Maritime services – Public service obligations: The French Competition Authority recommends the region of Corsica to consider the possibility of abandoning the public service delegation contract regime on maritime services between Marseille and Corsica (Shipping services between mainland France and Corsica)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. Concise Aut. opinion n° 12-A-05 of 17 February 2012 on maritime transport between Corsica and the mainland Since 1976, services to Corsica have been provided in accordance with the principle of territorial continuity, which is intended to compensate for the island's insularity by guaranteeing sea links between Corsica and mainland mainland France at a fare comparable to that for land transport. To this end, a public service concession scheme has been established for maritime links between Corsica and the ports of Marseilles, Toulon and Nice. Until 2001, the Société Nationale Maritime Corse Méditerranée (SNCM) and the Compagnie Méridionale de Navigation (CMN)