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 40214030 of 69476 articles for Art. L 231-1 à L 231-8

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for registration on the list of court-appointed administrators

Article A811-27

Applications must be sent to the secretariat of the Commission nationale d'inscription et de discipline des administrateurs judiciaires et des mandataires judiciaires, by registered letter with acknow…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for registration on the list of court-appointed administrators

Article A811-28

Two months before the date of the session, the committee will draw up a list of candidates admitted to take the knowledge test. Individual invitations mentioning the day, time and place of the test ar…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for registration on the list of court-appointed administrators

Article A811-29

I.-The examination referred to in article R. 811-28-5 consists of an oral test held in public session. For the commercial speciality, the oral test covers employment law and tax law as applied to inso…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for registration on the list of court-appointed administrators

Article A811-30

The test is marked from 0 to 20. The certificate of achievement mentioned in article

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment contract.

Article L5134-106

An employee whose contract is terminated by his employer under the conditions set out in article L. 5134-104 will receive compensation calculated on the basis of the remuneration received. The amount…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Presentation of contracts

Article L211-1

The terms of contracts offered by professionals to consumers must be presented and drafted in a clear and comprehensible manner. In the event of doubt, they shall be interpreted in the sense most favo…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Distribution of electronic money

Article L525-10

Electronic money issuers shall ensure that the persons referred to in Article L. 525-8 provide customers and the public, by any appropriate means and in a visible and legible manner, with information…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Industrial preparation and wholesale.

Article L5441-12

Legal entities held criminally liable, under the conditions laid down inArticle 121-2 of the French Penal Code, for the offences defined in Article L. 5441-8 shall be liable, in addition to a fine in…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Contracts relating to liquefied petroleum gas

Article L224-17

The provisions of this section apply to contracts entered into by a consumer for the supply of liquefied petroleum gas in bulk, the provision or sale of equipment for the storage of liquefied petroleu…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Contracts relating to liquefied petroleum gas

Article L224-19

The term of the contracts mentioned in article L. 224-17 may not exceed five years.

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