio and Television: Decides on complaints about radio and television programmes.
- Investigation Bureau for Railway, Funicular and Boat Accidents: Technical investigating authority for accidents on railways, cableways, funicular railways and ships.
- PostReg: Regulates the Swiss Post.
- Railways Arbitration Commission (RACO): 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
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List of heads of the department
- 1848-1852: Wilhelm Matthias Naeff
- 1853-1854: Josef Munzinger
- 1855-1866: Wilhelm Matthias Naeff
- 1867 only: Jakob Dubs
- 1868 only: Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel
- 1869 only: Jakob Dubs
- 1870-1872: Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel
- 1873-1875: Eugène Borel
- 1876 only: Joachim Heer
- 1877-1879: Emil Welti
- 1880-1881: Simeon Bavier
- 1882-1883: Emil Welti
- 1884 only: Adolf Deucher
- 1885-1891: Emil Welti
- 1892-1901: Josef Zemp
- 1902 only: Robert Comtesse
- 1903-1907: Josef Zemp
- 1908-1911: Ludwig Forrer
- 1912 only: Robert Comtesse
- 1912 only: Louis Perrier
- 1911-1917: Ludwig Forrer
- 1918-1929: Robert Haab
- 1930-1940: Marcel Pilet-Golaz
- 1940-1950: Enrico Celio
- 1950-1954: Josef Escher
- 1955-1959: Giuseppe Lepori
- 1960-1965: Willy Spühler
- 1966-1968: Rudolf Gnägi
- 1968-1973: Roger Bonvin
- 1974-1979: Willy Ritschard
- 1980-1987: Leon Schlumpf
- 1988-1995: Adolf Ogi
- 1995-2010: Moritz Leuenberger
- From 2010: Doris Leuthard
References
- ^ a b Swiss Federal Chancellery. "The Swiss Confederation – a brief guide 2009". http://www.bk.admin.ch/dokumentation/02070/index.html?lang=en.
- ^ "The aims of the Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy, and Communications (DETEC)". Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications. http://www.uvek.admin.ch/org/00469/index.html?lang=en. Retrieved May 2008.
External links
Federal administration of Switzerland Departments Chancellery · Foreign Affairs · Home Affairs · Justice and Police · Defence · Finance · Economic Affairs · Environment, Transport and CommunicationsState-owned enterprises See also Categories:- Federal departments of Switzerland
- Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications
- Communications in Switzerland
- Transport in Switzerland
- Energy in Switzerland
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