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 12011210 of 33588 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 10-5-1989 n° 87-16.595

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment

Article R4342-10

The Prefect of the region designated by order of the Minister for Health shall issue the authorisation to practise provided for in Article L. 4342-4, after obtaining the opinion of the Commission of O…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Board of Directors.

Article R5322-10

Decisions of the Board of Directors are taken by a majority of votes of the members present or represented. The members of the Board, including the Chairman, each have one vote, with the exception of…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Common provisions

Article 706-105

When, in the course of the investigation, the provisions of articles 706-80 to 706-95, a person who has been in police custody six months previously and who has not been prosecuted may ask the public…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Preliminary provisions.

Article L210-10

A company may publicly state that it is a mission-driven company if the following conditions are met: 1° Its articles of association specify a raison d'être, within the meaning of article 1835 of the…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Acts relating mainly to leases and the management of real estate and landed property

Article A444-104

Leases for construction or rehabilitation (number 78 in table 5) give rise to the collection of an emolument composed of:1° A component proportional to the payments made on any basis whatsoever during…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R222-10

In each sporting discipline, the sports agent's licence is issued by the sports agent's commission of the relevant delegating federation to natural persons: 1° who, unless exempted by the application…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Penalties for irregularities.

Article L1235-10

In undertakings with at least fifty employees, where the redundancy project concerns at least ten employees within the same thirty-day period, any redundancy carried out in the absence of any decision…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Governance of the plan

Article R144-10

For each popular retirement savings plan subscribed to by an association, cash and securities accounts are opened for the payment of expenses relating to the operation and duties of the supervisory co…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Guarantee fund for policyholders against the failure of life and health insurance companies.

Article R423-10

For the election of the members of the supervisory board of the policyholders' guarantee fund, each member company has a number of votes proportional to the share of its contributions in the total amo…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: General obligation to provide pre-contractual information

Article D111-10

For the application of the provisions of the ninth paragraph of Article L. 111-7, the provision of online information allowing the comparison of prices and characteristics of goods and services means…

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