Selv om de franske myndigheder mener, at hverken statens culpaansvar eller objektive ansvar [92] i princippet kan gøres gældende, erkender de, at det godt kan være, at dommeren træffer bestemmelse om godtgørelse til kreditor i tilfælde af, at der stilles krav om kontinuitet i den offentlige service til statens repræsentant i forbindelse med proceduren i henhold til loven af 1980.
Although the French authorities consider that the State has in principle no liability, whether for a fault on its part or in the absence of any such fault [92], they acknowledge that, if there is a requirement of continuity of public service that is binding on the representative of the State in the procedure laid down by the Law of 16 July 1980, a court may order that the creditor be compensated.