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 311320 of 60102 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 5-1-2023 n° 21-13.966 FS-B

French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1464 I bis

I.-Where they have applied the provisions of I of article 1464 I, the municipalities and their public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status may, by a deliberation of…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Tax reduction granted to members of approved management centres or associations

Article 199 quater B

Holders of income liable to income tax in the category of industrial and commercial profits, agricultural profits or non-commercial profits whose turnover or revenue is below the limits of the schemes…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Temporary exemptions

Article 1395 A bis

From 1 January 2012, municipal councils and the deliberative bodies of local authority groupings with their own tax status may exempt orchards, fruit crops of trees and shrubs and vines, each for its…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Tax base

Article 1388 quinquies B

After deliberation by the municipality or the public establishment for intercommunal cooperation with its own tax system, taken under the conditions provided for in I of Article 1639 A bis, the basis…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Conditions for application of the special regime for mergers, demergers and partial contributions of assets

Article 817 B

The provisions of Article 816 also applies to transactions authorised under the conditions set out in 3 of article 210 B.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Common provisions

Article 1724 quater B

A client who has been informed in writing of the intervention of a subcontractor or subdelegatee who is in an irregular situation with regard to the provisions on undeclared work and who has not enjoi…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
VI: Tax levied for the French Guiana region

Article 1599 quinquies B

I. - A tax is levied each year for the benefit of the region and the body mentioned in V, payable by gold mine concessionaires, the amodiataires of gold mine concessions and the holders of permits and…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Taxable transactions and persons

Article 1635 quater B

Development projects and construction, reconstruction and extension projects for buildings, installations or developments of any kind subject to an authorisation system under the town planning code gi…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Conditions relating to the accessibility of works to people with sensory disabilities

Article 211-17

In return for receiving production aid for French-initiated feature films, production companies must ensure high-quality access to these works for the deaf or hard of hearing and the blind or partiall…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Conditions relating to the accessibility of works to people with sensory disabilities

Article 211-18

The creation of digital subtitling and audio description files and the adaptation of these files to any digital broadcast medium must comply with the methodological requirements of the Charter on the…

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