[3] Under article L. 451-5 of the French Code du Patrimoine, the deaccessioning of state property will only be permitted after consent of the Commission Nationale Scientifique des Collections.
[5] To permit the restitution of cultural goods and human remains without using the deaccessioning procedure, France has, on three occasions, enacted special laws.
Thus, in April 2002, the French Parliament voted the restitution of Saartjie Baartman's remains held in the Musée de l'Homme in Paris to South Africa.
[6] In 2012, the French Parliament authorized the restitution of the Maori Heads held in the Musée de Rouen to New Zealand.
[7] In December 2020, France permitted the restitution of twenty-seven artifacts held in the Musée du Quai Branly—Jacques Chirac to Senegal and Benin.