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 44614470 of 52207 articles for Art. 1°

French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Right to inspect goods, means of transport and persons.

Article 60

…cle and in articles 60-1 to 60-10. The same articles 60-1 to 60-10 apply to the implementation of : 1° This Code and for the purposes of fraud detection ; 2° Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the Europea…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Exemptions of more than two years

Article 1383 E

…communal cooperation with its own tax status.II. - To benefit from the exemption provided for in I:1° The subsidy decision must be made within a maximum of two years from the year following that of t…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Sociétés coopératives ouvrières de production, agricultural cooperatives and public companies.

Article L3323-10

The provisions of this Title do not apply to financial years prior to the financial year following 1 January 2005 for companies, groupings or legal entities, whatever their legal status, of which more…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: LOCAL AUTHORITY FINANCES

Article D6262-1

The State representative communicates to the president of the territorial council:1° The amount of each of the allocations paid as part of the overall operating allocation;2° The change in the retail…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Platform Players' Council

Article R7345-12

…yers' Council is attached to the Employment Platforms Labour Relations Authority. It is made up of: 1° Representatives of the organisations of platforms mentioned in Article L. 7343-24 ; 2° Representa…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 ter U

…overy under the conditions provided for in VIII of Article 244 quater W, the recovery is made from: 1° The companies mentioned in 1 of I of the same Article 244 quater W, up to the price of the sale o…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-15

…tail merchants established with a view to carrying out one or more of the activities referred to in 1°, 3° and 4° of article L. 124-1 must, if it has not adopted the form of a société coopérative de c…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Definitive prices

Article R2312-11

…the frequency with which it is implemented. The procedures for calculating the price review are set:1° Either on the basis of a reference from which the price of the service is adjusted;2° Or by apply…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 4: Examination of projects on behalf of unauthorised buyers

Article R2212-12

For the purposes of this Book, the supervising minister is:1° The minister or ministers exercising supervision pursuant to the legislative or regulatory texts in force;2° For public interest groupings…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Tax penalties

Article 1735 ter

…each, taking into account the seriousness of the breaches, the higher of the two following amounts: 1° 0.5% of the amount of the transactions concerned by the documents or supplements that have not be…

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