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 531540 of 61345 articles for Art. L 227-1 · Art. L 225-100

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Teaching and hospital staff.

Article L6151-1

As stated in article…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L5134-121

Beneficiaries of jobs for the future as teachers are recruited by local public education establishments or local public agricultural education and vocational training establishments, after receiving t…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Registration and publication of deeds, agreements and judgements

Article L123-1

For cinematographic or audiovisual works for which the title has previously been registered under the conditions set out in article L. 122-1, must be entered in the public film and audiovisual registe…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Exploitation on on-demand audiovisual media services

Article L232-1

The contract concluded by a publisher of on-demand audiovisual media services for the acquisition of rights relating to the making available to the public of a cinematographic work shall specify the p…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: The obligation to insure.

Article L251-1

As stated in article L. 1142-2 of the French Public Health Code, reproduced below: "Art. L. 1142-2-Health professionals practising on a self-employed basis, the health establishments, health services…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Combating mental illness

Article L3844-1

I. - Title I of Book II of this Part is applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, subject to the adaptations provided for in II.Articles L. 3211-11-1, L. 3211-2-3, L. 3211-12-1, L. 3211-12-7,…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Invalidity of certain acts.

Article L632-1

I. - The following acts are void, where they have occurred since the date of cessation of payments:1° All gratuitous deeds transferring movable or immovable property;2° Any commutative contract in whi…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Hygiene of buildings and built-up areas.

Article L1331-11-1

For the sale of all or part of a residential property not connected to the public wastewater collection network, the document drawn up following the inspection of non-collective sanitation facilities…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Admission to trading

Article L421-14

I.-The admission of financial instruments and assets referred to in II of Article L. 421-1 to trading on a regulated market is decided by the market undertaking, in accordance with the rules of the ma…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Organisation of certain film screenings

Article L214-1

The following are subject to the provisions of this chapter : 1° Public ticket sales organised on an exceptional basis by associations and other legally constituted groups acting on a not-for-profit b…

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
Search “Art. L 227-1 · Art. L 225-100” | French Legislation