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 211220 of 28855 articles for Art. 31 May 2005

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Investment certificates.

Article L228-31

…ed market and whose existing investment certificates represent no more than 1% of the share capital may decide, on the basis of the report of the Board of Directors, to reconstitute the existing certi…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 4: Pre-trial detention

Article D32-31

…his own motion or following a request for time from the person concerned or his lawyer, this judge may, in order to carry out the checks on the person's situation provided for by article 81, refer th…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Entry into office, age limit and honorary membership

Article R742-31

…y duties with accuracy and probity and to observe in everything the duties they impose on me." They may only perform their duties from the day on which they take the oath. Any commercial court clerk w…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Investment in production

Article 311-61

…uest of the production company, the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée may decide, taking into account the specific nature of the audiovisual work in question and the seri…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 311-90

…uest of the production company, the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée may decide, taking into account the specific nature of the audiovisual work in question and the seri…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules governing the devolution of surnames and customary names

Article 311-21

…o have not made use of the option of choosing a name under the conditions of the previous paragraph may make such a declaration when applying for the transcription of the record, at the latest within…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Advertising order contract

Article L132-31

…arious uses of the works. The term of the agreement is between one and five years. Its stipulations may be made mandatory for all interested parties by decree.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Conditions relating to completion

Article 311-12

Audiovisual works are made, in a minimum proportion fixed by the decree of 21 May 1992 taken for the application ofarticle 6 of decree no. 90-66 of 17 January 1990 laying down the general principles c…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Requests concerning national defence

Article R612-31

…n disclosure and free exploitation end more than one year after the date of filing, the application may not be made public under the conditions provided for in Article R. 612-39 only after the expiry…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Fees

Article R623-31

…onwards, payment of the annual fee has not been made by the due date as defined above, the said fee may still validly be paid within a further period of six months on payment of a late fee.

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