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 37113720 of 43903 articles for Art. L 227-5

French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 59 duodecies

Officials of the Directorate-General for Customs and Indirect Taxation, officials of the Directorate-General for Public Finance and officials of the Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control Dep…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Operational reserve of the customs administration

Article 52 bis

The customs administration's operational reserve is intended for temporary reinforcement of the customs administration's services. It is made up of : 1° Retired members of the customs administration ;…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 59 quinquies

The services and establishments of the State and other public authorities are required to communicate to the agents of the Directorate General of Customs and Excise all information and documents in th…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 55 ter

Only customs officers, specially and individually authorised for this purpose, may consult data during an investigation or control. This special and individual authorisation may be verified at any tim…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 59 octies

Customs officers and officers of the Directorate-General for Risk Prevention and its decentralised departments are authorised, for the purposes of their duties to monitor waste treatment conditions an…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 59 sexdecies

The officials responsible for the inspections referred to in II of Article 32 of Law No. 2021-1308 of 8 October 2021 containing various provisions for adapting to European Union law in the fields of t…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Right to inspect goods, means of transport and persons.

Article 60-5

With the exception of those carried out in the places mentioned in 2° and 3° of article 60-1, excluding the surroundings of these places, visiting rights may only be implemented in the same place for…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Persons called upon to carry out seizures, rights and obligations of persons seizing and customs detention

Article 323-5

Under the conditions and subject to the reservations defined in articles 63-2 to 63-4-4 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the person placed in customs detention has the right to be examined by a doct…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions applicable to tourist offices set up as a public industrial and commercial establishment.

Article R133-5

The Board elects a Chairman and up to two Vice-Chairmen from among its members.Apart from chairing the Committee meeting if the Chairman is unable to attend, each Vice-Chairman may exercise no powers…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 4: Greenways.

Article D343-5

The definition of green lanes is set out in article R. 110-2 of the Highway Code.

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