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 38813890 of 6535 articles for Art. CA Rennes – 17 Dec. 2024 – no. 23/05277

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Contracts with healthcare service providers

Article L1435-4-1

…L. 952-23-1 of the…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral operations

Article L2223-47

…ablished in a Member State or another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area to carry on the same activity; 2° Where the activity or the training leading to it is not regulated in…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services within the territory of States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L511-24

…ct to the following provisions of this chapter and the regulatory provisions adopted for their application: 1° In section 1, article L. 511-4 ; 2° Within Section 2, I of Article L. 511-8-1 and Article…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application

Article L23-111-1

…companies with fewer than eleven employees in branches that have not set up regional or, where applicable, departmental joint committees when their geographical scope covers an entire region, by means…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: European Union regulations constituting implementing measures for article L. 412-1

Article R412-37

…of Chapter I of Annex I to amended Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 of 15 November 2005 on microbiological criteria for foodstuffs..

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Cosmetic products.

Article L5131-3

…Article 13 and Articles 23 to 30 of the same regulation is the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé. The Minister for Consumer Affairs and the agents mentioned in Artic…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Procedures for mobilising trade receivables.

Article R313-15

The notification provided for in article L. 313-28 may be made by any means. Notification to the debtor of an assigned or pledged claim, in application of articles L. 313-23 to L. 313-35, must include…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Dispensing on the basis of a prescription in non-proprietary names.

Article R5125-55

…tary name ; 2° The strength of the active ingredient; 3° The route of administration and pharmaceutical form. If the medicinal product prescribed contains several active ingredients, the prescription…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-27

…ddition to the directors whose number and method of appointment are provided for in Articles L. 225-17 and L. 225-18, directors elected either by the company's employees, or by the employees of the co…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Adoption leave.

Article L1225-41

…articles L…

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