The High Constitutional Court rendered a dual decision during its private hearing on August 3, 2026. The first decision concerns the law establishing principles governing the exercise of certain downstream petroleum activities by an entity authorized by the Malagasy State. The constitutional judge considers that "the temporary nature of the special operating authorization regime granted to the entity, as well as the gradual nature of territorial deployment, confirm that the restriction on freedom of enterprise remains proportionate to the objective pursued and does not affect its substance." An objective of energy sovereignty and equitable national coverage that is not contrary to the principle of equality guaranteed by the Constitution. The law voted on July 1, 2026 by the National Assembly does not violate the right to property enshrined in the same Constitution, according to the HCC. Emphasizing that, even if it "requires logistics operators and storage license holders to provide the authorized entity with storage capacity corresponding to its cargo or market share, this does not constitute expropriation or deprivation of property (...)". The 65,000 m3 of gas-oil scheduled to be unloaded soon at the port of Toamasina will therefore be stored in the tanks of historical operators in the downstream petroleum sector, who retain ownership of the infrastructure concerned. Including, no doubt, the service stations that will serve to distribute this gas-oil cargo, unless the entity in question and/or the Malagasy State decide to sell it to petroleum companies already present on the market. In any case, the HCC has given its approval to the promulgation of this law concerning downstream petroleum. As it declared constitutional the law establishing the legal regime for the automatic transfer to the Malagasy State of land registered in the names of foreigners during the colonial era. The "Siteny Law," as it is called, also passed smoothly at Ambohidahy. Without the slightest reservation.