Social Security Funds Act
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Art. 1 Legal form and seat
1 A public law institution with its own legal personality is established by the Confederation to administer the OASI, InvI and LEC (AHV/AVS, IV/AI, EO/APG) social security funds. 2 The Institution organises itself, unless this Act provides otherwise, and keeps its own accounts. 3 It is run in accordance with business management principles. 4 The Federal Council determines its seat. 5 The Institution is entered in the commercial register under the name «compenswiss (Ausgleichsfonds AHV/IV/EO)» / «compenswiss (Fonds de compensation AVS/AI/APG)» / «compenswiss (Fondi di compensazione AVS/AI/IPG)» / «compenswiss (Fonds da cumpensaziun AVS/AI/UCG)».
Art. 2 Task
The Institution administers the following social security funds: a. the social security fund for old age and survivors’ insurance (the OASI/AHV/AVS Social Security Fund) under Article 107 of the Federal Act of 20 December 1946 on Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASIA/AHVG/LAVS); b. the social security fund for invalidity insurance (InvI/IV/AI Social Security Fund) under Article 79 of the Federal Act of 19 June 1959 on Invalidity Insurance (InvIA/IVG/LAI); c. the social security fund for the loss of earnings compensation scheme (LEC/EO/APG Social Security Fund) under Article 28 of the Loss of Earnings Compensation Act of 25 September 1952 (LECA/EOG/LAPG).
let. a — SR 831.10 let. b — SR 831.20 let. c — SR 834.1