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 16011610 of 50676 articles for Art. Cass. ch. mixte 14-2-2003 n° 00-19.423

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Companies of court-appointed administrators and agents

Article R814-147

The Commission nationale d'inscription et de discipline shall be informed of any changes to the list of partners and to the amount of their capital participation.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit, other engagements and services performed by statutory auditors

Article R823-14

If the number of working hours normally required to carry out the work programme of the statutory auditor(s) appears to be excessive or insufficient, the president of the regional company shall be ask…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Provisions specific to Saint Pierre and Miquelon.

Article R917-14

In the first paragraph of Article R. 712-16, the words: "information relating to the use of the tax for chamber expenses" are deleted.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Financial provisions.

Article D2531-14

When a debtor's payment is less than his total debt, this payment is allocated to social security contributions by priority.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Police.

Article D2573-14

Article D. 2211-1 is applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the following adaptation: after the words: of Book I of the Internal Security Code are added the words: in the version ap…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROVISIONS

Article D3665-14

The management account rendered by the accounting officer of the Lyon metropolitan authority presents the metropolitan authority's accounting position at 31 December of the financial year, including t…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operation

Article R4134-14

The chairman is responsible for policing the meetings.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Economic intervention

Article R4424-14

As part of the task of leading and coordinating the actions of national companies assigned to it by article L. 4424-30, the coordination committee for the industrial development of Corsica proposes me…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Financial provisions

Article D5212-14

The prefect shall set the rate of capital grant increases applicable to the operations provided for in Article D. 5212-10 and selected by him. This rate shall be between 5% and 15% of the amount of th…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Transfers of property, rights and obligations

Article R5215-14

When, before the start of execution of a transferred operation, costs have been incurred by the commune with a view to carrying out this operation, they may be reimbursed by the urban community under…

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