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 441450 of 55421 articles for Art. Law 2010-788 of 12 July 2010

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Conditions for exercising municipal mandates

Article L2123-12

Members of a town council are entitled to training appropriate to their duties. Training is compulsorily organised during the first year of office for elected representatives who have received a deleg…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Legal system for acts taken by municipal authorities

Article L2131-12

The provisions of articles L. 2131-1 to L. 2131-11 are applicable to communal public establishments.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Police powers relating to specific objects

Article L2213-12

The legal provisions relating to funeral honours are applied, whatever the nature of the funeral, civil or religious.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Cemeteries

Article L2223-12

…individual may, without authorisation, have a sepulchral stone or other marker placed on the grave of a relative or friend..

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Local authorities

Article L2221-12

The articles L. 2122-21, L. 2342-1 and L. 2343-1 are applicable to régies with sole financial autonomy only subject to the modifications provided for by the decree in Council of State mentioned in art…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article L2224-12

Municipalities and groups of local authorities, after consulting the consultative commission for local public services, draw up, for each water or sanitation service for which they are responsible, se…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Categories of revenue

Article L2331-12

…m the tax on maritime passenger transport to protected natural areas mentioned in article L. 423-47 of the code of taxes on goods and services is distributed among the municipalities in whose territor…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Local tax on outdoor advertising

Article L2333-12

At the end of the transitional period provided for in C of article L. 2333-16, the maximum rates and the rates applied are increased each year in a proportion equal to the growth rate of the consumer…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article L2334-12

In the event of the division of communes, the lump-sum allocation of the former commune calculated in application of III of article L. 2334-7 is distributed between each new commune in proportion to t…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: COMMUNE SECTION

Article L2411-12

Where, as a result of the failure of voters to respond, recorded under the conditions provided for in 2° of article L. 2411-5 or due to the absence of voters, the syndicate commission has not been con…

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