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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral operations

Article L2223-23

The régies, companies or associations and each of their establishments which, whether or not under their brand name, usually provide families with the services listed in article L. 2223-19 or define t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral operations

Article L2223-27

The service is free for people without sufficient resources. When the public service mission defined in article L. 2223-19 is not provided by the commune, the commune shall pay the funeral expenses of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral operations

Article L2223-24

…establishment benefiting from or applying for the authorisation provided for in article L. 2223-23: 1° If they have been convicted by a final judgment of a suspended or unsuspended prison sentence, li…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral operations

Article L2223-25

…resentative of the State in the département where the acts were observed, for the following reasons:1° Non-compliance with the provisions of this code to which the régies, companies or associations au…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral operations

Article L2223-26

The equipment provided as part of the public funeral service by the licensed undertakers and undertakers or associations must be set up with a view to both religious funerals of any faith and funerals…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral operations

Article L2223-21

…ouncil may adopt municipal funeral regulations which must be complied with by the funeral directors and the authorised undertakers or associations.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral operations

Article L2223-29

The fabriques and consistoires retain the exclusive right to supply objects intended for the funeral service in religious buildings and for the interior and exterior decoration of these buildings. The…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral operations

Article L2223-20

…n of the National Council for Funeral Operations. They define the procedures for informing families and the obligations of the régies and companies or associations authorised to provide the services l…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral operations

Article L2223-28

…rial of their dead, the same practices may be maintained with the authorisation of the town council and under the supervision of the mayor.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article R612-26

Delegates of the Minister of Defence, specially empowered for this purpose and whose names and capacities have been brought to the attention of the Director of the National Institute of Industrial Pro…

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