A source-led starting point
This index brings together selected sources used in the France guides. Some links lead to an individual law; others lead to an official collection, court or regulator. It is a research starting point, not an exhaustive or certified consolidation of every applicable rule.
Read the operative text with amendments, commencement, territorial application and authoritative language in view. A current website or search result does not itself establish that an older downloaded document remains the correct version.
Legislation, courts & regulators
ACPR — checking authorisation
Official verification of financial permissions and intermediary registration.
Open the legal source ↗Code of Civil Procedure — official version record
French civil procedure source; select the operative version for the matter.
Open the legal source ↗Commission de régulation de l'énergie
Independent French electricity and gas market regulator.
Open the legal source ↗Competition Authority — merger decisions
Official French merger-control decisions and market analysis.
Open the legal source ↗European Commission — navigating the AI Act
Current EU AI scope and phased application guidance.
Open the legal source ↗Légifrance — official legislation collection
Official French codes, legislation, consolidated versions and decisions.
Open the legal source ↗Ministry of Justice — economic courts
Explains the territorial economic-court experiment and current institutional developments.
Open the legal source ↗Ministry of Justice — French legal and judicial system
Official overview of French civil law, procedure and institutions.
Open the legal source ↗Ministry of Justice — specialised civil courts
Explains specialist courts, including employment jurisdiction.
Open the legal source ↗MIQCP — public procurement legal texts
Official Public Procurement Code and related legal resources.
Open the legal source ↗Service Public — administrative court remedies
Administrative litigation and possible mandatory prior administrative review.
Open the legal source ↗Service Public — business formalities portal
Official guichet unique for company and business formalities.
Open the legal source ↗Service Public — construction decennial liability
Explains French construction liability and insurance requirements.
Open the legal source ↗Service Public — debt recovery
Current payment-order and simplified recovery guidance, updated September 2026.
Open the legal source ↗Service Public — dismissal defects
Official explanation of invalid, unjustified and procedurally irregular dismissal.
Open the legal source ↗Service Public — foreign worker authorisation
French work-authorisation requirements and territorial distinctions.
Open the legal source ↗Service Public — INPI rights searches
Official access to rights and availability searches relevant to France.
Open the legal source ↗Service Public — landlord termination notice
Residential lease termination categories and formalities.
Open the legal source ↗Tax administration — business taxation
Official French business tax and international investment resources.
Open the legal source ↗Treasury — foreign investment control
French screening process for foreign investment in sensitive activities.
Open the legal source ↗Treasury — national asset-freezing measures
French national asset-freezing framework and implementation resources.
Open the legal source ↗Using the sources
Identify the legal issue and relevant date, then check the current primary material and any procedural guidance. Record the version consulted and distinguish official text from translations or commentary.
Focused legal research
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