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 18511860 of 65573 articles for Art. L 242-1 · Cass. 2e civ. 4 February 2010 · Cass. 2e civ. 1 July 2010

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Cross-border demergers

Article L236-46

Cross-border division is the operation whereby a société par actions or a société à responsabilité limitée with its registered office in France participates in a division with one or more companies fa…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Operating rights

Article L333-1-3

The associations referred to inArticle L. 122-1 and the sports companies referred to in Article L. 122-2 may grant sports betting operators holding the authorisation provided for in Article 21 of Law…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Terms of office of board or committee members.

Article L5211-12-1

Each year, the public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation with their own taxation system draw up a statement showing all the allowances of all kinds, denominated in euros, received by the el…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Terms of office of board or committee members.

Article L5211-13-1

According to the conditions set out in an annual resolution, the deliberative body of the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation may make a vehicle available to its members or to the publ…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal provisions.

Article L2326-4

The creation, extension or transformation of the private establishments and services mentioned in article L. 2324-1 without the authorisation mentioned in the first and third paragraphs of article L.…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Public buy-out offers and squeeze-out

Article L433-4

I. - The General Regulation of the Autorité des marchés financiers sets the conditions applicable to the offer and squeeze-out procedures in the following cases:1° When the majority shareholder(s) of…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Competent administrative authority

Article R*1233-3-4

The administrative authority referred to in Articles L. 1233-39, L. 1233-46, L. 1233-48 to L. 1233-50, L. 1233-53 and L. 1233-56 to L. 1233-57-8 is the Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Con…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Control of plant and animal species harmful to human health

Article L1338-4

I.-Infringements of the regulations adopted in application of articles L. 1338-1 and L. 1338-2 are investigated and recorded by officers and agents of the judicial police in accordance with the Code o…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Operating conditions.

Article L812-4

The national commission, on its own initiative or at the request of the Minister of Justice, the President of the Conseil national des administrateurs judiciaires et des mandataires judiciaires, the G…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Regional health agency.

Article L6431-4

The Health Agency is responsible for health protection in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands:1. It draws up a public health programme taking into account the health priorities established…

AI translation · Updated 6 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