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Showing 37013710 of 57820 articles for Art. EU Regulation 2016/1103 · Hague Convention of 14 March 1978

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 9: Exhumation (R).

Article R2213-41

The exhumation of the body of a person suffering, at the time of death, from one of the transmissible infections listed in a and b of article R. 2213-2-1, may only be authorised after the expiry of a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 7: Burial (R).

Article R2213-33

…days after the body entered France.Sundays and public holidays are not included in the calculation of these time limits.In the event of a medico-legal problem, the six-day time limit runs from the da…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 9: Exhumation (R).

Article R2213-42

…d out either outside cemetery opening hours to the public, or during these opening hours, in a part of the cemetery closed to the public. When the body is to be reburied in the same cemetery, reburial…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Moulding (R).

Article R2213-6

When the casting of a corpse is necessary before the expiry of the twenty-four hour time limit, the prior declaration is subject to the possession of a certificate drawn up by a doctor, stating that s…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 8: Cremation (R).

Article R2213-37

Cremation of the remains of exhumed bodies is authorised, at the request of the next of kin, by the mayor of the commune of the place of exhumation.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 8: Cremation (R).

Article R2213-36

When the cremation is carried out in a commune other than that in which the coffin was closed, a copy of the declaration of transport is immediately sent, by any means, to the mayor of the commune of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 8: Cremation (R).

Article R2213-39-1

When the burial of the urn in a private property is terminated, the person who has custody of it must comply with the provisions of Article L. 2223-18-2.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 8: Cremation (R).

Article R2213-34

Cremation is authorised by the mayor of the commune of death or, if the body has been transported before committal, of the place where the coffin is closed.This authorisation, which may be sent by dem…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 8: Cremation (R).

Article R2213-34-1

I.-When the body of the deceased has been placed, in order to ensure its transport, in a coffin made of a material that presents an obstacle to cremation, the authorisation to transfer the body to a c…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession

Article R821-75

…auditors carrying out audit certification assignments for public interest entities referred to in i of Article 26(2) of Regulation (EU) No 537/2014 of 16 April 2014.Where the statutory auditor has not…

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