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 be kept, under the same conditions, in a place of worship, with the agreement of the association responsible for the exercise of worship.
At the end of this period and in the absence of a decision by the person entitled to provide for the funeral, the ashes are scattered in the space set aside for this purpose in the cemetery of the municipality of the place of death or in the nearest space set aside for this purpose referred to in l’article L. 2223-18-2.