contributions, including the subscription of companies, the opening of an insurance account for employed and autonomous workers, the denounce of the report regarding housework and the release of the insurance account and certification statement Granting a certified email address to all the users subscribed on the official website of INPS. Publishing INPS issues the quarterly journal Informazione previdenziale, edited by the advocacy of the institute and dedicated to the issues about work rights and social security. Legal aspects INPS, as a public entity, does not declare profits and it is based on a solidarity agreement between generations. The solidarity aim and the absence of profit do not configure INPS as a company. The social security is managed by a public entity according to the Italian Constitution. However, the "private-sector assistance may be freely provided" but the article means that the social security tutelage for workers represents a fundamental purpose of the Italian State according to its Constitution. This kind of social security organization based on public entities complies with the principles of European community rights. The Court of Justice of the European Union has stated that a legal monopoly of social security entrusted to public entities does not represent an abuse of dominant position at all and therefore it is not disputable before the antitrust authorities according to the article 86 of the EU Treaty. Reports of the European Union declare the right to assistance and social security in the event of old age, without any specification if this right has to be secured by the State or private entities. The right to social security in the event of old age has not a specific or dedicated regulation but it is combined with the protection in cases like maternity, illness or accidents at work. See also Ministry of Labour and Social Policies (Italy) INAIL INPDAP References External links Social security in Italy