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 41514160 of 56508 articles for Art. Cass. com. 13-1-2009 n° 07-20.097

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to professional non-trading companies

Article R814-118

…y in the Articles of Association, meetings are convened in accordance with the article 40 of decree n° 78-704 of 3 July 1978.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to professional non-trading companies

Article R814-110

…governed by the provisions of Decree no. 78-704 du 3 juillet 1978 relatif à l'application de la loi n° 78-9 du 4 janvier 1978 modifiant le titre IX du livre III du code civil, sous réserve des disposi…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Common provisions

Article 1751

1. (Repealed). 2. In all cases where a breach of the invoicing rules as provided for in articles L. 441-9 and L. 443-3 of the French Commercial Code (1), the offender's business may be sequestered unt…

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

Article 1965 A

…een private individuals, his heirs, who are liable for the service of increases pursuant to the loi n° 49-420 du 25 mars 1949 modifiée, peuvent, à partir de la date à laquelle ces majorations sont fix…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Regional Commission for the Coordination of the Actions of the Regional Health Agency and the Sickness Insurance Scheme

Article R1434-14

The Commission for the Coordination of Regional Health Agency and Sickness Insurance Activities is chaired by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency. II - In addition to the chairman of th…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
2nd Subsection: Overall income

Article 159 quinquies

I. The distribution by sociétés immobilières d'investissement governed by I of Article 33 of Law no. 63-254 of 15 March 1963 to their shareholders and by sociétés immobilières de gestion governed by A…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Scope of application

Article R1333-107

The manufacture, possession and use of batches of Category A, B or C radioactive sources, high activity sealed sources as defined inAnnex 13-7, the management of radioactive waste as defined in Articl…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Public authorities, public institutions or public utilities

Article 1040

I. - Acquisitions and exchanges made by the State, divisions of property between it and private individuals, and all other acts made in this regard are exempt from registration duties, land registrati…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Trader status.

Article L121-1

Traders are those who carry out commercial acts and make it their usual profession.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Protected information

Article L151-1

Any information meeting the following criteria is protected as a business secret: 1° It is not, in itself or in the exact configuration and assembly of its elements, generally known or easily accessib…

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