To this top body was assigned the main managing agencies of the Social Security and was structured through three governing bodies: the Directorate-General for the Legal Regime of Social Security, the Directorate-General for the Economic Regime of Social Security and the Deputy Directorate-General for Coordination. In 1981, all the economic, budgetary, inspection and management control competencies of all the managing agencies and common services of the Social Security were transferred to it through the incorporation into its structure of the Office of the Comptroller General of the Social Security.
