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 13511360 of 45696 articles for Art. CE 2-12-2022 n° 460100

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Expertise procedure for medical accidents

Article L1142-12

…experts, ensuring that these experts meet all the conditions required to guarantee their independence from the parties involved. It may, however, appoint a single expert from the same list if it cons…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Evaluation, accreditation and analysis of hospital activity.

Article L6113-12

…e public entity referred to in the last paragraph of Article L. 6113-11 implements an additional procedure to select health care institutions whose participation in national cost studies would, by vir…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Provisions relating to the analysis of resolvability

Article L311-12

…gnificant obstacles to a person mentioned in Article L. 311-5 being subject either to collective proceedings or to resolution measures under the conditions mentioned in that same article, it shall not…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IIIa: Dental assistants

Article L4393-12

…to the Agreement on the European Economic Area who, without possessing one of the qualifications or certificates mentioned in articles L. 4393-9 and L. 4393-10, hold : 1° Evidence of formal qualificat…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Specific provisions for victims of violence and offences committed within a couple or within the family

Article D1-12

I.-The terms under which, pursuant to 10° of Article 10-2 and article 10-5-1, victims of violence have the right, when their medical examination has been requested by an officer or agent of the judici…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases

Article D3821-12

…1-21.-The superior administrator of the territory may authorise the health agency to include a free centre for information, screening and diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus infections, viral he…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Provisions common to investment firms and portfolio management companies relating to professional secrecy

Article L531-12

…ité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, the Autorité des marchés financiers, the Banque de France, the Institut d'émission des départements d'outre-mer, the Institut d'émission d'outre-mer or the…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Freedom of establishment.

Article R221-12

I. - Nationals of France or of another Member State of the European Union or of a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area may obtain the professional guide-lecturer card referred to…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Quarantine, placement and isolation measures

Article L3131-12

…ph, under the conditions laid down in Article L. 232-4 of the Internal Security Code.Quarantine, placement and isolation measures may be carried out, at the choice of the persons concerned, at their h…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation to set up within a reference area

Article R761-12-3

…he application for authorisation is three months. It runs from the date of the discharge or the notice of receipt or the electronic acknowledgement of receipt provided for in article R. 761-12 or, in…

AI translation · Updated 4 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