Légifrance Explained

Url:	https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/
Commercial:	No
Type:	Public service and legal information portal
Language:	French
Owner:	French government
Current Status:	Active

Légifrance (in French pronounced as /leʒifʁɑ̃s/) is the official website of the French government for the publication of legislation, regulations, and legal information. It was established by decree in 2002. Access to the site is free.

Virtually complete, it presents or refers to all concerned institutions or administrations, all texts still in force since 1539 ^[1] and all the upper courts jurisprudence since 1986 as well as the most pertinent one of all courts since 1875.^[2]

See also

• Journal Officiel de la République Française

References

All texts in French unless otherwise noted.

1. http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?dateTexte=20110726&cidTexte=LEGITEXT000006070939 Légifrance
2. http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichJuriAdmin.do?oldAction=rechJuriAdmin&idTexte=CETATEXT000007633029 Légifrance

External links

• Légifrance
• Décret n° 2002-1064 du 7 août 2002 relatif au service public de la diffusion du droit par l'internet
• laws and regulations, including updated versions of some important texts;
• the Codes;
• laws, regulations and personal measures as published in the Journal Officiel de la République Française