The ABES website provides links to legal texts of interest to PhD students.
ABES, the Agence Bibliographique de l'Enseignement Supérieur, has posted on its website a host of documentary resources for PhD students. The "PhD Student Handbook" provides links to legal and administrative texts pertaining to thesis dissemination, doctoral training, international joint degrees, the doctoral charter, etc.
There is also a link to a handbook on how to write and present a doctoral thesis.
Based in Montpellier, ABES is a public administration that plays an important role for university libraries in France.