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French law in English: every guide, grouped by the question you are asking
This index lists the English guides on alphadeep.fr for readers dealing with French-law questions. Pages are grouped by the task they address: employment, residence and nationality, money and inheritance, consumer and banking disputes, running a company, fines and courts, housing, family, and AI tools for legal work. Open the relevant guide to check its scope, assumptions and references before acting.
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- Free-plan AI legal help : Understand your rights in France
- AI legal document analysis : Lease, contract, letter
- AI legal help and lawyers : Roles and limits
- Dismissal and employment law : Understand your options
- Residence permits, APS, OQTF : AI immigration legal help
- Lease and housing : Deposit, rent, notice period
- Divorce and family : Understand your rights before acting
How does French employment law protect you?
Dismissal, resignation, pay, leave, sickness and the employment tribunal.
- French disciplinary warning: evidence and factual reply
- Protected employees in France: protection and authorisation
- Resign or negotiate an exit in France: what you keep
- Prise d’acte: prepare your evidence
- Judicial termination of employment in France
- Retirement payment in France: from half a month to 2 months
- Correct a French employment certificate
- Prepare to end a French internship agreement
- Prepare French apprenticeship termination documents
- Ending a French CDD early: who can, and at what cost
- Resignation notice in France: length, start and end date
- Temp work in France: end-of-assignment pay and holiday pay
- Unpaid wages in France: formal notice, then court
- French fixed-term contract (CDD) reclassification: evidence checklist
- A withdrawn job offer in France
- Non-compete clause in France: is yours valid?
- Respond to a French mobility-clause request
- Check a change to working hours in France
- Respond to a telework refusal in France
- Sunday work in France: pay and rest
- On-call work in France: time and pay
- Unpaid employee expenses in France
- Multiple jobs: total working hours
- Employment transfer: French checks
- Part-time extra hours in France: 10%, 25% and the limit
- Forfait jours in France: 218 days, rest days bought back
- Unpaid bonus in France: how to claim it, 3-year time limit
- False self-employment in France: become an employee
- Undeclared work in France: evidence and 6 months’ pay
- Training repayment clause France: valid? What to repay 2026
- Change to your French job contract: can you refuse it?
- French collective agreement: which one applies, and check it
- Meal vouchers in France 2026: cap, food, days, validity
- Opting out of company health insurance in France
- Internship pay in France 2026: €4.50 an hour, calculated
- Respond to a parental-leave refusal in France
- Check a return from maternity leave in France
- Sabbatical leave request in France
- Carer’s leave in France: documents
- Paid leave during sick leave in France: 2 days a month
- Paternity leave in France 2026: 25 days, dates and pay
- Pregnant employee in France: dismissal protection in 2026
- Sick pay in France: daily benefit and employer top-up
- Therapeutic part-time work in France
- Prepare an occupational-disease refusal file
- Challenge a CPAM permanent-incapacity rating
- Accused of harassment at work in France
- Organise hiring-discrimination evidence in France
- Employer medical check during French sick leave: rules
- Workplace discrimination in France: proof, 5 years, remedies
- RQTH in France: disabled worker status, MDPH and renewal
- French employment tribunal: time limits and the 2026 claim
- Prud’hommes exhibit list: organize evidence for a French labour-court claim
- Foreign employer hiring an employee in France
- Posted workers in France: SIPSI and document checklist
- French civil servant part-time work
- Return from French public-service leave
- France Travail sanction: reply within 10 days
- Missing French pension career records
- French retirement age in 2026: the schedule by birth year
- French basic state pension: amount, rate and reduction
- Unemployment benefit in France 2026: ARE amount and duration
- Family-event leave in France
- Parental-presence leave and AJPP
- Phased retirement in France
How do residence permits and French nationality work?
Permits, renewals, refusals, work authorisation, nationality and civil-status documents.
- Regularisation through work in France: 2026 conditions
- Private and family life residence permit in France: 3 cases
- Residence permit for medical care in France: OFII steps
- French student residence permit: resources and renewal
- France long-stay visa: which visa, requirements, arrival
- Récépissé in France: check work and travel rights
- Prepare to validate a French VLS-TS
- ANEF blocked in France: save proof and follow up safely
- Prepare an attestation d’accueil host file
- Lost or stolen French residence permit: duplicate and fee
- France residence permit fee 2026: tax stamps and exemptions
- France visa refusal: appeal route and evidence
- France work permit refusal: appeal and evidence
- Prepare an employer’s French work-permit file
- Exchange a non-EU driving licence in France
- Prepare French nationality by marriage documents
- French nationality certificate
- Prepare a French marriage file with a foreign partner
- Request a French birth certificate from abroad
- Prepare to correct a French civil-status record
- Apostille a French document for use abroad
- Legalise a foreign document for France
- Prepare a sworn translation document pack
- French civic exam 2026: who takes it, and which French level
- Asylum in France: the steps and time limits in 2026
How are tax, inheritance and debt handled in France?
Tax, succession, couples’ property, debts and benefits.
- Correcting a French tax return: online, then a claim
- Respond to a proposed French tax adjustment
- French tax residence: domestic criteria and treaty tie-breakers
- Actual expenses or the 10% deduction in France: compared
- Capital gains tax on French property 2026: rates, allowances
- Property tax in France 2026 (taxe foncière): dates, reliefs
- French rental income tax 2026: micro-foncier or real regime
- Form 3916 in France: declaring a foreign bank account
- Gift tax in France: the €100,000 allowance per child
- French inheritance with debts: your 3 options
- Forced heirship in France: your children’s real share
- French handwritten will: form checks
- Prepare evidence to challenge a French will
- An estate blocked by an heir in France
- Leave inherited property indivision in France
- Life-insurance disputes in a French estate
- Usufruct repairs under French law
- Cross-border inheritance involving France: organize the evidence
- French inheritance tax return: 6 months, then the duty
- Surviving spouse’s rights in France: usufruct or a quarter
- Small estate in France without a notary: the €5,965 limit
- French marriage contract: preparation
- French PACS agreement: checks
- End a French PACS: documents
- French joint-purchase agreement
- Compensatory allowance in France: what judges weigh
- Pacs vs marriage in France: the legal differences
- French order to pay received: identify the act and oppose safely
- French bank account seizure: identify the notice and next path
- French wage seizure: read your notice
- French acknowledgment of debt: checks
- Prepare a French over-indebtedness file
- Request correction of a French FICP entry
- Court payment extension in France: up to 2 years for a debt
- Bounced cheque in France: certificate, deadlines, interest
- RSA refusal: appeal in France
- AAH refused in France: the RAPO appeal, step by step
- Survivor’s pension in France: 54%, from age 55, under a cap
- AAH disability allowance in France: €1,041.59 a month
- Care home costs in France: children’s duty and social aid
- Invalidity pension in France: 2026 amount and application
- Working while retired in France 2026: the cap, before 2027
- Adult child: French tax choice
- Apply for French C2S health cover
How do you settle a consumer or banking dispute in France?
Bank accounts, payments, loans and insurance, purchases, subscriptions and package holidays.
- Bank closing your account in France
- Write a request to close a French bank account
- Prepare a right-to-account file in France
- French bank fees: check the limits
- Disputed SEPA direct debit in France: mandate and evidence
- Regularise an unpaid cheque in France
- Check a French early-loan-repayment statement
- Switch French mortgage insurance
- Review a French road-accident compensation offer
- Legal expenses insurance in France
- Bank impersonation scam in France: getting your money back
- Consumer credit in France: the 20 November 2026 changes
- Wrong bank transfer in France: getting your money back
- Prepare a French conformity-guarantee claim
- Cancel a French subscription: can you leave now?
- Flight claim in France: airline complaint, mediation and court
- Package holiday cancellation in France: fees and refund
- Scammed on Leboncoin or Vinted in France: your remedies
- Car garage dispute in France: bill, repair and remedies
- Cold calling in France: banned without consent since 2026
- Doorstep selling in France: cancelling and getting paid back
- Rental car damage dispute in France: excess and card
- Unfair terms in France: the 2026 black and grey lists
- Estate agent fees in France 2026: caps and who pays
- Deposit in France: arrhes or acompte, and the refund
How do you run a French company or association?
Setting up, partners, contracts, commercial leases and associations.
- Setting up a company in France as a non-resident founder
- France branch vs subsidiary vs liaison office
- Beneficial ownership of a French company with a foreign parent
- Review a French shareholders’ agreement
- Shareholder disputes in France: removal, exclusion, abuse
- Transfer French SAS shares: prepare the file
- Repaying a French shareholder loan
- Prepare French SCI meeting minutes
- Change a French company’s registered office
- Prepare a French company manager’s resignation
- Prepare a French company’s voluntary dissolution
- French business structures: micro, EI, EURL, SASU, SARL, SAS
- French annual accounts: 6 months to approve, then file
- Insolvency filing in France: the 45-day deadline
- Register a company in France: steps, costs and timeline
- First employee in France: documents and registers
- French SAS articles of association: compulsory clauses
- Majority manager dividends in France: the 10% rule
- Legal notice on a French website: the 2026 list by status
- GDPR for a small business in France: 8 practical duties
- French GDPR processor agreement
- French ecommerce terms checklist
- French invoice information checks
- Prepare French VAT registration for a foreign company
- Prepare a French VAT representative appointment
- French e-reporting rules for foreign companies
- CFE in France 2026: minimum base, exemptions, payment
- Unpaid invoice in France: the freelancer’s 5 steps
- Commercial termination in France: check the notice
- Changing an accepted quote
- Review a French confidentiality agreement
- French copyright assignment scope
- Prepare a French trademark filing
- Review a personal guarantee for a French business loan
- Check and challenge an URSSAF formal notice
- Non-conforming goods from a French supplier: what to do
- French commercial lease checklist for a foreign company
- Prepare a French commercial lease renewal
- Check unclamping of French commercial rent
- Check a French commercial lease transfer
- French short-term commercial lease
- Compare professional and commercial leases in France
- French business lease-management
- Buying a French business: records
- French commercial lease: the 3-year exit, 6 months ahead
- Check a French association’s bylaws
- Prepare amendments to French association bylaws
- Prepare to dissolve a French association
How do fines, complaints and court cases work in France?
Traffic fines, police procedure, criminal records, civil claims and legal aid.
- Contest a French fine: 45 days and the right procedure
- Appeal a French Traffic Fine: Foreign Driver Notice Guide
- French licence points: your exact recovery date
- Speeding in France: fine, points and the 50 km/h offence
- Train or metro fine in France: pay or contest in 3 months
- French carte grise cost 2026: the regional horsepower rate
- Police summons in France: audition libre rights
- French police custody: prepare a lawyer handoff
- Online defamation in France: 3 months to file a complaint
- Request removal of a photo under French law
- Organise an identity-theft response in France
- Burglary in France: police report, insurer in 2 working days
- Cyberbullying in France: the law, evidence and complaints
- Criminal complaint by letter to a French prosecutor
- Request a French criminal-record certificate
- French B2 record: exclusion request
- What counts as evidence in a French court
- French witness statement: complete cerfa 11527
- Small claim in France: the 5,000 € amicable step
- French power of attorney: define its scope
- Enforce a foreign judgment in France: route and documents
- Appealing a civil judgment in France: the one-month limit
- Which court in France, and do you need a lawyer?
- Interim proceedings in France (référé): grounds, documents
- Court costs in France: dépens and article 700
- Lawyer, notary or judicial officer: who in France?
- CADA: access French public records
- Request medical records in France
- Prepare a French CCI medical-accident file
- School enrolment refusal in France
- GDPR: correct personal data
- Prepare a GDPR erasure request in France
- Prepare evidence for a CNIL complaint
- Subject access request in France: 1 month to answer
- Administrative appeal in France: the recours gracieux
What are your rights as a tenant, owner or neighbour?
Leases, deposits, co-ownership, planning decisions and property purchases.
- Bail mobilité in France: 1 to 10 months, no deposit
- Leaving a French flatshare: how long you stay liable
- French agricultural lease checklist
- Social housing in France: 2026 income limits and application
- Visale rent guarantee in France: conditions and rent caps
- Short-term rental in France: registration, 120 days, tax
- Illegal lease clauses in France: the 2026 list for tenants
- Homes rated G or F in France: rental ban and its dates
- Incorrect French DPE: evidence, parties and next steps
- Prepare a DALO housing application in France
- APL housing benefit in France: rent ceiling and conditions
- Water damage in France: claim in 5 days, IRSI and leaks
- Substandard rental in France: the file to make landlords act
- Social housing rent surcharge (SLS) in France: survey
- Buy property in France as a non-resident: 7 official checks
- French property sale agreements
- French mortgage refusal: check the financing condition
- Property diagnostics to sell in France: list and validity
- Asbestos report for a French sale
- Hidden defect in a French house: your 2-year window
- VEFA handover: record defects
- CCMI: prepare formal acceptance
- Selling a house in France: from compromis to deed
- French notary fees 2026: 5% transfer tax and calculator
- Decennial insurance in France: check the builder’s cover
- Challenge a French co-ownership AGM resolution
- Follow up with an unresponsive French syndic
- Check French condominium charges
- Unauthorised condominium works in France
- Check a French right-of-way easement
- Check a French utility easement
- Prepare a French land-boundary dispute
- Prepare an agreement for French party-wall works
- Check neighbour-tree and pruning issues in France
- French planning refusal: the reasons
- Prepare to challenge a neighbour’s building permit
- Check a project against a French planning certificate
- Read a French urban-pre-emption decision
- French subdivision rules compared
- French prior declaration of works: thresholds and plans
How does French family law deal with couples and children?
Maintenance, contact, guardianship, names and parental authorisations.
- Divorce in France: dividing common and own property
- Separating without marriage in France: home, property, debts
- Joint bank account in France after a separation
- Occupation indemnity in a French indivision: the calculation
- Recognising your child in France: when, documents, effects
- Document breaches of a French contact order
- Prepare to recover unpaid maintenance in France
- Allocate extraordinary child expenses in France
- French minor travel authorisation
- Grandparents’ rights in France: seeing your grandchildren
- Moving with your child after separation in France: the rules
- Challenge a French adult-protection decision
- Family authorisation or guardianship
- Adult simple adoption in France
- Change a first name in France
- Simplified surname change in France
Which AI tools help with French legal work?
Comparisons and practical guides for professionals using AI on French law.
- Legal AI Procurement Audit France: Evidence Checklist
- Legal AI matter-memory policy for French law firms
- Law Firm AI Readiness in France: 2026 Check
- AI legal translation in France: 5 checks before sharing text
- Ordalie vs Doctrine in France: research or matter workflows?
- French-law AI chatbot: uses, selection and limits
- Reliable French legal AI: a reproducible testing protocol
- French legal AI copilot: tasks, validation and human control
- Agentic legal AI in France: autonomy, tools and guardrails
- Legal workflow automation in France: map a controlled process
- AI legal monitoring in France: sources, alerts and validation
- French legal LLM: model, RAG and application compared
- Open-source French legal AI: models, data and deployment
- Legal compliance AI in France: a controlled review workflow
- AI legal document summarizer for French law: a verifiable method
- French legal AI prompts: effective templates for French law
- Legal AI ROI in France: calculate cost, value and risk
- French legal AI for individuals: safe self-service boundaries
- French legal AI for law students: learn without outsourcing verification
- French legal AI for notaries: research and matters under control
- French legal AI for HR: controlled employment-law workflows
- French business law AI: research and controlled workflows
- French tax law AI: research without automated conclusions
- French family law AI: information and escalation boundaries
- French criminal law AI: information, evidence and urgent handoff
- Query Juriste: pricing and alternatives
- Tomorro: contract management review
- Ordalie vs Harvey for French law
- Juriv’IA: review and 4 alternatives
- Jobexit: review and 3 tools to compare
- 5 subsidiary legal-management tools
- Draft a French legal letter
- AI Tools for French Lawyers: the 2026 data