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 681690 of 64732 articles for Art. I-1°-d

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Vehicles used for transporting bodies after coffining (R).

Article D2223-119

I. - Any person offering for sale a new or second-hand vehicle for transporting the body after coffining is required to have it checked, at their own expense, for compliance with the requirements of a…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Territorial Conference on Health and Autonomy

Article D1441-10

For the application of article D. 1432-47 in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon: 1° In the second paragraph, the words: or one of its formations are deleted; 2° In the third paragraph, the words: and each of it…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Mayotte Regional Health Agency

Article D1446-15

For its application in Mayotte, article D. 1432-42 is amended as follows: 1° In the first paragraph, the words: "the commission specialising in the rights of users of the healthcare system is responsi…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for the issue of negotiable debt securities.

Article D213-1

I. - Negotiable debt securities as defined in Article L. 213-1 include : 1° Short-term negotiable securities with an initial maturity of one year or less, issued by all the issuers referred to in Arti…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Registration of members of the profession and non-practising graduates

Article D4311-104

The National Council of the Order of Nurses sends the body responsible for managing the register referred to in Article D. 4113-118 a monthly update of the data resulting from the operations provided…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Allocation of the special profit-sharing reserve.

Article D3324-15

The ceilings provided for in articles D. 3324-10 and D. 3324-12 apply to the total profit-sharing allocated to each employee.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nomination, election and status of members

Article D2352-10

Where only certain companies, subsidiaries and establishments have a representative or an elected member, the members of the special negotiating body are: 1° Either appointed in accordance with the pr…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions relating to the production company

Article D331-1

For the purposes of I of Article 220 sexies of the French General Tax Code, a delegated production company is a production company which, as part of a co-production, takes the initiative and financial…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Definitive approval

Article D331-15

The final approval decision is notified to the delegated production company or, in the case of a delegated co-production, to each of the two production companies. This decision states that, in the lig…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of the budget

Article D6362-17

If the initial budget, forwarded to the territorial audit chamber in accordance with the second paragraph of Article LO 6362-7 has not been adopted in real balance, the representative of the State sha…

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