When the judge intends to request the opinion of the Cour de cassation pursuant to article L. 151-1 du code de l’organisation judiciaire, it notifies the parties and the public prosecutor. It shall receive any written observations from the parties and the conclusions of the public prosecutor within the time limit it shall set, unless these observations or conclusions have already been communicated.
On receipt of the observations and submissions or on expiry of the time limit, the judge may, in a decision that is not subject to appeal, request the opinion of the Cour de cassation by formulating the question of law that he is submitting to it. It shall stay its decision until it has received the opinion or until the expiry of the period referred to in Article 706-67.