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 19311940 of 2273 articles for Art. 238 bis K

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title II: Management of copyright and related rights by an organisation

Article R326-1

A collective management organisation governed by Title II of Book III may be approved under Article L. 134-3, if it:1° Demonstrates, through the composition of its deliberative and management bodies,…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1609 G

…icipal cooperation located within the jurisdiction of the Ile-de-France region. The revenue to be taken into account in order to make this apportionment is that shown in the general tax rolls.As from…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Introduction of profit-sharing.

Article L3312-5

…in the social and economic committee; 4° Following ratification, by a two-thirds majority of the workforce, of a draft agreement proposed by the employer. Where the company has one or more representat…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules of good conduct.

Article D533-15-1

I. - For the purposes of I bis of Article L. 533-13, professional clients wishing to benefit from the guarantees provided for therein shall inform the investment services provider either electronicall…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Preliminary sub-section: Tasks that may be carried out by dispensing pharmacists

Article R5125-33-8

I.-The pharmacist working in a dispensary, a mutualist pharmacy or a dispensing chemist may prescribe and administer the vaccines mentioned in the decrees provided for respectively by 9° and 9° bis of…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 38

1. Subject to the provisions of Articles 33 ter, 40 to 43 bis and 151 sexies, taxable profit is net profit, determined on the basis of the overall results of operations of any kind carried out by comp…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Negotiating and formalising the commercial relationship

Article L441-7

…icultural products used in the composition of these food products. The determination of the price takes into account the efforts of innovation made by the manufacturer at the request of the distributo…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Common provisions

Article R40-47

…to the judges they assist and recorded in the processing system. IV - In order to carry out the tasks assigned to them, specialised assistants shall have access, with the authorisation of the magistr…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Prohibitions

Article L511-6

…le L. 511-5 do not apply to the institutions and services listed in Article L. 518-1, nor to undertakings governed by the Insurance Code, nor to reinsurance companies, nor to provident institutions go…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter one: Setting the rates used to calculate direct local taxation

Article 1638 quater

…lic establishments for inter-communal cooperation in the year in which the attachment is decided.II bis. - 1. However, by way of exception to the provisions of I and for the year following that in whi…

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