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 21912200 of 59507 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 7 January 1987 · Cass. 3e civ. 25 March 2009 · Cass. com. 16 October 2019 · Cass. 1re civ. 1 October 1986

French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Derogations on a geographical basis

Article L3132-25-5

Articles L. 3132-25 and L. 3132-25-1 do not apply to food retailers who benefit from the provisions of article L. 3132-13. Food retail outlets located in the areas referred to in article L. 3132-24 or…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Société de libre partenariat (unincorporated partnership)

Article L214-162-6

…under the conditions and within the limits laid down by the General Regulations of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers, and with the exception of the extract referred to in I, they may be drawn up in…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Categories of incidents, terms and conditions for reporting significant or serious information systems security incidents

Article D1111-16-3

…ent, or the person delegated for this purpose, to the public interest group mentioned in article L. 1111-24. The public interest grouping is responsible for :-analysing significant or serious informat…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to all financing bodies

Article L214-166-2

Financing organisations and specialised professional funds that meet the characteristics defined by a decree of the Conseil d'Etat take the name of "fonds de prêt à l'économie" (economic loan funds) a…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Tax base

Article 1635 quater H

The development tax base is made up of: 1° The product of the surface area of the building by the value per square metre of this surface area, set at a flat rate of €885 for municipalities outside the…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Disciplinary procedure

Article R241-16-3

When the administrative composition procedure is terminated in accordance with Article R. 232-89-1, the statement of objections is forwarded to the chairman of the Enforcement Committee. Articles R. 2…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Automatic and optional exemptions

Article 1635 quater D

I.-The following are exempt from development tax: 1° Buildings and developments intended for use by a public service or public utility, the list of which is set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. The be…

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

Article 1636 B sexies

I. - 1. Subject to the provisions of Articles 1636 B septies and 1636 B decies municipal councils and the deliberative bodies of inter-municipal cooperation bodies with their own tax system vote each…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Communes of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

Article R 2571-2

For the application of this part to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the words: "departmental or, where applicable, regional director of public finance" are replaced by the words: "director in charge of the…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The introduction of a period allowing employees to make an offer in the event of the sale of a business in companies that are not required to set up a works council.

Article L141-25

…this section, under the same conditions as those provided for works council members in Article L. 2325-5 of the Labour Code , except with regard to persons whose assistance is necessary to enable them…

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