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 40314040 of 60148 articles for Art. 197 A

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Consent to prosecution or enforcement of a sentence for another offence

Article 728-27

Where, before or after the transfer of the sentenced person, the competent authority of the administering State requests the representative of the Public Prosecutor's Office to agree that the sentence…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Mutual insurance companies with a board of directors and general management

Article R322-53

I.-Where the company is managed by a Board of Directors, the latter shall comprise at least three members, not including the members elected by the employees, in accordance with the provisions of Arti…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Mutual insurance companies with a board of directors and general management

Article R322-53-1

I. - The Board of Directors determines the direction of the company's business and oversees its implementation. Subject to the powers expressly attributed to the General Meeting and within the limits…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Mutual insurance companies with a board of directors and general management

Article R322-53-2

I. - The general management of the company is carried out, under the supervision of the Board of Directors and within the framework of the guidelines laid down by the latter, by a natural person appoi…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Mutual insurance companies with a board of directors and general management

Article R322-53-3

Without prejudice to the provisions of article R. 322-53-2, the Chief Executive Officer is vested with the broadest powers to act in all circumstances on behalf of the company. He exercises these powe…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Contract notices for contracts awarded in accordance with a formal procedure

Article R2331-8

For contracts awarded in accordance with one of the formalised procedures listed in articles R. 2324-2 to R. 2324-4, the purchaser shall publish a contract notice in the Official Journal of the Europe…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter IV: DEFENCE OR SECURITY CONTRACTS AWARDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH A FORMALISED PROCEDURE

Article R2324-1

The purchaser shall award the contract in accordance with one of the formalised procedures provided for in this chapter where the estimated value of the requirement is equal to or greater than the Eur…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section VI: Advertising in international matters

Article 1303-3

Where the marriage record is kept by a French authority, the change of matrimonial property regime obtained in application of the foreign law governing the effects of the union is mentioned in the mar…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section VI: Advertising in international matters

Article 1303-4

If this change has given rise to a decision by a French court, the mention in the margin of the marriage record or the entry in the annexed civil register is made in accordance with the second, third…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section VI: Advertising in international matters

Article 1303-5

Where a marriage contract has been made in France, the spouses or one of them shall send to the notary holding the record of the contract, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, a copy…

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
Search “Art. 197 A” | French Legislation