Abstract
In the context that the European Commission has the right of initiative to propose new legislation, we identified a series of questions
 addressed to the Commission by MEPs between 1995 and 2015 on the repatriation of corpses within the EU. This inventory aims to provide an
 overview of the questions and their correlative answers in order to highlight the reasons why parliamentarians considered it necessary to address these questions and how the Commission justified its position of not initiating specific legislative measures on the conveyance of corpses within the EU. For the moment we find ourselves in the awkward situation that the freedom of movement applies only to the living and the free movement of funeral services did not really improve, nor truly simplified the repatriation of mortal remains. However, an increase in deaths outside the state where the burial should take place may tip the balance, sooner or later, in favour of EU legislative measures that will replace the current international agreements and harmonise the national provisions.
Highlights
In the context that the European Commission has the right of initiative to propose new legislation, we identified a series of questions addressed to the Commission by MEPs between 1995 and 2015 on the repatriation of corpses within the EU
This inventory aims to provide an overview of the questions and their correlative answers in order to highlight the reasons why parliamentarians considered it necessary to address these questions and how the Commission justified its position of not initiating specific legislative measures on the conveyance of corpses within the EU
For the moment we find ourselves in the awkward situation that the freedom of movement applies only to the living and the free movement of funeral services did not really improve, nor truly simplified the repatriation of mortal remains
Summary
In the context that the European Commission has the right of initiative to propose new legislation, we identified a series of questions addressed to the Commission by MEPs between 1995 and 2015 on the repatriation of corpses within the EU. Given the added distress of the bereaved due to the lack of a standard procedure within the EU for the repatriation of corpses from one Member State to another, one MEP asked the Commission whether there are being considered any proposals on such a procedure (E-144/95). Another MEP referred to the “preparatory work for the draft Directive on intra-Community transfer of mortal remains” while inquiring on the progress made since January 1993 (E-428/95)
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