On Monday 8 July, the European Commission confirmed that the public service compensation granted from 1 January 2009 to 31 July 2012 to the Italian company Caremar SpA for the operation of ferry services in Italy complied with European State aid rules. This concludes the Commission's in-depth investigation into the case, which was opened in October 2011 (see EUROPE B10467A29) and concerns a number of Italian aid measures in favour of companies belonging to the former state-owned...