I see the BBC report has been updated (1531) and now says
"But the court said Continental still bore civil responsibility and upheld the 1m-euro payment
Separately, Air France is suing Continental for 15m euros at a commercial tribunal.
The US airline had consistently argued that the Concorde caught fire before it hit the metal strip, and that they were being used as a scapegoat to protect France's airline industry."
Bizarre!