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 60216030 of 64513 articles for Art. L. 133-4 et R. 133-3

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Common provisions

Article R40-44

…insofar as they appear in the information, data and communication content provided for in Articles R. 40-43-1 and R. 40-43-2.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Inspection and discipline

Article R743-4

Except in the cases provided for in article R. 743-2, the inspectors mentioned in article R. 743-1 send a report of their mission to the public prosecutor. Occasional inspections give rise to a detail…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: The single body responsible for business formalities

Article R123-4

I.-The declarations referred to in 1° of I of article R. 123-1 include the information essential for the recipient bodies to exercise their prerogatives or for registration in the registers or busines…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Emergency evacuation of victims by approved civil protection associations

Article R6312-47

…ed civil protection associations are subject to the provisions of the articles mentioned in article R. 6312-9.

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Compulsory vaccination

Article R3112-4

…is vaccine are deemed to have complied with the vaccination requirement. Students listed in article R. 3112-1 C and persons mentioned in article R. 3112-2 who have a vaccination scar are also consider…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Coordinator training and training body.

Article R4532-37

A joint order by the Ministers for Labour and Agriculture determines : 1° The minimum guarantees to be provided by the training bodies referred to in article R. 4532-34, relating in particular to the…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Approval of circuits.

Article R331-43

Approval is granted only if all the requirements set out in article R. 331-41 have been met.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Provisions applicable to refugees, stateless persons and beneficiaries of territorial asylum or subsidiary protection and to French nationals who have returned to French territory at the request of the French authorities

Article R4111-43

Articles D. 4111-8 and R. 4111-11 apply to applications for authorisation to practise made under this section.

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Issue and maintenance of plant variety certificates

Article R623-46

…Defence for the purposes of extending the prohibitions on disclosure and free exploitation of a variety, which is the subject of the application for a certificate, must reach the person in charge of t…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Supervision, inspection and discipline

Article R811-42

…g out their duties, these magistrates have a general power of investigation, verification and control.They may be assisted in carrying out inspections by any persons registered on the list of statutor…

AI translation · Updated 4 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