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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12437

3 March 2020
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ECONOMY - FINANCE / State aid
European Commission only clears part of aid for Italian company Tirrenia
Brussels, 02/03/2020 (Agence Europe)

The European Commission concluded on Monday 2 March that the public service compensation granted since 2009 to Tirrenia di Navigazione (Tirrenia) and subsequently to its purchaser, Compagnia Italiana di Navigazione (CIN), for the operation of ferry services in Italy is in line with EU State aid rules. However, it found that other measures in favour of Tirrenia are incompatible with EU State aid rules.

The Commission also concluded that the public service compensation granted between 1992 and...

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