The Office makes decisions on imposing sanctions, if a regulated entity or a person bearing the obligations defined in legal provisions as for network industries, commits an administrative tort by breaching the obligations stipulated by legal provisions related to network industries.

The administrative proceeding on imposing a sanction is initiated by the Office based on the facts discovered within the Office activities, or based on the conclusions of an inspection performed in the regulated entity, or with the person bearing the obligations defined in legal provisions related to network industries.