The State representative shall refer to the administrative court the acts mentioned in article LO 6451-2 that it considers contrary to legality within two months of their transmission.
When the State representative refers an act to the administrative court, he shall inform the local authority authority without delay and provide it with all details of the illegalities invoked against the act concerned.
At the request of the president of the territorial council, the representative of the State shall inform him of his intention not to refer to the administrative court an act of the authorities of the local authority which has been transmitted to him pursuant to the articles LO 6451-1 and L. 6451-6.
The representative of the State may include a request for suspension with his appeal. This request is granted if one of the grounds invoked appears, in the state of the investigation, to be likely to create serious doubt as to the legality of the contested act. A decision shall be taken within one month.
When the representative of the State combines an appeal against an act taken pursuant to article LO 6461-3 of a request for suspension, this act may not come into force until the administrative court has ruled on this request. If the administrative court has not given its decision within three months of the matter being referred to it, the act becomes enforceable again. The provisions of this paragraph are not applicable in tax matters.
Until such time as the president of the administrative court or the magistrate delegated by him has given a ruling, the request for suspension in matters of town planning, public contracts and delegation of public services formulated by the representative of the State within ten days of receipt of the act entails the suspension of the latter. At the end of a period of one month from receipt, if the interim relief judge has not ruled, the act becomes enforceable again.
Where the contested act is likely to compromise the exercise of a public or individual freedom, the president of the administrative court or the magistrate delegated for this purpose shall order its suspension within forty-eight hours. The suspension decision may be appealed to the Conseil d’Etat within fifteen days of notification. In this case, the interim relief judge will give a ruling within forty-eight hours.