The appeal provided for in Article 18 of Law no. 67-523 of 3 July 1967 shall be lodged by reasoned application by the Public Prosecutor, filed at the registry of the Cour de cassation; it shall be directed against the judicial act whose annulment is sought and which is attached to the application.
This appeal may be lodged at any time within five years of the date on which the contested act was issued.
The Attorney General calls the parties to account.
No suspensive effect is attached to an appeal by the Attorney General on grounds of ultra vires.
An annulment on grounds of ultra vires applies to all. The annulment decision is not subject to appeal.