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 29012910 of 62890 articles for Art. 386-1 to 386-4

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Holders of the state diploma

Article D4352-4

The training institutes authorised to provide preparatory teaching for the State diploma are responsible, under the supervision of the directors general of the regional health agencies, for organising…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Increased rates for calculating sums representing automatic aid

Article 917-4

The rates are set at :- 729.26% when the total revenue from feature films is less than or equal to €307,500;- 265.18% when the total revenue from feature films is greater than €307,500 and less than o…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
2 septies : Companies located in employment areas to be revitalised

Article 44 duodecies

…Taxpayers who create activities between 1 January 2007 and 31 December 2023 in the employment areas to be redynamised defined in 3 bis of article 42 of law no. 95-115 of 4 February 1995 on regional pl…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Civil liability insurance relating to a space operation

Article L176-4

The insured must pay the premium and costs at the agreed place and time. Failure to pay all or part of the premium by the due date entitles the insurer either to suspend cover or to request cancellati…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions common to tourist communes and classified resorts.

Article R133-42

A joint order by the ministers responsible for tourism and local authorities specifies :-the conditions for application of articles R. 133-37 to R. 133-41, and in particular the procedures for classif…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions common to tourist communes and classified resorts.

Article R133-43

State officials may carry out on-site checks to ensure that municipalities and their groupings comply with the conditions required for designation as a tourist municipality or classification as a tour…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article 495-21

In view of the request made pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 495-18 or the complaint made pursuant to the second paragraph of article 495-19, the public prosecutor may either waive prosecuti…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article 495-20

…issible if it is sent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, using the form attached to the fixed fine or increased fixed fine notice, and if it is accompanied either by a document show…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article 495-22

For the purposes of this section, the place of automated processing of nominative information relating to offences recorded by a report drawn up in digital format is considered to be the place where t…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article 495-24

…ho has been fined an increased fixed-rate fine does not contest the reality of the offence but, due to financial difficulties, requests payment deadlines or an exonerated fine, they send their reasone…

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