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 37113720 of 67437 articles for Art. I-5° bis and Art. 35 bis

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Detention

Article R57-5-1

…isolation at any time during the investigation procedure. When referring the matter to the liberty and custody judge for the purposes of remanding the person in custody or renewing the measure, the i…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Detention

Article R57-5-3

The examining magistrate or the liberty and custody judge shall specify the duration of the measure, which may not exceed that of the detention order, in the order by which he subjects a person to jud…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Detention

Article R57-5-2

Judicial solitary confinement may be ordered by the liberty and custody judge when deciding whether to remand a person in custody or to extend that detention.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Special rules for certain categories of intermediaries

Article L513-5

…té de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, which verifies their representativeness, the competence and good repute of their legal representatives and directors, the impartiality of their governance,…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
section 2: Contracts concluded between a performer and a videogram producer

Article L212-5

…tablished by means of specific agreements concluded, in each sector of activity, between employees' and employers' organisations representative of the profession.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Higher State Diploma in Youth, Popular Education and Sport

Article D212-56

…la jeunesse, de l'éducation populaire et du sport (Higher State Diploma in Youth, Popular Education and Sport) is obtained by accumulation of four units defined by order of the ministers responsible f…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Higher State Diploma in Youth, Popular Education and Sport

Article D212-51

…is a higher State diploma registered in the répertoire national des certifications professionnelles and classified at level 6 of the nomenclature of qualification levels established in application of…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Higher State Diploma in Youth, Popular Education and Sport

Article D212-52

…la jeunesse, de l'éducation populaire et du sport (Higher State Diploma in Youth, Popular Education and Sport) is awarded for the "sports performance" speciality or the "socio-educational or cultural…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Higher State Diploma in Youth, Popular Education and Sport

Article D212-54

…ference framework is made up of an activity reference framework which describes the work situations and activities carried out, and the trades or jobs targeted, and a skills reference framework which…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Higher State Diploma in Youth, Popular Education and Sport

Article D212-59

The Higher State Diploma in Youth, Popular Education and Sport is prepared :1° Through initial training, including apprenticeships ;2° Through continuing education.When the Higher State Diploma in You…

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