Overview

France's official public service for the online dissemination of the law, published by the Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (DILA), which operates under the authority of the Secretary-General of the Government. Legifrance provides free access to the entire body of French law: the Constitution, consolidated codes, statutes, ordinances, decrees, orders, the case law of national courts, collective bargaining agreements and international treaties. The service was created by the decree of 7 August 2002 on the public service for the dissemination of the law via the internet. Since 1 January 2016, the Official Journal of the French Republic has been exclusively digital and accessible through Legifrance, in accordance with the law of 22 December 2015. The site also offers access to the scanned Official Journals from 1869 to 2015, a unique historical archive spanning more than 150 years. DILA, which also publishes service-public.fr (605 million visits in 2023) and vie-publique.fr, releases an annual activity report detailing its missions of legal dissemination, administrative information, public publishing and commercial activities. Legifrance is the official, authenticated source of French law, guaranteed by the State and maintained over time. Created by decree in 2002, fully digital Official Journal since 2016, archives dating back to 1869, published by DILA

The official, authenticated source of French law, published by DILA

Key features

Advanced search engine to quickly locate any legal text
Access to the successive versions of a text as it stood on any chosen date
Exclusively digital, authenticated Official Journal since 2016
Filtering facets by court, type of decision and dissemination status
Wildcard search available in specific fields
Free and unlimited access to the entire documentary archive
Scanned archives of the Official Journal from 1869 to 2015 with their indexes
Published by DILA, which also runs service-public.fr (605 million visits in 2023)

Pricing

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Who is it for?

Lawyers and legal professionals consulting legislation and case lawJudges and court clerks of the French judiciaryLaw students and academic researchersPublic administrations and local authoritiesCompanies checking their regulatory complianceCitizens looking to understand the law applicable to their situation

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