(64) I en ikke offentliggjort udtalelse fastslår det franske statsråd i forbindelse med offentligretlige virksomheder, at "statsgarantien […] ikke har noget eksplicit retsgrundlag, men skyldes det forhold, at organisationen er et offentligretligt foretagende. " [17].
(64) Likewise, in an unpublished opinion, the French Council of State held "that the State guarantee [enjoyed by a public enterprise] will derive, in the absence of an explicit legislative provision, from its very nature as a public enterprise" [17].