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 13611370 of 52395 articles for Art. s. 1

French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Explanations provided to the borrower

Article L312-15

Where the conclusion of a transaction mentioned in article L. 312-1 gives the right, or may give the right, free of charge, immediately or in the future, to a premium in the form of products or goods,…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Advanced practice nursing

Article R4301-8-1

…ed practice nurse State diploma may take part in the activities and acts mentioned in article R. 4301-3 within the framework specified in article R. 4301-1, in the presence of a nurse holding the adva…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Administrative police measures

Article R521-2-1

…ollection orders relating to the periodic penalty payments liquidated pursuant to the articles L. 521-1 and L. 521-2.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article R225-136-1

For the application of I of article L. 225-147-1, the decision of the Board of Directors or the Management Board not to appoint a contributions auditor, and all documents relating to the description a…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Data processing

Article R2122-15-1

Where article R. 2122-48-4 is applied, all voters have the right to object to their address being communicated to the trade union organisations. The voter is informed of the existence of this right by…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Sole traders with limited liability.

Article R526-10-1

…suant to Article L. 526-7 and benefiting from the schemes provided for in articles 50-0, 64 bis and 102 ter du code général des impôts tiennent:1° Un livre des recettes et, lorsque la nature de leur a…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for setting up and running health centres

Article D6323-12

Each year, before 1 March, the managing bodies of the health centres send the Director General of the Regional Health Agency the information referred to in Article L. 6323-1-13 relating to the previou…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions relating to the creation process

Article D331-25-1

…ualisation of violence" group, points for each of the sequences in the game are awarded as follows: 1° The violence is disproportionate and gratuitous: 1 point; 2° The violence is crude and detailed i…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: General organisation of markets of national interest

Article R761-19

…be given the opportunity to present their observations, under the conditions set out in articles L. 122-1 of the code des relations entre le public et l'administration. These penalties are:

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Approvals

Article L321-10-1

…er to grant a reinsurance undertaking the administrative authorisation provided for in Article L. 321-1-1, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution des entreprises d'assurance shall verify…

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