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 801810 of 36963 articles for Art. L 214-36

French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L2315-36

A health, safety and working conditions committee is set up within the social and economic committee in: 1° Companies with at least three hundred employees; 2° Separate establishments with at least th…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Supplementary provisions.

Article L3121-36

In the absence of an agreement, overtime worked in excess of the legal weekly working hours set out in article L. 3121-27 or the working hours considered to be equivalent give rise to an increase in p…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Environment and local services

Article L4424-36

I. - The territorial collectivity of Corsica implements balanced management of water resources. Corsica constitutes a hydrographic basin within the meaning of Articles L. 212-1 to L. 212-6 of the Envi…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Tourist tax and flat-rate tourist tax

Article L2333-36

The amount of contributions paid is checked by the municipality. The mayor and the agents commissioned by him may verify the declarations produced by the accommodation providers, hoteliers, owners and…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Formation of the credit agreement and the main agreement

Article L341-36

When the sum paid in advance by the lessee has not been returned under the conditions provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 313-62 for a hire-purchase contract and a sale with a promise t…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Professional secrecy, accounting and statutory auditing

Article L526-36

Article L. 232-1 of the French Commercial Code is applicable to electronic money institutions under conditions set by the Autorité des normes comptables (French accounting standards authority), after…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy.

Article L3123-36

The employee holding an intermittent employment contract benefits from the rights granted to full-time employees, subject, as regards the contractual rights mentioned in article L. 3123-38, to the spe…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral operations

Article L2223-36

Corporate entities held criminally liable, under the conditions set out in Article 121-2 of the Criminal Code, the offences defined in Article L. 2223-35 shall incur, in addition to the fine in accord…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Succession of contracts.

Article L1251-36

…ignment contract expires, neither a fixed-term contract nor an assignment contract may be used to fill the position of the employee whose contract has expired, before the expiry of a waiting period ca…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: General shops

Article L522-36

A person who has lost a receipt or warrant may request and obtain by order of the judge, by proving his ownership and giving security, a duplicate in the case of the receipt, payment of the secured de…

AI translation · Updated 7 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