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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Entombment and closure of the coffin (R).

Article R2213-16

…of the bodies is authorised:1° Of several stillborn children of the same mother or children born alive and then deceased after childbirth;2° Of the mother and one or more of her stillborn children or…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Financial regime (R)

Article R2221-98

At the end of the financial year, the authorising officer draws up the administrative account and the accountant draws up the management account. The mayor submits the accounts to the operating board…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General provisions (R)

Article R2221-63

The mayor is the legal representative of a public authority with sole financial autonomy and is its authorising officer. He takes the necessary measures to implement the decisions of the municipal cou…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Temporary visits related to the supervision of funeral operations

Article R2213-49

In communes with a State police force, surveillance operations are carried out, under the responsibility of the mayor, by a national police officer; the proceeds of the shifts are paid into the State…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 5: Transportation of the body after committal (R).

Article R2213-28

…authorisation for burial and after compliance with the formalities prescribed in Article 81 of the Civil Code, a declaration of immediate transport with a view to autopsy to the nearest military hospi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Transport of the body before committal (R).

Article R2213-8-1

…either from the person who is entitled to provide for the funeral and provides proof of his or her civil status and domicile;- or from the person in whose home the death occurred, provided that he or…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Conservation care (R).

Article R2213-2-2

…of an official written document, of the purpose and nature of the conservation care and the alternatives to such care; 2° The death certificate provided for in Article L. 2223-42, certifying that the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Death certificate

Article R2213-1-3

The Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale is responsible for managing the database made up of all the information appearing on the medical sections and additional medical sections…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Concessions.

Article R2223-12

In accordance with article L. 2223-17, a perpetual plot may not be deemed to be in a state of abandonment before the expiry of a period of thirty years from the date of the plot deed. The procedure pr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Concessions.

Article R2223-11

…sions are set by the municipal council of the commune. These tariffs may, in each class, be progressive, according to the extent of the area granted, for the part of this area that exceeds 2 square me…

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