Subsection 3: Monitoring of operations (R).

In order to ensure the enforcement of police measures prescribed by laws and regulations, in particular public health measures, the officials mentioned in article L. 2213-14 assist with the operations following the death listed in article R. 2213-45. Under the authority of the prefect in communes located in a State police zone and of the mayor in other communes, they may attend, as necessary, any of the operations mentioned in…

The officials mentioned in article L. 2213-14 check by any means the identity of the deceased, attend the closing of the coffin and affix two wax seals to it, bearing the seal of the competent administrative authority: 1° When the body is to be cremated; 2° In the event of the body being transported outside the commune of death or of deposit, when no member of the family is present.

Where, in exceptional circumstances, certain provisions of this sub-section encounter difficulties in application, the Minister for the Interior and the Minister for Health shall provide for them by means of temporary measures taken after obtaining the opinion of the Haut Conseil de la santé publique. .