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 24712480 of 64618 articles for Art. I-3-2°

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L212-13

When the building permit relates to a project for the creation, extension or reopening to the public of a cinema subject to the authorisation provided for in article L. 212-7, the permit may not be gr…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L212-12

The rules relating to the compatibility of the authorisation provided for in article L. 212-7 with territorial coherence schemes are set out in…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R212-8

The rules relating to the time limit for examining the application for planning permission, the formalities to be observed in letters of notification of the extension of the time limit for examination…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Administrative fine for late payment

Article L3133-14

The public undertakings defined in II of Article 1 of Order no. 2004-503 of 7 June 2004 transposing Directive 80/723/EEC on the transparency of financial relations between Member States and the contra…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Other conditions of access and practice

Article R519-18

The financial guarantee ceases if the guarantor's undertaking is terminated on its expiry date. It also ceases on the death or cessation of activity of the guaranteed person or, in the case of a legal…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Other conditions of access and practice

Article R519-17

I. - The guarantee provided for in article L. 519-4 is triggered by the default of the intermediary in banking transactions and payment services, without the guarantor being able to claim the benefit…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Steering Committee

Article R1418-17

The Steering Committee examines the Agency's medical and scientific policy with regard to ethical issues likely to arise in its field of competence, in particular when it is consulted on applications…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Steering Committee

Article R1418-19

In addition to its Chairman, the Agency's Steering Committee comprises twenty-eight members:1° Three deputies and three senators appointed by their respective assemblies ;2° One member or former membe…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Steering Committee

Article R1418-18

The Policy Board meets when convened by its Chairman, on the initiative of at least one third of its members or at the request of the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the Managing Director. The B…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Fees charged by bailiffs

Article A444-44

In the case of payment deadlines granted to a debtor, sued by virtue of a court decision or an enforceable deed or title, the service appearing under number 204 of table 3-3 gives rise to the collecti…

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