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Article L2223-13 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

November 8, 2023

Where the size of the cemeteries permits, plots may be granted to persons wishing to use them for their own burial and that of their children or successors. The beneficiaries of the concession may build vaults, monuments and tombs on these plots. Spaces may also be granted for the deposit or interment of urns in the cemetery. The land required for the separations and passages established around the above-mentioned plot…

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Article L2223-15 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

November 8, 2023

Concessions are granted in return for payment of a capital sum, the amount of which is set by the municipal council. Temporary concessions, thirty-year concessions and fifty-year concessions are renewable at the price of the tariff in force at the time of renewal. Failing payment of this new fee, the conceded plot reverts to the municipality. However, it may not be taken back by the commune until two years after…

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Article L2223-17 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

November 8, 2023

When, after a period of thirty years, a plot has ceased to be maintained, the mayor may declare this state of abandonment by means of a report brought to the attention of the public and the families. If, one year after this duly carried out publicity, the plot is still in a state of abandonment, the mayor has the option of referring the matter to the municipal council, which is…

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Article L2223-18 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

November 8, 2023

A decree in the Council of State sets out: 1° The conditions under which the reports establishing the state of abandonment are drawn up; 2° The methods of publicity that must be used to bring the reports to the attention of the families and the public; 3° The measures to be taken by the communes to preserve the names of the persons buried in the plot and the reburial or…

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Article L2223-18-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

November 8, 2023

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…

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Article L2223-18-1-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

November 8, 2023

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…

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Article L2223-18-2 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

November 8, 2023

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…

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Article L2223-18-3 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

November 8, 2023

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.

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