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 10811090 of 65947 articles for Art. L 440-1 to L 444-8

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Litigation concerning the invalidity and revocation of trademarks

Article L716-2-8

The proprietor of an earlier right who has tolerated for a period of five consecutive years the use of a later trade mark registered with knowledge of such use shall no longer be entitled to apply for…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Litigation

Article L716-4-8

The court may order, of its own motion or at the request of any person with standing to bring an infringement action, all legally permissible investigative measures even if a seizure for infringement…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2 : Commission nationale d'aménagement cinématographique (National Cinematographic Development Commission)

Article L212-6-8

The conditions for appointing the members of the Commission nationale d'aménagement cinématographique and its chairman, as well as the procedures for its operation, are set by decree in the Conseil d'…

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

Article L621-8-4

The Autorité des marchés financiers may obtain from the persons or entities referred to in II of Article L. 621-9 any documents or information, regardless of the medium, that is relevant to the perfor…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Resources of the deposit guarantee and resolution fund

Article L312-8-2

I. - For the application of III of Article L. 312-4, the Deposit Guarantee and Resolution Fund may be responsible for informing depositors of the branches mentioned in this III on behalf of the author…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Formation, amendment and duration of the contract

Article L224-25-8

The provisions of this article shall apply to any professional providing digital content or digital services and offering the consumer, directly or via a third party, an after-sales service, a technic…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Prohibitions

Article L511-8-2

Any credit institution operating on the markets for financial futures instruments whose underlying asset is, in whole or in part, an agricultural commodity is prohibited from building up physical stoc…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Commission du contentieux du stationnement payant (Pay parking disputes commission)

Article L2333-87-4

…payant are handed down by the chairman of the commission or by a magistrate appointed by him, who rules alone. The chairman of the commission or the magistrate designated by him may, where the questio…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Commission du contentieux du stationnement payant (Pay parking disputes commission)

Article L2333-87-9

Before ruling on an application that raises a new question of law, presents a serious difficulty and arises in numerous disputes, the Commission du contentieux du stationnement payant may, by a decisi…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Commission du contentieux du stationnement payant (Pay parking disputes commission)

Article L2333-87-2

The Commission du contentieux du stationnement payant rules on appeals against individual decisions relating to parking charges.

AI translation · Updated 7 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