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 401410 of 27264 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 22-7-1992 n° 1258

French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Payment of tax

Article 223 O

1. The parent company is substituted for the companies in the group for the purposes of setting off against the amount of corporation tax for which it is liable in respect of each financial year:a. Ta…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Injunction and regularisation

Article R131-22

In cases other than those provided for in articles R. 131-20, R. 131-21 and R. 131-21-1, the incident is regularised when, at the request of the drawer, a blocked provision earmarked for the actual pa…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organs, tissues and cells removed for therapeutic purposes for others.

Article R1211-22

In situations of vital urgency and in the absence of therapeutic alternatives, the doctor may also waive the prohibition mentioned in the first paragraph of article R. 1211-14. An order by the Ministe…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Appointment to new or vacant offices

Article R742-22

When selecting a successful candidate for the competition provided for in article R. 742-6-1, the Minister for Justice, the Keeper of the Seals, shall appoint, from among the candidates from the same…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Mediation

Article R7345-22

I.-The platform or the representative appointed pursuant to Article L. 7343-12 who withdraws from the mediation shall inform the Autorité des relations sociales des plateformes d'emploi, which shall t…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Prevention and settlement of conflicts of jurisdiction between Member States of the European Union

Article D47-1-22

Exchanges of information between competent authorities shall be made by any means that leaves a written record and under conditions that enable the recipient to verify the origin and authenticity of t…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-22

An employee of the company may only be appointed as a director if his employment contract corresponds to actual employment. He shall not lose the benefit of such employment contract. Any appointment m…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-22

Any abstraction device, well or borehole, the construction of which is planned to obtain water intended for domestic use within the meaning of article R. 214-5 du code de l'environnement, shall be dec…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation

Article R6156-22

For each statutory college, the polling station records the total number of voters and determines the total number of votes validly cast and the number of votes obtained by each list. It also determin…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Essential health and safety requirements.

Article R5211-22

In order to comply with the essential requirements relating to design and manufacture, medical devices, other than active implantable devices, must be designed, manufactured and packaged in such a way…

AI translation · Updated 1 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