French Legislation In English

Search, Read and Apply French Law. In English.

20+ full codes, 2,400+ articles translated and updated. Case law linked to every article. Read the actual text before you ask a lawyer about it — free, no login required.

Try: L.227-1 SAS governance, L.145-9 bail commercial renewal, L.223-18 gérant removal SARL

20+

french codes

Fully translated

2,400+

articles in English

Updated regularly

480+

court rulings linked

Per article

Free

full access

No login required

Showing 591600 of 4705 articles for Art. 17 sept. 2008

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Negotiation procedures.

Article L2232-17

The delegation from each of the representative organisations involved in negotiations in the company comprises the organisation's trade union delegate in the company or, where there is more than one d…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Delegation hours.

Article L2143-17

Delegation hours are automatically considered as working time and paid at the normal rate. If the employer wishes to contest the use made of delegation time, he must refer the matter to the courts.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions common to annual and five-yearly negotiations

Article L2241-17

The annual and five-yearly negotiations provided for in Articles L. 2241-8 and L. 2241-15 also aim to define and plan measures to eliminate pay differentials between women and men.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Professional equality between women and men and quality of life and working conditions

Article L2242-17

The annual negotiations on professional equality between women and men and the quality of life and working conditions cover : 1° The balance between personal and professional life for employees ; 2° T…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Principles.

Article L2261-17

In the event of the absence or failure of employees' or employers' organisations to act, resulting in the persistent impossibility of concluding an agreement or arrangement in a given branch of activi…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Electoral colleges.

Article L2314-17

Where the court, having been seized of the matter prior to the elections, decides to set up a system to monitor the regularity, freedom and fairness of the ballot, the costs incurred by these measures…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L2312-17

The social and economic committee is consulted under the conditions defined in this section on :1° The strategic orientations of the company ;2° The economic and financial situation of the company;3°…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation

Article L2316-17

The agenda for meetings of the Central Social and Economic Committee is drawn up by the Chairman and the Secretary. Consultations made compulsory by a legislative or regulatory provision or by a colle…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article L2315-17

The training is provided either by a body appearing on a list drawn up by the administrative authority under conditions determined by decree of the Conseil d'Etat, or by one of the bodies mentioned in…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Operation.

Article L2353-17

The agenda for meetings of the European Company Committee is drawn up by the Chairman and the Secretary. It is communicated to the members of the Committee at least fifteen days before the date of the…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
Common Questions

French legislation in English — Q&A

Our translations are produced and reviewed for accuracy, but the only legally binding version of French law is the French original. For court, registry or contractual use we offer lawyer-reviewed or sworn certified translations on request.

Articles are synced with Légifrance and updated as soon as a reform is published in the Journal Officiel, so you always read the version in force — and can see when each article was last amended.

Each article is linked to the key court decisions (Cour de cassation, Conseil d'État, courts of appeal) that interpret it, so you can read the text and its case-law application side by side.

Yes — every article has an AI plain-English summary, and you can order a lawyer-reviewed explanation of how it applies to your specific situation, with next steps.

No. Reading and searching the codes is free with no login. Paid services — certified translation and the legal application report — are entirely optional.

Mariela Petrova

Mariela Petrova

Avocate au Barreau de Paris

Toque #C2396

15+ Years In French Corporate Practice

English · French · Russian

Ready When You Are

Talk To A Lawyer
In France.

A 20–30 minute call, in English, to scope the engagement. No obligation, no preliminary fee. You will leave the call with a clear view of what the work will cover and what it will cost.

First EngagementFixed Fee

Talk to a French lawyer.

Reply within 24 hours.

Communications protected by professional secrecy — secret professionnel de l'avocat, Article 66-5 of the Law of 31 December 1971.

Continue

Related legal services

01 / Read

Browse the French codes

20+ full codes and 2,400+ articles in English, with the key court rulings linked to every article — free to read.

Read More
02 / Apply

Legal application report

A lawyer-reviewed report explaining how the relevant articles apply to your situation, with case-law analysis and next steps.

Read More
03 / Act

Talk to a French lawyer

Scope your matter with a Paris-Bar avocate — incorporation, contracts, disputes — handled bilingually, end to end.

Read More