Key legal question
Whether the Federal Prosecutor's appeal in a medicinal-products case was admissible despite being signed by the deputy head of the legal service.
Extracted holding
The appeal was inadmissible because only the Federal Prosecutor, not the legal service, was authorized to file a complaint in criminal matters to the Federal Supreme Court in such notified cases.
Extracted reasoning
Art. 81(2) BGG grants standing to the Federal Prosecutor, but the relevant regulations do not extend that standing to the legal service. A defect in signature could not be cured under Art. 42(5) BGG.