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 74217430 of 60498 articles for Art. Decree 2022-1294 of 5-10-2022

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Supplementary allowance.

Article L3232-5

When, as a result of a reduction in working hours below the legal weekly working hours for reasons other than those listed in Article L. 3232-4, an employee has received a total sum in the course of a…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Principles.

Article L3221-5

…isparities in pay between establishments in the same company may not, for the same work or for work of equal value, be based on the fact that employees in these establishments belong to one sex or the…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Guaranteeing employees' purchasing power.

Article L3231-5

When the national consumer price index reaches a level corresponding to an increase of at least 2% compared to the index recorded when the immediately preceding minimum growth wage was established, th…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions.

Article L1543-5

…id down in Article L. 1543-3: 1° Falsifying medicinal substances intended for sale ; 2° Exhibiting, offering for sale or selling falsified medicinal substances; If the falsified medicinal substance is…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: School and university health services.

Article L2325-5

…L. 831-2 of the Education Code, hereafter reproduced: "Medical supervision of university physical and sportin…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal provisions.

Article L3116-5

Any civil servant, public official, captain or officer of a ship or aircraft or doctor who, in a document or declaration, alters, conceals or neglects to make known to the health authorities facts tha…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health threats

Article L3131-5

A fund shall finance the actions required to preserve the health of the population in the event of a serious health threat, in particular those prescribed in article L. 3131-1, as well as the financia…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions applicable to medical reservists

Article L3133-5

A student's participation in the health reserve should not have the effect of altering his or her training course.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II

Article L3232-5

…nsumption intended for the final consumer distributed in the collectivities mentioned in Article 73 of the Constitution and in the collectivities of Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Saint-Barthélemy

Article L3251-5

I.-In the event that the health transfer order has been issued on the basis of I of article L. 3251-1, the State representative in the host community will transfer the person concerned, upon arrival,…

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