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| Compare sources | Légifrance | EUR-Lex |
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| What this source helps you find | Find French statutes, codes and court decisions, including text versions. | Consult the Official Journal and European Union legal acts. |
| Limit to retain in your conclusion | Use the version applicable on the relevant date and distinguish law from commentary. | Check the act, version, entry into force and relationship with national law. |
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| Evidence record to retain | Text or article identifier, relevant date, displayed version, start and end of effect and stable link. | CELEX identifier, act type, date, language, original or consolidated version, cited amendments and exact passage. |
| Check before drawing a conclusion | The text visible today may differ from the version applicable to past facts; check dated and transitional provisions. | Consolidation aids reading but has no legal effect of its own; check acts published in the Official Journal. |
| Coverage | FR | EU |
| Official reference page | Official reference page | Official reference page |
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