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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-17

…to non-collective sanitation systems receiving a gross organic pollution load less than or equal to 1.2 kg are set by joint order of the ministers responsible for health, housing and the environment.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1 National diploma for thanatopractors (R)

Article D2223-125

…g. Only candidates who have completed the entire theoretical training as defined in article D. 2223-122.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Vehicles used for transporting bodies after coffining (R).

Article D2223-116

Every vehicle used for transporting a body after coffining has a burial compartment designed to accommodate one or more coffins, separated in a watertight manner from the part of the passenger compart…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Crematoria (R).

Article R2223-99-1

Silence kept for more than six months on the request for the creation and extension of crematoria provided for by

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Informing families (R).

Article R2223-32-1

…the funeral of a person whose body is to be cremated, under the conditions set out in article R. 2213-34, are required to inform the families of the provisions of articles L. 2223-18-1 and L. 2223-18…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1 National diploma for thanatopractors (R)

Article D2223-123-1

…d the training body the medical certificate drawn up under the conditions mentioned in articles R. 3111-4-1 or R. 3111-4-2 of the Public Health Code when they register for training and at the latest b…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Vehicles used for the transport of corpses before coffining (R).

Article D2223-114

…on from among the accredited inspection bodies in accordance with the provisions of Article D. 2223-113.An inspection must also be carried out after any total or partial replacement or any modificatio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Vehicles used for the transport of corpses before coffining (R).

Article D2223-112

…he user company, if any, are limited to three per vehicle, each with a surface area of no more than 10 square decimetres.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Crematoria (R).

Article D2223-102

…isit. The compliance inspection covers compliance with the requirements set out in articles D. 2223-100 and D. 2223-101. The certificate of compliance for the crematorium is issued to the crematorium…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Crematoria (R).

Article D2223-101

The minimum height of the chimney's open-air outlet and the maximum quantities of pollutants assessed by sampling and analysis in the gases discharged into the atmosphere are defined by order of the M…

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