 |
The
Establishment of the Social Protection System |
Political,
Economic and Demographic Evolution |
| 1875 |
Employment
Injuries Legislation |
3rd
Republic |
| 1898 |
|
Total
population = 39,000,000
Rural population = 59%
Birth rate = 40 per 1,000 per year
Mortality rate = 20.6 per 1,000 per year
|
| 1910 |
Retired
Workers’ and Farmers’ Legislation |
|
| 1914/18 |
|
World
war I |
| 1928/30 |
Legislation
Concerning Social Protection (Insurance) |
International
Economic Crisis |
| 1932/39 |
Legislation
Concerning Social Protection for Families/Civil Code
for Families |
|
| 1945 |
Ordinance
of 4 October Instituting Social Security |
France
Liberated - 4th Republic |
| 1947 |
Creation
of a Special Supplementary Scheme for Professional/Managerial
Employees (Retraite Complémentaire Vieillesse des Cadres
AGIRC)) |
|
| 1957 |
Creation
of a Special Supplementary Scheme for Non-Exempt Employees
(UNIRS, which, in 1961, became ARRCO) |
|
| 1958 |
Creation
of an Unemployment Scheme (UNEDIC) |
5th
Republic |
| 1967 |
Single
Social Security Scheme Divided into Three National and
Independent Autonomous National Funds (Caisses Nationales
Autonomes, CNAF,
CNAM
& CNAV) |
Total
population = 50,000,000
Rural population = 33.7%
Urban population = 66.2% |
| 1971 |
“Boulin”
Law: General Retirement Scheme Pension set at 50% of
the 10 highest income years’ wages, at age 65, with
37.5 years’ contributions
1st National Convention Between Health Care Providers
and Social Security |
|
| 1974 |
Demographic
Compensation Implemented for Various Schemes |
|
| 1978 |
Social
Protection Extended for Families (End of Employment
Requirement) |
|
| 1982 |
Retirement Established at Age 60 |
Total population = 55,000,000
Rural population = 26.6%
Urban population = 73.4%
Birth rate = 14.9 per 1,000 per year
Mortality rate = 10.3 per 1,000 per year
|
| 1988 |
Creation of a Minimum Income Benefit (Revenue Minimum d'Insertion, RMI) |
|
| 1991 |
Implementation of the General Social Contribution (Contribution Sociale Généralisée, CSG) |
|
| 1992 |
|
Maastricht Treaty Signed |
| 1993 |
Balladur Reform of the General Pension Scheme (phased implementation of 40 years’ contributions and highest 25 years’ wages) |
|
| 1995 |
Announcement
of the Juppé Reform scheme, which includes the establishment
of Social Security Financing Laws (since this date,
expenditure targets have been set by the French Parliament) |
|
| 1998 |
Anti-Exclusion Legislation |
|
| 1999 |
Universal Health Coverage Legislation (Couverture Medicale Universelle, CMU) |
Total population = 61,000,000
Birth rate = 12.6 per 1,000 per year
Mortality rate = 8.8 per 1,000 per year |
