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 46914700 of 67349 articles for Art. s. L 141-3 and L 141-4 · C. civ. Arts. 1644 and 1645

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Regional health agency.

Article L6431-3

The health agency may include a unit responsible for providing specialist advice on the diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and, where appropriate, prevention of human poisoning, known as a "poison contro…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Agency agreement

Article L132-20-4

The right to authorise a signal distributor to represent a work under the conditions mentioned in article L. 122-2-4 may only be exercised by a collective management organisation.If this organisation…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Administration and control

Article L1524-5-3

Local elected representatives who hold the position of member or chairman of the board of directors, managing director, deputy managing director, chairman and managing director, member of the manageme…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Composition and mandate

Article L23-112-3

Commission members are appointed for four years. They may be reappointed.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Supervision and inspection.

Article L811-11-3

The auditor of a debtor subject to safeguard, receivership or compulsory liquidation proceedings may not invoke professional secrecy in response to requests from the auditor of the court-appointed adm…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Deposit and seizure

Article L512-33-1

Where the regulations provide for a procedure involving the sampling of one unit of a model and then, in the event of non-compliance, additional units of the same model, these additional units may be…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Water and sanitation

Article L4424-36-1

The State representative may ask the territorial collectivity of Corsica to amend the master plan for water development and management to bring it into line with the provisions of articles L. 212-1 an…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Water and sanitation

Article L4424-36-2

The powers devolved to the representative of the State in the department by article L. 2224-12-4 are exercised by the Assembly of Corsica.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L5217-10-3

The allocation of grants is decided separately from the budget vote. However, for grants for which there are no conditions of award, the Metropolitan Council may decide:1° To individualise the appropr…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Organisation and operation

Article L5721-6-3

…orised by the State representative in the department, after receiving the opinion of the departmental commission for intercommunal cooperation meeting in the formation provided for in the second parag…

AI translation · Updated 6 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