Brussels, 31/10/2001 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has authorised subsidies granted to the "Société Nationale Maritime Corse-Méditerranée" to compensate for the cost of public transport ferry services between Corsica and mainland France. The Commission study concluded that the subsidies of some 6 billion French francs (EUR 914 million) granted between 1990 and December 2001 to SNCM by the French state did not exceed the cost of the public service provided by the company....