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 551560 of 52212 articles for Art. 1844-1

French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The cumulative obligation

Article 1306

The obligation is cumulative when it covers several services and only the performance of all of them discharges the debtor.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The decisive oath

Article 1385

The decisive oath may be referred on any kind of dispute and in any case.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Assignment of receivables

Article 1326

A person who assigns a claim for consideration guarantees the existence of the claim and its accessories, unless the assignee acquired it at his own risk or knew of the uncertain nature of the claim.…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The conditional obligation

Article 1304

An obligation is conditional when it depends on a future and uncertain event. The condition is suspensive when its fulfilment renders the obligation pure and simple. It is resolutory when its fulfilme…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Assignment of receivables

Article 1321

The assignment of a claim is a contract by which the assigning creditor transfers, for valuable consideration or free of charge, all or part of his claim against the assigned debtor to a third party c…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Assignment of receivables

Article 1324

The assignment may only be set up against the debtor, if he has not already consented to it, if he has been notified of it or if he has taken note of it. The debtor may raise against the assignee the…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Assignment of receivables

Article 1325

A contest between successive assignees of a claim is resolved in favour of the first in date; he has recourse against the person to whom the debtor would have made a payment.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Assignment of receivables

Article 1323

As between the parties, the transfer of the claim, present or future, takes place on the date of the deed.It may be relied on as against third parties from that moment. In the event of a dispute, proo…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Leasing of services.

Article 1780

Services may only be engaged for a specific time, or for a specific undertaking. A hire of service, made without determination of duration, may always be terminated by the will of one of the contracti…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Agricultural accidents at work

Article 1033

Deeds made by virtue of and for the execution of the provisions of Title V of Book VII of the Code rural et de la pêche maritime reproducing those of the law of 9 April 1898 on accidents at work, are…

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