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 18611870 of 48677 articles for Art. II-9°

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Mergers, demergers and partial contributions of assets

Article R236-9

Merger auditors are appointed and carry out their duties under the conditions set out in Article R. 22-10-7.If only one report is drawn up for the entire operation, the appointment is made at the join…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Election and voting

Article R6352-9

For training courses organised in sessions lasting a total of more than five hundred hours, a full delegate and a substitute delegate are elected at the same time in a two-round uninominal ballot.All…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Increased rates for calculating sums representing automatic aid

Article 919-49

In order to take into account the consequences on attendance at cinemas of the implementation of the health pass, provided for by decree no. 2021-699 of 1st June 2021 prescribing the general measures…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L132-9

The author must enable the publisher to manufacture and distribute copies of the work or to produce the work in digital form.The author must deliver to the publisher, within the period specified in th…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Division of powers between professional leagues and federations

Article R132-9

The relationship between the federation and the professional league is laid down in an agreement which specifies the division of their powers and the conditions under which the federation and the leag…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Voluntary retirement.

Article L1237-9

Any employee who voluntarily leaves the company to receive an old-age pension is entitled to a retirement allowance.The rate of this allowance varies according to the employee's length of service with…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Exercise of the mandate.

Article L1442-9

Articles 4 and 5 of the Civil Code and 434-7-1 of the Criminal Code apply to industrial tribunals and their individual members.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Difficulties in formation and operation.

Article L1423-9

When article L. 1423-8 has been applied and the industrial tribunal with normal jurisdiction is once again able to function, the first president of the court of appeal, hearing the case under the same…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles relating to research involving the human person

Article L1121-9

If a person likely to assist in a research project mentioned in 1° or 2° of article L. 1121-1 falls into more than one of the categories mentioned in articles L. 1121-5 to L. 1121-8, those of these pr…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Firm prices

Article R2112-9

A firm price is a price which remains unchanged for the duration of the contract.A contract is concluded at a firm price when this form of price is not such as to expose the parties to major uncertain…

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