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 451460 of 68221 articles for Art. I-3° and Art. 156 bis

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Provisions specific to certain matters.

Article ANNEXE, art. 27-1

Applications for registration may also be created and transmitted electronically, using technical procedures that must guarantee, under conditions specific to each register, the reliability of the ide…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 59 bis

Customs officers and all persons whose duties or responsibilities require them to carry out functions in any capacity whatsoever at the central administration or in the external customs services or wh…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Control of foreign trade and financial relations.

Article 42 bis

All authorisations in the field of foreign trade, and in particular licences or authorisations required for the import or export of goods of any kind, may only be issued after applicants have produced…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 55 bis

…e L. 286 BA of the Book of Tax Procedures, when implementing the powers of investigation, recording and prosecution provided for in this Code or when required on the basis of the Code of Criminal Proc…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Tax base

Article 268 bis

…p, where there is an identical offer not comprising all or some of the services in this transaction and marketed by the supplier under comparable conditions. II.-The taxable amount of a transaction in…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Registration, land registration, property wealth tax, stamp duty

Article 1716 bis

I. - Free transfer duties, real estate wealth tax and partition duty may be paid by handing over works of art, books, collectors' items, documents, of high artistic or historical value, or real estate…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Interest for late payment

Article 440 bis

…ayment is not due when the increases provided for in 1 of article 224, 9 of article 266 quinquies C and 3 of article 284 quater apply.II.In the event that the taxpayer voluntarily rectifies any errors…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Right to inspect goods, means of transport and persons.

Article 63 bis

Customs officers may at any time visit artificial islands, installations and structures on the continental shelf and in the exclusive economic zone. They may also visit means of transport involved in…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Right to inspect goods, means of transport and persons.

Article 60 bis

…The results of the examination communicated by the doctor, the observations of the person concerned and the progress of the procedure must be recorded in a report sent to the magistrate.Any person who…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Right to inspect goods, means of transport and persons.

Article 61 bis

…28/2009 of 5 May 2009 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items, customs officers shall immobilise, under conditions laid down by decr…

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