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← 🇫🇷 Assemblée nationale/PROPOSITION DE LOI ORDINAIREan-dossier-541095

Crémation d’un cercueil du corps d’une personne décédée à l’étranger

Stage committeeUpdated 7d ago

This is a French private member's bill (proposition de loi ordinaire) in the National Assembly, during the 15th legislature. Based on its title alone, it concerns whether a body that died abroad, and was brought back to France in its coffin, can be cremated there. Cremation rules in France are set by national funeral law, so this bill would adjust those rules for this specific situation. This summary is based on metadata only, not the full text. The bill would mainly affect families of French nationals or residents who die abroad and whose remains are repatriated, along with funeral operators, crematoria, and local authorities that manage cemeteries and crematoria. The exact changes depend on the bill's text, which should be checked directly.