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 18411850 of 29081 articles for Art. 23 mai 2019

French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional provisions

Article R356-54

…end of the company's financial year, for financial years ending between 2 January 2018 and 29 June 2019;d) No later than 20 weeks after the end of the company's financial year, for financial years en…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Overall operating grant

Article L2113-22-1

…sued as of the next general renewal of municipal councils following the promulgation of the Law no. 2019-1479 of 28 December 2019 on finance for 2020 of municipal councils with a population less than…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Obligations relating to insider lists

Article L451-4

…and Commission Directives 2003/124/ EC, 2003/125/ EC and 2004/72/ EC, as amended by Regulation (EU) 2019/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 amending Directive 2014/…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Declaration of new constructions and changes to their nature, purpose or use

Article 1406

…ticle 1498, to changes of category of the built properties mentioned in I of Article 146 of Law no. 2019-1479 of 28 December 2019 on finance for 2020 and for changes in the method of determining the r…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Treasury bills

Article L213-31

…eaches of banking regulations, any failure to comply with the obligations set out in Article L. 213-23 shall result in the loss of interest accrued during the period of irregular holding on the amount…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Film ombudsman

Article L213-5

…es the implementation of programming commitments made in application of 1° and 2° of article L. 212-23.He may obtain any additional information he deems useful. As part of this review, it makes observ…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Disclosure of accounts

Article L232-24

The registrar, when he finds that the filing provided for in I of Articles L. 232-21 to L. 232-23 has not been made, shall inform the president of the commercial court so that he may apply Article L.…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R2391-19

The provisions of articles R. 2191-23 to R. 2191-25 apply.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: The Company Ombudsman

Article R2397-3

The provisions of articles R. 2197-23 and R. 2197-24 apply.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional provisions

Article R355-12

…end of the company's financial year, for financial years ending between 2 January 2018 and 29 June 2019; d) No later than 14 weeks after the end of the financial year, for financial years ending betw…

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