Dels dømmes den franske stat til at betale hele gælden, og der er ikke foretaget nogen fordeling mellem det, der kunne skyldes den offentlige skyldnermyndigheds insolvenssituation og eventuelle misligholdelser, som kan tilskrives staten.
Firstly, the French State is required to pay the whole of the debt, and no distinction has been made between debt conceivably due to the public authority’s insolvency and possible defaults imputable to the State.