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 601610 of 60412 articles for Art. I-2°

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to non-trading property investment companies

Article L231-20

It is punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of 9,000 euros for the liquidator to use, in bad faith, the assets or credit of the company in liquidation in a way that he knows to be contrary…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to non-trading property investment companies

Article L231-21

The directors of a management company are liable to two years' imprisonment and a fine of 750,000 euros if they carry out their duties without the company's authorisation from the Autorité des marchés…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 2: Seizures in the hands of the debtor

Article R221-20

Cash sums may be seized up to the amount of the distrainor's claim. They are sequestered in the hands of the bailiff. This is mentioned in the attachment deed, which also states, on pain of nullity, t…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Specialised professional funds.

Article R214-202

Unless otherwise stipulated and with the exception of articles R. 214-32-16 to R. 214-32-42, articles R. 214-32-9 to D. 214-33 apply to funds covered by this sub-paragraph.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Issue.

Article R5132-22

Pharmacists are only authorised to dispense these medicines for the first time on presentation of a prescription less than three months old. List I medicinal products may only be renewed if the prescr…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Issue.

Article R5132-23

The conditions under which List I and List II medicinal products are prescribed, held or distributed may, on public health grounds, be made subject, in whole or in part, to the provisions of sub-secti…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Managing Director

Article R1313-20

He is the chief authorising officer for expenditure and revenue. He may designate secondary authorising officers who may, with his agreement, delegate their signature.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Managing Director

Article R1313-22

The Director General takes, on behalf of the State: 1° Decisions relating to plant protection products and their adjuvants mentioned in Article L. 253-1 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code and to f…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Managing Director

Article R1313-23

The Chief Executive is assisted by directors according to the organisation of the agency, including a Deputy Chief Executive who deputises for the Chief Executive in the event of vacancy, absence or i…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Managing Director

Article R1313-21

The Director General communicates the Agency's opinions and recommendations to the ministers responsible for agriculture, consumer affairs, the environment, health and labour, as well as to the other…

AI translation · Updated 5 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