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 40714080 of 10624 articles for Art. UK IHT — long-term residence

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Tasks of healthcare institutions.

Article L6111-4

…article L. 162-22-6 of the code de la sécurité sociale (social security code) authorised to provide long-term care or psychiatric care and which, in this context, accommodate a number of people exceed…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Support for project development

Article 422-19

The following projects are eligible for development aid:1° Long-length cinematographic work or short-length cinematographic work;2° Audiovisual work in the genre of fiction, animation, creative docume…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Commercial facilities.

Article A750-7

The information recorded concerning the operating company is updated and kept for as long as it appears in the INSEE SIRENE file. When a request for authorisation has been investigated, the identity o…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R5151-8

Personal data and information recorded in the personal activity account information system are kept for as long as the account is open and for a period of three years from the date of the account hold…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Rights of preferred film production creditors

Article L312-2

…cle L. 312-1 to which production companies may be entitled as a result of the exhibition of a given long-term cinematographic work are allocated by priority, according to the order of preference below…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
16° : Tax reduction for dependency expenses

Article 199 quindecies

…of Article L. 312-1 of the code de l'action sociale et des familles, in an establishment providing long-term care, mentioned in the penultimate paragraph of article L. 6143-5 of the Public Health Cod…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for exercising the right to vote and stand for election and rules applicable to the conduct of the ballot for the election of members to the board of directors of the Ecole nationale des sports de montagne and to the advisory boards of the Ecole nationale de ski et d'alpinisme and the Centre national de ski nordique et de moyenne montagne

Article A211-51

…f the ballot are eligible to vote and stand for election in colleges 1 to 7. Staff on availability, long-term leave or parental leave may not take part in the ballot. Within College 8, only trainees e…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Prescription of physical activity

Article D1172-1

…yle on a regular basis in order to reduce the risk factors and functional limitations linked to the long-term condition, chronic disease or situations of loss of autonomy defined in article D. 1172-1-…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Presumption of absence

Article 112

When a person has ceased to appear at his place of domicile or residence without any news of him having been received, the guardianship judge may, at the request of the interested parties or the publi…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: House arrest with electronic surveillance

Article 142-11

Home detention with electronic monitoring is treated in the same way as pre-trial detention for the purposes of counting its full duration against that of a custodial sentence, in accordance with Arti…

AI translation · Updated 8 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