Subsection 3: Destination of ashes

After cremation, the ashes are pulverised and collected in a cinerary urn with a plaque on the outside bearing the identity of the deceased and the name of the crematorium. Pending a decision on the destination of the ashes, the cinerary urn is kept at the crematorium for a period that may not exceed one year.At the request of the person entitled to provide for the funeral, the urn may…

I.- Regardless of their origin, metals resulting from cremation are not treated in the same way as the ashes of the deceased. These metals are recovered by the crematorium operator for transfer, whether free of charge or in return for payment, with a view to appropriate treatment for each of them. II. II – Any proceeds from the transfer provided for in I are entered as operating revenue in the…

At the request of the person entitled to provide for the funeral, the ashes are in their entirety: – either kept in the cinerary urn, which may be buried in a grave or placed in a columbarium cell or sealed on a funerary monument within a cemetery or a cinerary site referred to in article L. 2223-40; – or scattered in a space set aside for this purpose in a…

If the ashes are scattered in the countryside, the person entitled to provide for the funeral must declare this to the Town Hall of the municipality in which the deceased was born, and the identity of the deceased and the date and place of scattering of the ashes must be recorded in a register created for this purpose.

The act of creating, owning, using or managing, whether in return for payment or free of charge, any collective site, outside a public cemetery or an authorised deposit or burial site, intended for the temporary or permanent deposit of urns or the scattering of ashes, in breach of this code, is punishable by a fine of €15,000 per offence. These provisions do not apply to cinerary sites created before 31…