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 7180 of 55143 articles for Art. 413-2 to 413-8

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article 800-2

…determines in respect of costs not paid by the State and incurred by that person. The same applies to a person held civilly liable in the event of a decision exonerating him or her from liability.At…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
General provisions

Article 803-2

Any person who is brought before the investigating judge after being held in police custody or detained at the request of the public prosecutor or the sentence enforcement judge must appear the same d…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter XII: Enforcement procedures

Article 868-2

…cted person is a minor, the service responsible for the judicial protection of children or its director carries out the duties devolved, as appropriate, to the prison probation service or its director…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Investigations

Article 814-2

In the Wallis and Futuna Islands, if, when the death certificate referred to in article 87 of the Civil Code, the identity of the deceased has not been established, authorisation to close the coffin m…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
General provisions

Article 802-2

Any person who has been the subject of a search or domiciliary visit pursuant to the provisions of this Code and who has not been prosecuted before an investigating or trial court at the earliest six…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VIII: Judging of contraventions

Article 850-2

For the application in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands of article 529-7, the words: "For second-, third-, fourth- and fifth-class road traffic offences, the list of w…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Title III: Security agents

Article 2488-8

When the security agent acts for the benefit of the creditors of the secured obligation, he must expressly mention his capacity.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article D214-80-2

I. - The subscription form drawn up with a view to marketing units in the funds mentioned in 1 of VI, VI bis and VI ter of article 199 terdecies-0 A of the General Tax Code and in 1 of III of article…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Exceptional transplant activities referred to in Article L. 162-30-5 of the Social Security Code

Article R6123-83-2

The health care establishment authorised to carry out the activity of exceptional organ or tissue transplantation or composite vascularised tissue transplantation must be able to ensure its implementa…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Exceptional transplant activities referred to in Article L. 162-30-5 of the Social Security Code

Article R6123-84-2

The national committee rules on authorisation to carry out exceptional transplants and issues the opinion provided for in the first paragraph of I of article L. 162-30-5 of the Social Security Code. I…

AI translation · Updated 1 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