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Article L2223-4 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

An order of the mayor assigns in perpetuity, in the cemetery, a fitted ossuary where the exhumed remains are immediately reburied.

The mayor may also arrange for the cremation of the exhumed remains in the absence of any known or attested opposition from the deceased.

The remains of persons who had expressed their opposition to cremation are segregated within the ossuary.

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Article L2223-4

Un arrêté du maire affecte à perpétuité, dans le cimetière, un ossuaire aménagé où les restes exhumés sont aussitôt réinhumés.

Le maire peut également faire procéder à la crémation des restes exhumés en l’absence d’opposition connue ou attestée du défunt.

Les restes des personnes qui avaient manifesté leur opposition à la crémation sont distingués au sein de l’ossuaire.

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