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 75317540 of 62126 articles for Art. 5-a

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Support for collective operations

Article 634-5

The amount of aid for operations of a collective nature may not exceed 75% of the expenditure mentioned in Article 634-3 and respects, where applicable, the intensity rate provided for in Article 3 of…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Employee inventions

Article R611-5

If the employee's declaration does not comply with the provisions of Article R. 611-2 (1° and 2°) or, where applicable, of Article R. 611-3, the employer shall inform the person concerned of the speci…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Communal sections with separate assets

Article L2544-5

Before any decision by the representative of the State in the département on the deliberations of the municipal council relating to the objects designated in article L. 2544-4, or to the alienation or…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Authorisation system

Article R2142-5

The form, frequency and content of the periodic evaluation of clinical and biological activities in medically assisted procreation referred to in article L. 6122-10 and the form and content of the ann…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Inspections and periodic coordination meetings.

Article R4513-5

When all the operations of external companies present in the establishment lead to the employment of workers for a total of more than 90,000 hours over the next twelve months, inspections and periodic…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Obstetrics, neonatology, neonatal resuscitation.

Article D6124-52

The neonatology unit comprises : 1° A room where parents can be welcomed ; 2° An area for monitoring and caring for children, where newborn babies are hospitalised; this area also includes a zone for…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Director.

Article R6145-5

The Director is the authorising officer for the public health institution's budget. His transactions are subject to administrative accounting. During the financial year, the authorising officer may tr…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Hospital duties for medical students.

Article R6153-55

The hospital medical students mentioned in article R. 6153-46 are subject to the internal regulations of the establishment to which they are assigned, which specify in particular their obligations tow…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-5

Any association that has been duly registered for at least five years on the date of the events and that proposes, through its articles of association, to defend the moral interests and honour of the…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Selection of the tender offering the best overall economic advantage

Article L3124-5

The concession contract is awarded to the bidder who has submitted the best offer with regard to the overall economic advantage for the conceding authority on the basis of several objective, precise c…

AI translation · Updated 8 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. 5-a” | French Legislation