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 65116520 of 61869 articles for Art. R. 512-39-1 et s.

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Lead exposure risk report

Article R1334-10

…elements containing a coating, specifies the lead concentration of these coatings and the analysis method used to measure it and describes the state of conservation of the coatings containing lead, in…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Substitute team

Article R3132-12

…risation to exceed the maximum daily working time of ten hours is requested from the labour inspector.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Administrative procedure

Article R3132-13

…tes and the social and economic committee, if any. It is sent by the employer to the Labour Inspector. The Labour Inspector will notify the employer and employee representatives of his decision within…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Substitute team

Article R3132-10

…ment, the use of stand-in teams may be authorised by the Labour Inspector if it is aimed at making better use of production equipment and maintaining or increasing the number of existing jobs.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Substitute team

Article R3132-11

…hours when the period during which such shifts are used does not exceed forty-eight consecutive hours. When this period exceeds forty-eight hours, the working day may not exceed ten hours.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Administrative procedure

Article R3132-14

…against the decision of the Labour Inspector is lodged with the Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment. It must be lodged within one month of the date on which…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Appeal procedures

Article R3211-19

…ission to care and the director of the establishment of the date and time of the hearing by any means. The last two paragraphs of article R. 3211-13 are applicable.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Appeal procedures

Article R3211-18

The order may be appealed to the First President of the Court of Appeal or his delegate within ten days of its notification. The public prosecutor may, in all cases, lodge an appeal within the same ti…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Provisions applicable to communes in the departments of Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique and Réunion

Article R2563-10

…s up, for each municipality and on the basis of the information collected, an annualised balance sheet of all the operations carried out, which summarises the amount of the corresponding expenditure.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Pre-assessment and request for treatment

Article R6323-13

The list of documents to be sent to the regional inter-professional joint committee by the employee wishing to benefit from a professional transition project is drawn up by the minister responsible fo…

AI translation · Updated 1 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