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 37013710 of 4579 articles for Art. n° 16-18.059

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the administrative authority concerning undertakings subject to the obligation to draw up an employment safeguard plan.

Article L1233-57-3

In the absence of a collective agreement or in the event of an agreement not covering all of the points mentioned in 1° to 5° of article L. 1233-24-2, the administrative authority shall approve the do…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Digital health space, shared medical file and pharmaceutical file

Article L1111-18

Access to the shared medical record may not be requested except in the cases provided for in articles L. 1111-15 and L. 1111-16, even with the consent of the person concerned.In particular, access to…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4a: Compensation for victims of benfluorex

Article L1142-24-7

In the event of silence or explicit refusal on the part of the insurer or the liable person referred to in Article L. 1142-24-6 to make an offer or in the event of a manifestly inadequate offer, the O…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article L613-18

The Minister responsible for industrial property may give formal notice to the owners of invention patents other than those referred to in Article L. 613-16 to begin working them in such a way as to m…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Infringements of market transparency

Article L465-3-1

I. - A. - The penalties provided for in A of I of Article L. 465-1 shall apply to any person who carries out a transaction, places an order or behaves in such a way as to give, or be likely to give, m…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Housing finance companies

Article L513-32

In each housing finance company, the specific controller referred to in Article L. 513-23 ensures that the company complies with Articles L. 513-28 to L. 513-30.It also verifies that the housing loans…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions.

Article R1121-1-1

Research involving the human person relating to a medicinal product is understood to mean any research relating to one or more medicinal products not falling within the scope of Article 1 of Regulatio…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Automatic registrations

Article R123-314

The clerk of the commercial court or of the judicial court shall apply to the keeper of the National Register of Companies, via the single body mentioned in Article R. 123-1, for the removal of the en…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Victims' rights

Article D1-11-2

Prior to any release or cessation, even temporary, of the imprisonment of a detained person prosecuted or convicted for offences committed within the couple covered by article 132-80 du code pénal, or…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prudential control and resolution authority

Article R782-4

…iclesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 612-102021-898 of 6 July 2021R. 612-11 and R. 612-12n° 2013-978 of 30 October 2013R. 612-13 and R. 612-14n° 2010-217 of 3 March 2010R. 612-15n° 2013-978…

AI translation · Updated 5 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