Trésor public


The Trésor public is the national administration of the Treasury in France. It is headed by the general directorate of public finances in the Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industry.
The Trésor Public is responsible for:
Until the 2012 reform, the Treasury was headed each département by the Treasurer-Paymaster General, a high-ranking official. In Paris, the function used to be divided into the Paymaster General of the Treasury, and the Receiver General of the Finances. Each région had its own Treasurer-Paymaster General, the one for the département of the région préfecture. However, following the 2012 reform, the system has been greatly simplified, and relevant administrations for taxes and public accounts were merged into the general directorate of public finances. During this process, redundant fiscal and financial functions were consolidated into a single departamental or regional director for public finances.
The Trésor also runs a certificate authority. In December 2013 it was revealed that it issued fake certificates impersonating Google in order to facilitate spying on French government employees via man-in-the-middle attacks.
The Trésor public is different from the Directorate of the Treasury, which is the administration in charge of French State's debt and cash management, and contributes to financial sector and economy financing regulation, economic policy and international economic and financial negotiations.