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---
configs:
- config_name: default
  data_files:
  - split: code_rural_nouveau
    path: data/code_rural_nouveau.parquet
  - split: code_de_la_securite_sociale
    path: data/code_de_la_securite_sociale.parquet
  - split: code_general_des_impots
    path: data/code_general_des_impots.parquet
  - split: code_du_travail
    path: data/code_du_travail.parquet
  - split: code_minier
    path: data/code_minier.parquet
  - split: code_des_instruments_monetaires_et_des_medailles
    path: data/code_des_instruments_monetaires_et_des_medailles.parquet
  - split: code_disciplinaire_et_penal_de_la_marine_marchande
    path: data/code_disciplinaire_et_penal_de_la_marine_marchande.parquet
  - split: code_general_des_collectivites_territoriales
    path: data/code_general_des_collectivites_territoriales.parquet
  - split: code_des_impositions_sur_les_biens_et_services
    path: data/code_des_impositions_sur_les_biens_et_services.parquet
  - split: code_du_domaine_de_l_etat
    path: data/code_du_domaine_de_l_etat.parquet
  - split: code_penitentiaire
    path: data/code_penitentiaire.parquet
  - split: code_de_l_aviation_civile
    path: data/code_de_l_aviation_civile.parquet
  - split: code_de_l_action_sociale_et_des_familles
    path: data/code_de_l_action_sociale_et_des_familles.parquet
  - split: code_de_la_consommation
    path: data/code_de_la_consommation.parquet
  - split: code_general_des_impots_annexe_ii
    path: data/code_general_des_impots_annexe_ii.parquet
  - split: code_des_pensions_militaires_d_invalidite_et_des_victimes_de_guerre
    path: data/code_des_pensions_militaires_d_invalidite_et_des_victimes_de_guerre.parquet
  - split: code_du_sport
    path: data/code_du_sport.parquet
  - split: code_general_des_impots_annexe_iii
    path: data/code_general_des_impots_annexe_iii.parquet
  - split: code_de_la_famille_et_de_l_aide_sociale
    path: data/code_de_la_famille_et_de_l_aide_sociale.parquet
  - split: code_de_la_legion_d_honneur_de_la_medaille_militaire_et_de_l_ordre_national_du_merite
    path: data/code_de_la_legion_d_honneur_de_la_medaille_militaire_et_de_l_ordre_national_du_merite.parquet
  - split: code_rural_et_de_la_peche_maritime
    path: data/code_rural_et_de_la_peche_maritime.parquet
  - split: code_de_la_justice_penale_des_mineurs
    path: data/code_de_la_justice_penale_des_mineurs.parquet
  - split: code_general_de_la_fonction_publique
    path: data/code_general_de_la_fonction_publique.parquet
  - split: code_des_ports_maritimes
    path: data/code_des_ports_maritimes.parquet
  - split: code_de_la_construction_et_de_l_habitation
    path: data/code_de_la_construction_et_de_l_habitation.parquet
  - split: code_de_justice_militaire_nouveau
    path: data/code_de_justice_militaire_nouveau.parquet
  - split: code_general_des_impots_annexe_iv
    path: data/code_general_des_impots_annexe_iv.parquet
  - split: code_de_la_route
    path: data/code_de_la_route.parquet
  - split: code_des_communes
    path: data/code_des_communes.parquet
  - split: code_du_cinema_et_de_l_image_animee
    path: data/code_du_cinema_et_de_l_image_animee.parquet
  - split: code_rural_ancien
    path: data/code_rural_ancien.parquet
  - split: code_de_la_securite_interieure
    path: data/code_de_la_securite_interieure.parquet
  - split: code_de_la_propriete_intellectuelle
    path: data/code_de_la_propriete_intellectuelle.parquet
  - split: code_des_pensions_militaires_d_invalidite_et_des_victimes_de_la_guerre
    path: data/code_des_pensions_militaires_d_invalidite_et_des_victimes_de_la_guerre.parquet
  - split: code_des_pensions_civiles_et_militaires_de_retraite
    path: data/code_des_pensions_civiles_et_militaires_de_retraite.parquet
  - split: code_de_la_recherche
    path: data/code_de_la_recherche.parquet
  - split: code_du_service_national
    path: data/code_du_service_national.parquet
  - split: code_du_tourisme
    path: data/code_du_tourisme.parquet
  - split: code_de_la_legion_d_honneur_et_de_la_medaille_militaire
    path: data/code_de_la_legion_d_honneur_et_de_la_medaille_militaire.parquet
  - split: code_des_relations_entre_le_public_et_l_administration
    path: data/code_des_relations_entre_le_public_et_l_administration.parquet
language:
- fr
task_categories:
- text-generation
- text2text-generation
tags:
- legal
- text-generation
- conditional-text-generation
size_categories:
- 1K<n<10K
license: cc-by-4.0
---

# Légifrance Legislative Text Dataset

## Dataset Description

The Légifrance Legislative Text Dataset is a structured collection of French legislative and regulatory texts extracted from the [Légifrance platform](https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/).
This dataset provides machine-readable access to consolidated legal codes, with a particular focus on maintaining the integrity of French linguistic features while providing additional metadata and quality signals.
The data in this dataset comes from the Git repository [Git Tricoteuses — La loi sous git - Codes juridiques consolidés](https://git.tricoteuses.fr/tricoteuses/a_propos)

### Languages

French (fr)

## Intended Uses & Limitations

### Intended Uses

- Legal text analysis and research
- Natural Language Processing tasks on French legislative documents
- Legal information retrieval systems
- Analysis of French regulatory frameworks

### Limitations

- Limited to French legislative texts
- Dependent on the structure of source Légifrance documents
- Quality of text extraction depends on the consistency of source markdown formatting

## Dataset Structure

### Data Fields

- `source`: string - Source of the text (e.g., "Code de la sécurité sociale")
- `id`: string - Unique identifier of the legislative text
- `date_debut`: string - Corresponds to the effective date of the article.
- `date_fin`: string - Indicates the date on which the article will be deleted or replaced.
- `url`: string - Direct link to the text on Légifrance
- `extra`: JSON string containing:
  - `État`: string - Status of the text
  - `Type`: string - Type of legislative text
- `quality_signals`: JSON string containing:
  - `character_count`: Total number of characters
  - `word_count`: Total number of words
- `text`: string - The main content of the legislative text

**Remarks**:

- For an article currently in force, with no scheduled date for its repeal or replacement, `date_fin` is set to '2999-01-01'.

- For an article whose enforcement is deferred without a specific date, `date_debut` is then assigned '2222-02-22'.

- If `date_fin` is specified and differs from '2999-01-01', the reference URL for the upcoming version of the article is constructed as `id`/`date_fin`.
  - For example, as of today, the article with `id` = 'LEGIARTI000046809143' and `date_fin` set to '2025-07-01' has its upcoming version accessible at the following URL:
    <https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/codes/article_lc/LEGIARTI000046809143/2025-07-01>

### Data Splits

The dataset is provided as a single split without train/validation/test partitioning.

## Dataset Creation

### Source Data

The data comes from the availability of legal texts as open data, retrieved by the [tricoteuses-legifrance](https://git.tricoteuses.fr/logiciels/tricoteuses-legifrance) project.

The dataset is created from Markdown files containing French legislative texts, each with YAML front matter metadata.

## Considerations for Using the Data

### Social Impact

- Improves accessibility to French legislative texts
- Enables computational analysis of legal documents
- Supports transparency in legal research

### Legal Considerations

- Usage should comply with Légifrance terms of service
- Attribution should be provided to the original source
- Users should verify the current validity of legal texts

## Additional Information

### Dataset Curators

This dataset is programmatically curated from official Légifrance sources.

### Licensing Information

Users should refer to Légifrance's licensing terms for the original content.

### Citation Information

When using this dataset, please cite both:

1. The original Légifrance source
2. This dataset processing implementation

### Contributions

Contributions to improve the dataset processing can be made through the repository's issue tracker or pull requests.