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 24312440 of 31590 articles for Art. R 145-25

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Governance of investment firms

Article R533-17

Within investment firms, the members of the board of directors or the supervisory board, on the one hand, and the members of the management board or any other body exercising equivalent functions or a…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Initial risk assessment

Article R4412-98

For the risk assessment, the employer estimates the level of dust corresponding to each work process and classifies them according to the following three levels:a) First level: dust with a value of le…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Compensation that may be awarded to witnesses and jurors

Article R146

When a juror is unable to meet the costs of his or her travel, he or she shall be issued, if he or she so requests and upon presentation of an order issued by the president of the judicial court of hi…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Provisions specific to the Department of Mayotte

Article R375

When the claim for compensation is brought before the commission sitting in Mayotte, the two-month period provided for in Article R. 50-17 is increased by : 1° One month for persons residing in France…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R445-3

For the application of this book in French Polynesia: 1° Access to work for foreign nationals shall be exercised under the conditions laid down by the laws and regulations applicable locally and in co…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Antenatal diagnostics: prenatal diagnosis and pre-implantation diagnosis

Article R2441-1

I.-Chapter I of Title III of Book I of this Part is applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, in the version resulting from Decrees No. 2006-1661 of 22 December 2006, No. 2014-32 of 14 January…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national criminal database for perpetrators of terrorist offences

Article R50-52

I.-Pursuant to the provisions of 3° of Article 706-25-9, the authorities, agents or services mentioned in II may directly query the file, via a secure electronic communication system, based solely on…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R446-3

For the application of this book in New Caledonia: 1° Access to work for foreign nationals shall be exercised under the conditions laid down by the laws and regulations applicable locally and in compl…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for authorisation.

Article R5121-26

By way of derogation from 2° of Article R. 5121-25, for the medicinal products mentioned in this article, the dossier attached to the marketing authorisation application is compiled under the followin…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R325

The first six paragraphs of Article R. 133 are replaced by a paragraph worded as follows: "When witnesses travel, they shall be allocated, on justification, a transport allowance equal to the duly jus…

AI translation · Updated 6 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