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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operations following death (R)

Article R2213-42

Exhumations are carried 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 s…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operations following death (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
Subsection 2: Operations following death (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
Subsection 2: Operations following death (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
Subsection 2: Operations following death (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 Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Governance system

Article R385-16-2

I.-The same person may be responsible, within a supplementary occupational pension fund, for several of the key functions mentioned in Article L. 354-1, with the exception of the internal audit functi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Governance system

Article R385-16-1

In addition to the requirements set out in Article R. 354-3, the report on the internal assessment of the risks and solvency of a supplementary occupational pension fund referred to in I of Article L.…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VI: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R363-3

For the application of this book to Saint-Martin:1° References to the departmental council are replaced by references to the territorial council of Saint-Martin;2° References to the prefect are replac…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VI: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R363-2

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter, the following provisions shall apply to Saint-Martin in their wording resulting from Decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Loan categories and similar transactions.

Article R313-14-1

The public bodies referred to in article L. 313-13 are State-owned industrial and commercial public bodies whose purpose authorises them to participate in the financing of economic activity.

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