Template:Legifrance/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Legifrance.
It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

Use this template when you wish to create an external link to French legal text as provided by Légifrance, the official website of the French government for publication of legislation, regulations, and legal information.

Usage

{{Legifrance|base=database|number=article number|text=Display text for link}}

Note: parameter aliases are provided to make it possible to copy-paste directly from French Wikipedia, so the following is equivalent to the above:

{{Légifrance|base=database|numéro=article number|texte=Display text for link}}

Note on spelling

In French, the name of the website is Légifrance, including the accented "e" letter. To make it easier to use this template with English qwerty keyboards, and in conformity with the majority of English sources that refer to the website without the accented letter, the name of this template is Legifrance, without the accent. In order to facilitate ease of use by copy-pasting directly from sources on French Wikipedia, the acccented version is available as a redirect, and can be used as well.

Parameters

There are four named parameters, two required and two optional.

|base= – a token indicating which part of the code, e.g. CP for the penal code, JORF for the Journal officiel, CC for the Civil Code, and so on. Required. See the table below for list of possible values. (See :fr:Modèle:Légifrance § Codes juridiques for an explanation of these values (in French) ).
|number= – article number in the given code base; e.g, 1, 1137. Required. Aliases: 'numéro', 'num'.
|text= – display text; visible text underlying the wikilink to the article at Légifrance. Optional.Default: <base> 'art.' <number>. Alias: 'texte'.
|url= – optional url of the Légifrance article to display. Normally this param should be omitted, as the url value is calculated by the template as a function of base and number. However if required, |url= may be used to override the default value, such as to create a link to a page grouping several related articles; see Example 4 below.

Param notes

|base= – see the table in § Legifrance databases, and 'base' values.
|number= – adjustments for punctuation and embedded spaces: as a general rule, drop them:
- for legislative acts beginning with L. – drop the punctuation and embedded space: L. 1234 ⟶ L1234.
- for regulatory acts beginning with R. – drop the space and punct., i.e., R. 5678 ⟶ R5678
- for embedded spaces prior to a suffix, url encode the space; e.g., 4 bis ⟶ 4%20bis
- sometimes add a slash in the suffix, instead of url-encoded space, e.g., L. 80 A ⟶ L80/A

In footnotes

Two templates are available for generating footnotes related to Légifrance:

{{Cite Legifrance}} – generates a full citation for the Légifrance website (wraps {{cite web}} ); may be used either for inline citations, or in the reference list to anchor a short citation;
{{Sfn Legifrance}} – generates a short citation to a French law or legal text indexed in Légifrance.

To use this template in a footnote directly, without using either of the two templates above, you may embed template {{Legifrance}} in a full citation or a short citation that you write yourself:

Full citation

To create a full citation to a Legifrance article, the recommended way is to use template {{Cite Legifrance}}. To create a full citation without using that template, you may do so by coding the full citation yourself, and embedding this template in the |at= param to link to the specific penal code. Here's an example showing this as a full citation inline:

<ref name="CP 121-3">{{cite web |author=République française |date=19 October 2022 |title=Légifrance Le service public de la diffusion du droit |website=Légifrance |publisher=Secrétariat général du gouvernement |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr |at={{legifrance|base=CP|number=121-3}} |access-date=27 December 2024}}

Note that in this inline citation example, the title will link to the home page of Légifrance, and the at/page value will link directly to the law.

Short footnote

To create a short footnote to a Legifrance text, the recommended way is by using template {{Sfn Legifrance}}. The "brute force" method that avoids using that template follows.

This example generates two short citations, each linking the "Legifrance" label to a full citation in the References section, but with the specific named laws named in the |loc= parameter in unlinked plain text:

Mens rea{{sfn|Legifrance|loc=CP 121-3}} and police custody.{{sfn|Legifrance|loc=CPP 62-2}}

This can be improved by linking the named law as well, using {{Sfn Legifrance}}. The following method is equivalent to using {{Sfn Legifrance}}, and works by embedding the {{Legifrance}} template in the value of the |loc= param:

Mens rea{{sfn|Legifrance|loc={{legifrance|base=CP|number=121-3}}} and police custody.{{sfn|Legifrance|loc={{legifrance|base=CPP|number=62-2}} }}

== Works cited ==

* {{cite web |author=République française |date=19 October 2022 |title=Légifrance Le service public de la diffusion du droit |publisher=Secrétariat général du gouvernement |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr |ref={{harvid|Legifrance}} }}

Note the use of the |ref= param in the {{cite web}} template whose {{harvid}} value matches param one of the {{sfn}}; this is required to establish linkage from the short footnote to the full citation, regardless whether {{legifrance}} is used or not. Establishing linkage using the |ref= param in the citation is a standard feature of short footnotes; see the description of handling the "no author name" case.

Examples

To cite article 62-2 of the CPP (French criminal procedure code) about garde à vue, you could code:

1a. {{Legifrance|base=CPP|number=62-2|text=CPP Art. 62-2}} → CPP Art. 62-2
1b. {{legifrance|base=CC|num=1137|text=Art. 1137 of the Civil Code}} → Template:Legifrance: missing or invalid base value ('CC'), or missing number

You can use the accented "é" version, and param aliases to generate the same link as above, using original French param names, if you've copy/pasted directly from an article on French Wikipedia to generate the same link:

2. {{Légifrance|base=CPP|numéro=62-2|texte=CPP Art. 62-2}} → CPP Art. 62-2

Or, use with only two params, and allow the template to default the value of param |text=:

3. {{legifrance|base=CC|number=1137}} → Civil code, 1137

The following demonstrates the use of optional param |url= to supply a link to a group of related articles:

4. {{legifrance|base=CPP|num=75|url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/codes/section_lc/LEGITEXT000006071154/LEGISCTA000006151877/#LEGISCTA000006151877}} → CPP art. 75 – 78

If the value of |base= is not valid, you get this:

5. {{legifrance|base=NOGUD|number=123-4}} → Template:Legifrance: missing or invalid base value ('NOGUD'), or missing number

Legifrance databases and 'base' values

This template creates a direct link to a legal text or law. There are numerous different portions of French legal code which can have long names, like the Code général des collectivités territoriales. To avoid having to have such a long name as a template parameter, this template uses a short token which is used for the 'base' parameter instead of the long name; this base token is shown in all caps in the table below. Choose one of these tokens as the value for parameter |base=. Note: these tokens apply only to portions of the Legifrance database that existed in 2008 or earlier.^[a] As a result, the syntax described here cannot be used to create links to portions of the code created since 2008, such as the code de transport.

To create a link to a legal text or law which is part of one of the post-2008 codes, find the link to the law of interest at Légifrance, and use optional template parameter |url= to specify its value. (Or, just use the url directly, in template {{Cite Legifrance}} or {{Sfn Legifrance}}.)

Law database to search	Detail	'base' value
Code de l'action sociale et des familles Social action and family code	Legislative part	CACTSOCL
Code de l'aviation civile Civil aviation code	Legislative part	CAVIAL
	decrees by the Conseil d'État	CAVIAR
	Simple decrees part	CAVIAD
Code civil Civil code		CC
Code de commerce Commercial code		CCOM
Code de la consommation Consumer code	Legislative part	CONSO
	decrees of the Conseil d'État	CONSO(R)
	Simple decrees part	CONSO(D)
Code de la construction et de l'habitation Construction and housing code	Legislative part	CCONSTRL
	Regulatory part - décrets en Conseil d'État	CCONSTRR
Code de la défense Defense code	Legislative part	CDEF
Code de la défense Defense code	Regulatory part	CDEF(R)
Code de l'éducation Education code	Legislative part	CEDU
Code de l'éducation Education code	Regulatory part	CEDU(R)
Code de l'entrée et du séjour des étrangers et du droit d'asile Entry, foreign residence, and right of asylum code	Legislative part	CESEDA(L)
	Regulatory part	CESEDA(R)
Code de l'environnement Environment code	Legislative part	CE
Code de l'environnement Environment code	Regulatory part	CE(R)
Code électoral Electoral code	Legislative part	CELE
Code électoral Electoral code	Regulatory part	CELE(R)
Code général des collectivités territoriales General code of Territorial Authorities code	Legislative part	CGCT
	Regulatory part	CGCT(R)
Code général des impôts General tax code		CGI
Code général de la propriété des personnes publiques General code of public property		CGPPP
Code des juridictions financières Financial jurisdiction code	Legislative part	CJF(L)
	Regulatory part	CJF(R)
Code de justice administrative Administrative justice code	Legislative part	CJA
Code de justice administrative Administrative justice code	Regulatory part	CJA(R)
Code monétaire et financier Monetary and financial code	Legislative part	CMONFIL
Code monétaire et financier Monetary and financial code	Regulatory part	CMONFIR
Code de l'organisation judiciaire Judicial Organization code	new Legislative part	COJ
	Legislative part	COJ(L)
	Regulatory part	COJ(R)
Code du patrimoine Heritage code		CPAT
Code pénal Penal code	Legislative part	CP
Code pénal Penal code	Regulatory part	CP(R)
Code pénal (ancien) Penal code of 1810		CP1810
Code des postes et des communications électroniques Post and electronic communications code	Legislative part	CPOSTESL
	Regulatory part	CPOSTESR
Code de procédure civile Civil procedure code		NCPC
Code de procédure civile (ancien) Civil procedure code (old)		CPC
Code de procédure pénale Criminal procedure code	Legislative part	CPP
	Regulatory part	CPP(R)
	Simple decrees part	CPP(D)
	partie arrêtés	CPP(A)
Code de la propriété intellectuelle Intellectual property code	Legislative part	CPROINTL
	Regulatory part	CPROINTR
Code de la route Highway code	new Legislative part	CRO
	Legislative part	CROUTEL
	new regulatory part	CRO(M)
	Regulatory part	CROUTER
Code rural et de la pêche maritime Rural and maritime fisheries code	Legislative part	CR
	Regulatory part	CR(R)
Code de la santé publique Public health code	new legislative part	CSP
	Legislative part	CSP(L)
	Regulatory part	CSP(R)
	nouvelle Regulatory part	CSP(NR)
Code de la Sécurité sociale Social security code	Legislative part	CSS(L)
	Simple decrees part	CSS(D)
	Regulatory part	CSS(R)
Code du sport Sports code	Legislative part	CSPORTPL
	Regulatory part	CSPORTPR
	partie arrêtés	CSPORTPA
Code du travail Labor code	new legislative part from 1 May 2008	CT(NL)
	Legislative part	CT
	Regulatory part	CT(R)
	Simple decrees part	CT(D)
Code de l'urbanisme Urban planning code	Legislative part	URBA(L)
Code de l'urbanisme Urban planning code	Regulatory part	URBA(R)
Code de la voirie routière Roads and highways code	Legislative part	CVOIRIEL
Code de la voirie routière Roads and highways code	Regulatory part	CVOIRIER
Livre des procédures fiscales Tax procedure book	Legislative part	CGLIVP
	Regulatory part	CGLIVPFM
	partie arrêtés	CGLIVPFA

Notes

^ The rules regarding the permanence of pre-2008 urls were formerly indicated at the following address: Anciennes et nouvelles adresses ('Old and new addresses'; dead link). Currently, the page Etablir-un-lien ('Establish a link') indicates that the permanence of pre-2008 urls is guaranteed for two types of documents: texts published in the Journal officiel having a NOR number on the one hand, and codes or specific articles of codes existing in January 2008 on the other hand (which, apparently, does not include consolidated texts).

TemplateData

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Template parameters
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
base	`base`	Legislation Database name Suggested values `JORF` `avant90` `CASS` `INCA` `JADE` `CONSTIT` `CACTSOCL` `CAVIAL` `CAVIAR` `CAVIAD` `CC` `CCOM` `CONSO` `CONSO(R)` `CONSO(D)` `CCONSTRL` `CCONSTRR` `CDEF` `CDEF(R)` `CEDU` `CEDU(R)` `CESEDA(L)` `CESEDA(R)` `CE` `CE(R)` `CELE` `CELE(R)` `CGCT` `CGCT(R)` `CGI` `CGPPP` `CJF(L)` `CJF(R)` `CJA` `CJA(R)` `CMONFIL` `CMONFIR` `COJ` `COJ(L)` `COJ(R)` `CPAT` `CP` `CP(R)` `CP1810` `CPOSTESL` `CPOSTESR` `NCPC` `CPC` `CPP` `CPP(R)` `CPP(D)` `CPP(A)` `CPROINTL` `CPROINTR` `CRO` `CROUTEL` `CRO(M)` `CROUTER` `CR` `CR(R)` `CSP` `CSP(L)` `CSP(R)` `CSP(NR)` `CSS(L)` `CSS(D)` `CSS(R)` `CSPORTPL` `CSPORTPR` `CSPORTPA` `CT(NL)` `CT` `CT(R)` `CT(D)` `URBA(L)` `URBA(R)` `CVOIRIEL` `CVOIRIER` `CGLIVP` `CGLIVPFM` `CGLIVPFA` Example JORF	String	suggested
url	`url`	Override url to use to link to the Légifrance article	String	optional
text	`text` `texte`	Display text for the link to the article at Légifrance Example Article 121-3 of the Penal code	String	suggested
number	`number` `num` `numéro`	Article number in the given code base Example 121-3	String	optional

[1] The rules regarding the permanence of pre-2008 urls were formerly indicated at the following address: Anciennes et nouvelles adresses ('Old and new addresses'; dead link). Currently, the page Etablir-un-lien ('Establish a link') indicates that the permanence of pre-2008 urls is guaranteed for two types of documents: texts published in the Journal officiel having a NOR number on the one hand, and codes or specific articles of codes existing in January 2008 on the other hand (which, apparently, does not include consolidated texts).

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