Federal Network Agency

Federal Network Agency
Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Posts and Railway
Bundesnetzagentur für Elektrizität, Gas, Telekommunikation, Post und Eisenbahnen
AbbreviationBNetzA
Formation1 January 1998
TypeFederal agency
Legal statusEstablished by Telecommunications Act 1996,[1] renamed by Federal Agency Act[2]
PurposeRegulator and competition authority for privatised infrastructure.
HeadquartersBonn, Germany
Region served
Germany
President
Klaus Müller
Main organ
Board
Parent organization
German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology
Websitewww.bundesnetzagentur.de
RemarksEstablished as Regulatory Authority for Telecommunications and Posts (Regulierungsbehörde für Telekommunikation und Post, RegTP)
Headquarters in Bonn

The Federal Network Agency (German: Bundesnetzagentur or BNetzA) is the German regulatory office for electricity, gas, telecommunications, post and railway markets. It is a federal agency of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action and headquartered in Bonn, Germany.

  1. ^ Telekommunikationsgesetz (TKG) of 1996-07-25, BGBl. Part I, p. 1120 (in German)
  2. ^ Gesetz über die Bundesnetzagentur für Elektrizität, Gas, Telekommunikation, Post und Eisenbahnen (BEGTPG) [Act on the Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Posts, and Railways] of 2005-07-07, BGBl. Part I, p. 1970, 2009 (in German)

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