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 631640 of 65301 articles for Art. L 255-1 to L 255-19

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Duties to patients

Article R4312-19

In all circumstances, nurses endeavour, through their professional action, to relieve patients' suffering by means appropriate to their condition and provide moral support. Nurses have a duty, within…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of owners of all or part of built-up buildings with regard to detection

Article R1334-19

Before demolishing any of the buildings referred to in article R. 1334-14, the owners of these buildings must carry out a survey of the materials and products on list C containing asbestos.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Sub-section 1: Provisions applicable to the release under constraint provided for in I of article 720

Article D147-19

Compulsory release does not apply to persons undergoing sentence adjustment while in prison, except where they benefit from outside placement under the supervision of prison staff under the conditions…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
19° quater : Tax reduction for interest on deferred payment granted when a farm is transferred

Article 199 vicies A

1. Taxpayers domiciled in France for tax purposes within the meaning of Article 4 B benefit from a reduction in income tax on the interest received in respect of the deferred payment they grant to far…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Minimum solvency margin requirement

Article R334-19

The minimum required solvency margin for undertakings referred to in Article L. 310-3-2 and authorised to operate simultaneously in at least two or more classes mentioned either in 1 and 2 or in 20 to…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Conditions relating to the amount of remuneration paid to authors, performers and producers

Article 211-19

Production companies may not invest the sums entered in their automatic cinema production account for the production of feature films or benefit from the selective financial aid provided for in sectio…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions specific to the intervention of a third party authorised to receive payment requests

Article R2192-19

The contract concluded by the State, its public establishments other than industrial and commercial establishments, local authorities or their public establishments with the project manager or any oth…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General-purpose professional funds.

Article R214-191

By way of derogation from the 50% limit mentioned in I of article R. 214-190, a general-purpose professional fund may invest up to 100% of its assets in the financial instruments mentioned in 1° to 6°…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General-purpose professional funds.

Article R214-193

I. - The last paragraph of I of article R. 214-32-29 does not apply to general-purpose professional funds.II. - By way of derogation from article R. 214-32-41, the overall risk of a general-purpose pr…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Organisation and operation

Article R1123-19

I.-As an exception to the provisions of Article 3 of Decree No. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management, the Committees for the Protection of Individuals are subject…

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