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 30513060 of 5602 articles for Art. 17 December 2008

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article D631-2

…n certificates and topographies of semiconductor products pursuant to the articles L. 611-2, L. 615-17 et L. 622-7of the Intellectual Property Code are set in accordance with Article D. 211-6 of the J…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions for the automatic cinema exhibition account

Article 123-4

…t on 1 January of the calendar year following the date of the request and the sums calculated on 31 December of the current calendar year in respect of the transferred cinema are then allocated to the…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Transfer and loss of trademark rights

Article L714-8

…name of that emblem, may continue to exploit their rights provided that they were acquired before 8 December 2005 and that their use cannot appear, in time of armed conflict, to be intended to confer…

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

Article L2321-4

Until 31 December 1999, the share of expenditure borne by the local authorities or their groupings for the construction of collèges and their sports teaching annexes is shared between the communes and…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases.

Article L3821-1

…plicable in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording resulting from Law No. 2017-1836 of 30 December 2017 on the financing of social security for 2018, with the exception of Arti…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 916-38

…ve and attractive technological range, exceptional selective financial aid will be awarded until 31 December 2021 to companies or organisations, whatever their field of activity, which contribute, thr…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Exceptional registration due to difficulties in exhibiting and manufacturing cinematographic works as a result of the health crisis

Article 919-20

…account, delegated production companies shall send electronically, between 1 September 2021 and 31 December 2021, an application form drawn up by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée ac…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Support measures for authors of fictional or animated cinematographic works

Article 919-2

For applications for aid for project design submitted between 1 October 2021 and 31 December 2022, the ceiling stipulated in article 212-8 is raised to €15,000.The amount of aid granted between 1 Janu…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Exceptional provisions relating to selective distribution aid

Article 919-40

…d for a given work from the entry into force of deliberation no. 2021/CA/18 of 27 May 2021 until 31 December 2023, the distribution company must have distributed at least three cinematographic works d…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Contaminants

Article R412-24

…in foodstuffs, and the provisions of Articles 1 to 6 of amended Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 of 19 December 2006 setting maximum levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs and its annex.

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
Search “Art. 17 December 2008” | French Legislation