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 82418250 of 65307 articles for Art. L 228-11 à L 228-19

French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information, commercial practices, contracts and credit

Article L511-5

Officers are empowered to investigate and record infringements or breaches of the following provisions:1° Sections 1, 2, 5, 10, 11 and 12 of Chapter I of Title II of Book I;2° Sections 1 and 2 and sub…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L5151-6

I.-Each holder of a personal activity account may consult the rights registered in the account and use them by accessing a free online service. This online service is managed by the Caisse des dépôts…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Admission to psychiatric care by decision of the State representative.

Article L3213-3

I.-In the month following the admission to psychiatric care decided upon in application of this chapter or resulting from the decision mentioned in article 706-135 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, a…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Powers.

Article L121-1

The State defines and implements national tourism policy. It determines and implements the procedures for approving and classifying tourist facilities, organisations and activities in accordance with…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Patentable inventions

Article L611-13

For the application of Article L. 611-11, a disclosure of the invention shall not be taken into consideration in the following two cases:-if it takes place within the six months preceding the filing d…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions specific to agricultural products and foodstuffs

Article L443-5

Buyers of perishable agricultural and food products mentioned in 1° of II of Article L. 441-11 may not cancel an order within a period of less than thirty days. However, for a sector of activity, for…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Revenue from the investment section

Article L3332-3

Revenue from the investment section consists in particular of:1° Proceeds from borrowings;2° repealed;3° The departmental investment support grant;4° The departmental equipment grant for collèges;5° P…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conditions for recognising the evidential value of documents containing personal health data created or reproduced in digital form and for destroying documents stored in a form other than digital

Article L1111-31

The conditions of application of this section, in particular for determining the signature process appropriate to the nature of the document, are specified by the reference systems defined in article…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conditions for recognising the evidential value of documents containing personal health data created or reproduced in digital form and for destroying documents stored in a form other than digital

Article L1111-30

The description of the procedures for implementing the provisions of articles L. 1111-26 to L. 1111-29 and the related documentation shall be made accessible to the persons receiving care and the prof…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conditions for recognising the evidential value of documents containing personal health data created or reproduced in digital form and for destroying documents stored in a form other than digital

Article L1111-25

This section applies to documents containing personal health data produced, received or stored in the course of prevention, diagnosis, care, compensation for disability, prevention of loss of autonomy…

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