Planning and management of social security finances The DSS analyses the social security accounts, develops social security financial projections and formulates and monitors the implementation of social security scheme funding policy.
It manages revenues and expenditures in the social security system and drafts and implements the Social Security Financing Acts (lois de financement de la Sécurité sociale). In 2006 it took on responsibility for coordinating the accounts certification system of the general scheme and in 2008 the certification systems of the other statutory basic schemes.
Legal management and development of public policy
The DSS formulates public policy in the area of family benefits, health and industrial injury insurance and pensions, and is responsible for social security regulations as laid down in the French Social Security Code.
Direction of the operations of the social security institutions
The DSS directs the operations of France’s social security institutions, which, for the general scheme alone, comprise : the four national funds (CNAM (health insurance fund), old-CNAV (age insurance fund) CNAF (family benefits fund) and ACOSS (central agency for social security funds) ; 312 basicscheme funds ; and UCANSS, the body handling tasks relevant to all four national funds. The DSS is responsible for negotiating and implementing the 17 national agreements on management and objectives, which, since their introduction in 1996, have brought a performance-oriented approach to social security management. The Directorate also has a role in monitoring the complementary social security schemes and the French mutual sector.
A role at EU and international level
The DSS is responsible for negotiating and administering France’s commitments at EU and international level in the area of social security (bilateral agreements and coordination regulations). It is actively involved in the various European bodies dealing with social security issues, its aims being to contribute to the development of Social Europe and to showcase the benefits of the French system.
