Donner compétence au juge d’instance afin d’autoriser l’ouverture d’un cercueil pour permettre la crémation du corps d’une personne décédée à l’étranger

This French bill would give a local civil court judge the power to authorise opening a sealed coffin so that the body of a person who died abroad can be cremated. Under current rules, a coffin that has been sealed after a death abroad generally cannot be opened in France, which can block a cremation requested by the family. The bill would create a legal route for such authorisation. This summary is based on the bill's title and metadata only, not the full text. The change would mainly affect families who wish to cremate a relative who died abroad and whose coffin was sealed before repatriation. It would also affect the courts that handle these requests, which would receive a new authorisation role. The bill does not appear to change rules for other funerals.