Subsection 1: Funeral services

The general documentation, the estimates that must be given to families and the order forms drawn up by the régies, companies, associations and their establishments, authorised in accordance with Article L. 2223-23, must comply with the provisions set out in the articles R. 2223-25 à R. 2223-30.

General documentation and quotations must include an indication of the name, legal representative and address of the operator and, where applicable, its registration number in the Trade Register or the National Register of Companies as a company in the trades and crafts sector, as well as an indication of its legal form, the authorisation it holds and, where applicable, the amount of its capital. The content of the general documentation…

Estimates must state the commune of the place of death, the place of committal, the funeral service, burial or cremation, and the date on which the estimates were drawn up.

Estimates must group together the operator’s supplies and services, distinguishing them from sums paid to third parties as remuneration for services provided by them and from taxes. They must indicate, where applicable, the third-party company or service that carries out the opening and closing of the funeral monument, the digging and filling of the grave.

Estimates must show the number of staff performing any of the funeral services and assigned to the convoy.

The estimates must show separately the compulsory services, which include the body bag in the case of transport before committal and, in all cases the coffin, its handles, its identity plate and its watertight bowl, excluding its interior and exterior accessories, as well as either the burial operations or the cremation operations and the cinerary urn or ashtray. Depending on the circumstances or causes of death, the method of transport…

The order form includes the agreement and signature of the person who placed the order. It contains, in addition to the information mentioned in article R. 2223-26, the following entries: – surname and first name of the deceased; – date of birth of the deceased; – date of death; – date and time of committal; – date and time of the funeral service; – date and time of burial or…

Communes must display in public view, in the civil status department of the town hall and annexed town halls, as well as in the conservation area of the communal cemetery or cemeteries, the list of régies, companies, associations and their establishments authorised to provide external funeral services. This list is drawn up under the conditions provided for in article R. 2223-71. It must be communicated by the municipal services to…

Public or private health establishments shall make available to the public the list of agencies, companies, associations and their establishments authorised to provide external funeral services, drawn up under the conditions provided for in Article R. 2223-71. Public or private health establishments must display the list of authorised funeral chambers in public view on the premises of their mortuary and provide it to any person on request. This list is…