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 27512760 of 12461 articles for Art. legal committee

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Voting procedure and election results.

Article L2314-27

The election takes place during working time. However, an agreement to the contrary may be reached between the employer and all the representative trade union organisations in the company, particularl…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Operating grant

Article L2315-62

In undertakings with several establishment social and economic committees, the operating budget of the central social and economic committee is determined by agreement between the central committee an…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Economic training

Article L2315-63

In companies with at least fifty employees, the full members of the social and economic committee elected for the first time are entitled, under the conditions and within the limits laid down in artic…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Operating grant

Article L2315-61

The employer pays the social and economic committee an annual operating subsidy equivalent to : 1° 0.20% of the gross payroll in companies with between fifty and less than two thousand employees ; 2°…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Operating grant

Article R2315-31-1

…sum and the arrangements for its use are recorded in the annual accounts of the social and economic committee or, where applicable, in the documents referred to in article L. 2315-65 and in the report…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Operating grant

Article R2315-32

In the absence of an agreement between the central committee and the works councils provided for in Article L. 2315-62 and in the absence of stipulations in the branch collective agreement, the court…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article R4643-1

In industries where there is a professional body for health, safety and working conditions, as provided for in Article L. 4643-1, this body is responsible for promoting safety training and providing t…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions.

Article R2411-12

The special trade union committee authorises the chairman to bring the initial action, the appeals, and to sign any request for withdrawal or settlement intended to bring the legal action to an end.Th…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Subrogated curator and subrogated guardian

Article 454

The judge may, if he considers it necessary and subject to the powers of the family council if it has been constituted, appoint a subrogated curator or subrogated guardian. If the curator or guardian…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Taxable persons - Place of taxation

Article 218 bis

Companies or legal entities liable for corporation tax under Article 206, with the exception of those designated in Article 5 of the aforementioned article, are personally subject to the tax on the sh…

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