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 79217930 of 13796 articles for Art. European Commission report COM

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: National tattoo product vigilance system.

Article R513-10-9

The vigilance exercised over tattooing products includes : 1° The immediate reporting of the serious adverse reactions mentioned in article L. 513-10-8, including those resulting from misuse, and the…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Addictovigilance

Article R5132-102

Any doctor, dental surgeon or midwife who becomes aware of a serious case of pharmacodependence, abuse or misuse of a substance, plant, medicinal product or other product mentioned in article R. 5132-…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Reporting nosocomial infections and collecting information about them

Article R6111-16

…in the course of his duties within a health care establishment, observes one or more cases of nosocomial infections, informs, on the one hand, the practitioner responsible for the area of activity i…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisations

Article D6122-44-1

…ethods by which army hospitals contribute to the continuity of imaging care; 2° The annual progress report and the final report. When an army hospital participates in a shared medical imaging platform…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Due diligence

Article D8254-6

…rk permits. Where this list has not been provided, the inspecting officer shall mention this in the report provided for in article L. 8271-17 or in a notice attached thereto, specifying: 1° The identi…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Administration and control

Article L1524-3

When a local semi-public company exercises public authority prerogatives on behalf of a local authority or grouping, it draws up a special report each year on the conditions under which they were exer…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Common provisions.

Article 244

…the issues to be examined. He is prohibited from revealing any other information of which he may become aware in the course of carrying out his assignment. He may only report information legitimately…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section II: Expertise operations.

Article 275

…a fine if necessary, or, if appropriate, authorise the expert to disregard the order or to file his report as it stands. The court may draw any legal conclusions from the expert's failure to produce t…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article L22-10-35

In companies whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the management report presented by the Board of Directors or the Management Board to the Ordinary General Meeting referred…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Equity financing of cinematographic or audiovisual works

Article 238 bis HM

…for applying articles 238 bis HE to 238 bis HL, in particular the procedures for issuing approvals, reporting obligations and, where applicable, the standard clauses of the production association cont…

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