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 56315640 of 25255 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 15 March 2017 – no. 14-17873

French Insurance CodeIn force
Title V: Information organisation

Article L451-3

…body mentioned in article L. 424-1 and to the national insurance bureau mentioned in article L. 421-15.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article D45-7

…cle 495-18, the methods of payment of the deposit except in the cases provided for by article D. 45-15, as well as the penalties set out in articles 226-10 and 441-1 of the Penal Code. On pain of inad…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfers between supplementary occupational pension funds

Article L384-4

…d for in article L. 384-3 of this Code, articles L. 228-65, L. 228-73, L. 236-13, L. 236-14, L. 236-15, L. 236-18 and L. 236-21 of the French Commercial Code do not apply. II. - When the merger or dem…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Preferential allocations.

Article 832-2

…to account in the valuation of the land included in the various lots. Articles L. 412-14 and L. 412-15 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code determine the rules specific to the lease mentioned in the…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Retirement.

Article L2123-30

Retirement pensions already liquidated and rights acquired before 30 March 1992 by elected municipal officials continue to be honoured by the institutions and bodies with which they have been constitu…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions applicable to management companies

Article L532-29

…down in Article L. 214-24-4; 2° Appropriate cooperation arrangements exist between the Autorité des marchés financiers and the supervisory authorities of the third country where the AIF is established…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Authorisation for credit institutions and investment firms to bid directly on behalf of their clients at auctions of greenhouse gas emission allowances

Article L613-70

…e Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, after obtaining the opinion of the Autorité des marchés financiers. The opinion of the Autorité des marchés financiers relates to the conditions men…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Disciplinary powers, relations with statutory auditors and cooperation

Article D782-9

…t-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 612-53no. 2016-1026 of 26 July 2016D. 612-54 to D. 612-56No. 2010-218 of 3 March 2010D. 612-57no. 2014-131…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 8: Staff

Article R1413-33

The Agency's public-sector employees are subject to the provisions of Decree no. 86-83 of 17 January 1986 relating to the general provisions applicable to State contract employees taken for the applic…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Aid for redeployment and retraining measures

Article R5522-90

…ds as follows: "The allowance ceases to be paid when, from the age stipulated in article 2 of order no. 2002-411 of 27 March 2002 relating to health and social protection in Mayotte, the beneficiaries…

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