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 23012310 of 51993 articles for Art. CE 24-4-2019 n° 419912 confirming CAA Nancy 22-2-2018 n° 17NC00780

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Measures to prevent and manage banking crises

Article L613-48-2

…the subsidiary belongs ; 2° The person referred to in I of Article L. 613-34 is established in France and is part of a group which is supervised on a consolidated basis by the competent authority of…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Operating conditions common to clinical and biological activities involving medically assisted procreation

Article R2142-21-4

Traceability data is kept for forty years after gamete insemination, germ tissue transplant or embryo transfer.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Operating rules

Article D1411-45-2

The term of office of the members of the National Health Conference is five years, and members may not serve for more than ten consecutive years. Any member who, during his term of office, dies, resig…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Declared funds.

Article R214-203-4

…tly or indirectly one or more interests in the capital of legal entities mentioned in 1° or to finance such legal entities.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III ter: Birth centres

Article L6323-4-2

In addition to the activities referred to in article L. 6323-4, birth centres may:1° Carry out public health, prevention and therapeutic education initiatives, in particular with a view to promoting a…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Objectives and resources agreement

Article D6323-21-4

I.-The management costs of the commissions may not exceed a ceiling determined in the agreement on objectives and resources. These costs are defined on the basis of requests submitted by the joint int…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Discipline.

Article R321-45-2

…utes is given to each of the signatories. If this is not the case, the Government Commissioner will certify that no agreement has been reached.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Discipline.

Article R321-49-2

The chairman who has ruled on a measure provided for in the first or second paragraph of III of Article L. 321-23-2 may not sit on the sanctions committee ruling on the situation of the same professio…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Supervision of groups on a consolidated basis

Article L613-21-4

In the absence of a joint decision by the supervisory authority on a consolidated basis, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall take a decision, on an individual or sub-consolidate…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The decision or opinion of the departmental committee.

Article R752-29-4

The communications provided for in articles R. 752-29-2 and R. 752-29-3 between the prefect, on the one hand, and the presidents of public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own…

AI translation · Updated 4 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