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 26612670 of 4136 articles for Art. Convention franco-britannique 1968

French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Taxation

Article 663

The following shall give rise to the collection of land registration tax: 1° Registrations of judicial or contractual mortgages, with the exception of registrations for renewal; 2° Subject to the prov…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Financial institutions

Article 1064

Transfers of their commitments and corresponding assets made by deferred credit companies to another company operating in accordance with the provisions of the law no. 52-332 of 24 March 1952 as amend…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Automatic processing of personal data known as the "Assisted return statistics and monitoring tool".

Article R142-37

The data referred to in Article R. 142-35, excluding biometric data:1° Prefecture officials competent for the application of regulations relating to foreign nationals, individually designated and spec…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article R551-15

The organisations approved pursuant to article L. 550-2 shall send the Office français de l'immigration et de l'intégration (French Office for Immigration and Integration) and the Prefect of the dépar…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Taxes, fees or payments not provided for in the General Tax Code

Article L2333-1

A fee is payable by users of public slaughterhouses. It is instituted by deliberation of the deliberative assembly of the local authority or group of local authorities owning the slaughterhouse.In the…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Police

Article L2573-22

I.-The Articles L. 2215-1 to L. 2215-8 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II. II.-For the application of article L. 2215-8, after the words:…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: POWERS OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL

Article L4221-4

Any transfer of buildings or real property rights by a region gives rise to a reasoned decision by the regional council on the conditions of the sale and its essential characteristics. The regional co…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Economic development

Article L4424-28

The Corsican regional authority may participate, through the payment of endowments, in the constitution of an investment fund with a private equity company whose purpose is to provide equity capital t…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Cultural identity: powers of the territorial collectivity of Corsica in terms of education and culture

Article L4424-6

The territorial collectivity of Corsica, after consulting the economic, social, environmental and cultural council of Corsica, shall conclude special agreements with public companies in the audiovisua…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial provisions

Article L5211-21-1

The public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status which exercise the competence of tourism or the public establishments mentioned in articles L. 5211-21 et L. 5722-6 c…

AI translation · Updated 7 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