DPLP får de public service-opgaver overdraget, som selskabet skal løse, gennem successive forvaltningsakter om godkendelse af de driftsaftaler, det indgår med staten omkring hvert femte år.
The public service missions to be discharged by DPLP are entrusted to it in the successive administrative acts approving the management contracts signed between DPLP and the State approximately every five years.