Question 16745 — death and death

Summary

Ms. Michèle Peyron draws the attention of the Minister Delegate to the Minister for Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion, responsible for transport, to the status of mortal remains transported by air. In fact, when the latter must be transported by plane, they are currently weighed before boarding the aircraft. This practice which equates the transport of remains fatalities to the transport of goods is shocking given the respect due to the dead and the principles enshrined in article 16-1-1 of the civil code. Transported by road, the remains are considered to be transporting a person. By air, it becomes a commodity. In addition, families of the deceased are subject to a 10% tax on transfer benefits. She therefore asks him what initiatives he plans take so that the remains of the deceased can no longer be considered as goods by air carriers and so that the taxation on services for transferring the deceased by air, which weighs on bereaved families, is reduced. She therefore asks him if the Government is considering initiatives so that the general directorate of civil aviation and the international organizations in charge of air transport take into consideration the principle of decency linked to the transport of mortal remains.

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