Treaties — Interpretation of — Agencies of interpretation — Courts — Minister for Foreign Affairs — Franco-Malagasy Agreements on Judicial Co-operation, 1960 — Jurisdiction of French Conseil d'Etat — Whether interpretation within competence of Conseil d'Etat — Whether necessary to refer to interpretation by Minister for Foreign Affairs — The law of France.

States as international persons — State succession — Continuity of the law — Judgments of courts — Pending actions — Madagascar — Franco-Malagasy Agreement on Judicial Co-Operation, 1960 — Appeals from Malagasy administrative tribunals — Jurisdiction of French Conseil d'État — Whether including appeals from Malagasy war damage commission — Whether necessary to refer to interpretation of Minister for Foreign Affairs — The law of France.