Article 2 of the above-mentioned Act establishes that to facilitate the regulatory functions in the electricity and natural gas industry a public institution is set up under the name of “E-Control Austria for the regulation of the electricity and natural gas industry”. The text, consisting of 45 articles, deals with the following aspects: general targets; organs; Board of directors; functions and duties of the Board; legal aid; regulatory commission and its tasks; supervisory Board, and its task