- Administration of affairs and services concerning operation, use, construction and maintenance of pipeline and other transport systems (funiculars, cable cars, chairlifts, etc.);

- supervision and regulation of users of pipeline and other transport systems (registration, licensing, inspection of equipment, operator skills and training; safety standards, etc.); of pipeline and other transport systems operations (granting of franchises, setting tariffs, frequency and levels of service, etc.) and of pipeline and other transport systems construction and maintenance;

- construction or operation of non-enterprise-type pipeline and other transport systems;

- production and dissemination of general information, technical documentation and statistics on the operation and construction of pipeline and other transport systems;

- grants, loans or subsidies to support the operation, construction, maintenance or upgrading of pipeline and other transport systems.