Treaties — Interpretation of — Agencies of interpretation — Judicial tribunals — Minister for Foreign Affairs — Franco — Algerian Judicial Protocol, 1962 (Article 18) — Competence of French courts — Decisions of French administrative authorities in Algeria prior to independence — Whether French Conseil d’Etat competent to adjudicate on actions for excès de pouvoir — Whether official interpretation of Treaty necessary — The law of France.

States as international persons — State Succession — Continuity of the law — Judgments of courts — Pending actions — Algeria — Franco-Algerian Judicial Protocol, 1962 (Article 18) — Rentention of jurisdiction of French Court of Cassation and Conseil d'État in certain categories of action — Decisions of French administrative authorities in Algeria prior to independence in exercise of powers transferred to Algerian State — Whether French Conseil d'État competent to adjudicate on excès de pouvoir actions — Whether official interpretation of Treaty necessary — The law of France.