Supplementary occupational pension funds are legal entities governed by private law whose purpose is to cover supplementary occupational pension commitments, as defined in article L. 143-1, commitments entered into by an association mentioned in article L. 144-2 and supplementary pension commitments entered into under other group insurance schemes, the list of which is set by decree by the Conseil d’Etat.
Supplementary occupational pension funds limit their activity to the coverage of retirement commitments to activities arising therefrom, in particular the coverage of additional guarantees mentioned in article L. 142-3 or article L. 143-2.
Supplementary occupational pension funds may have risks transferred to them from other supplementary occupational pension funds, mutual insurance companies or supplementary occupational pension unions referred to in Article L. 214-1 of the French Mutual Insurance Code (Code de la mutualité) and supplementary occupational pension institutions referred to in Article L. 942-1 of the French Social Security Code (Code de la sécurité sociale), where the transfer is proportional. This activity does not constitute reinsurance within the meaning of I of article L. 310-1-1.