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Article L2223-34-2 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

November 8, 2023

A national file is created to centralise contracts providing for funeral services in advance taken out by individuals with the companies referred to in article L. 310-1 of the Insurance Code and the mutual insurers and unions mentioned in Article L. 111-1 of the Mutual Code. The terms and conditions for the application of this article, including the length of time the information recorded is kept, are determined by decree…

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Article L2223-35 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

November 8, 2023

The fact of managing, in law or in fact, a public authority, company, association or establishment without the authorisation provided for in articles L. 2223-23, L. 2223-41 and L. 2223-43 or when it is suspended or withdrawn pursuant to article L. 2223-25 is punishable by a fine of 75,000 euros. The violation of the provisions of articles L. 2223-31 à L. 2223-34 is punishable by a fine of 75,000 euros….

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Article L2223-35-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

November 8, 2023

In order to guarantee the contracting party or subscriber of a funeral services package in advance full and complete freedom of choice throughout his or her life, whether the contract is an individual contract or membership of a group contract within the meaning of Article L. 141-1 of the Insurance Code, the contract must explicitly provide for the option for the contracting party or the subscriber to change the nature…

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Article L2223-36 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

November 8, 2023

Corporate entities held criminally liable, under the conditions set out in Article 121-2 of the Criminal Code, the offences defined in Article L. 2223-35 shall incur, in addition to the fine in accordance with the procedures laid down by Article 131-38 of the Penal Code, the penalties set out in 2° to 9° of the’article 131-39 of the same code. The prohibition referred to in 2° of article 131-39 of…

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Article L2223-38 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

November 8, 2023

The purpose of funeral chambers is to receive, prior to burial or cremation, the bodies of deceased persons. The premises where the undertaking or association managing the funeral home offers the other services listed in Article L. 2223-19 must be separate from those housing the funeral home. A violation of the provisions of the previous paragraph is punishable by a fine of 75,000 euros.

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Article L2223-39 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

November 8, 2023

Public or private health establishments that meet the conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat must have a mortuary in which the bodies of people who have died there must be deposited. However, the mortuary chamber may incidentally receive, for a fee, the bodies of persons who have died outside these establishments if there is no funeral chamber nearby. The provisions of article L. 2223-38 do not apply…

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Article L2223-40 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

November 8, 2023

Communities and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation have sole authority to create and manage crematoria and cinerary sites. Crematoria and adjoining cinerary sites may be managed directly or by delegated management. Cinerary sites included within the perimeter of a cemetery or not contiguous to a crematorium must be managed directly. When a cinerary site contiguous to a crematorium is the subject of a public service delegation, the land on which…

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Article L2223-42 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

November 8, 2023

Authorisation to close the coffin may only be issued on the basis of a certificate attesting to the death, drawn up by a doctor, whether practising or retired, by a student in the third cycle of medical studies in France or a practitioner with a foreign qualification from outside the European Union authorised to pursue a course of consolidation of skills in medicine, under conditions laid down by decree issued…

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