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 14411450 of 18954 articles for Art. Cass. crim. – 31 Oct. 2000

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Building and public works employers

Article R6331-37

…on payable by companies with fewer than eleven employees is paid in three instalments, on 30 April, 31 July and 31 October each year. The amount of each instalment is equal to a quarter of the contrib…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Discipline of commercial court judges

Article R724-2

…full and alternate members of the commission are appointed every four years between 21 February and 31 March.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures to boost film production

Article 916-3

…for applications submitted between 1 October 2020 and 30 April 2021 and also between 1 May 2021 and 31 October 2021 for sums invested for production, when the following conditions are met:1° The cinem…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article R621-33

…efore giving an assignment to one of the persons mentioned in 2° of I, II and III of Article R. 621-31, the Secretary General shall ensure that the prospective person is not likely to be in a conflict…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts

Article L232-25

…The judicial authorities, the administrative authorities within the meaning of article 1 of law no. 2000-321 of 12 April 2000 relating to the rights of citizens in their relations with administrations…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Companies of statutory auditors

Article R822-111

…cières de profession libérale de commissaires aux comptes constituées sur le fondement de l'Article 31-1 of Law no. 90-1258 of 31st December 1990 relating to the practice in the form of companies of l…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Simplified exchange of information between departments pursuant to the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union of 18 December 2006

Article R49-36

…ccessible in an automated data processing system, the services and units mentioned in Article 685-9-31 may ask the competent service of the requested State to forward the information to them, in urgen…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Maintenance and quality control obligations

Article R5212-33

…e quality control has led to the reporting of a risk of incident as provided for in Article R. 5212-31, the operator shall notify the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Provisions applicable to the communes of Mayotte

Article R2564-21

The requirements of article R. 2224-11 must be met, in Mayotte: - by 31 December 2020 at the latest for wastewater agglomerations whose population and economic activities produce wastewater whose gros…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
2i: Companies located in rural regeneration areas

Article 44 quindecies

…s mentioned in article 1465 A, businesses that are created or taken over between 1 January 2011 and 31 December 2023, subject by right or by option to an actual taxation system for their results and t…

AI translation · Updated 8 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