Recovery: The French Supreme Court rules on the recovery of aid in the case involving a passenger ferry company (SNCM)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. In two judgments of 14 April 2021, the Court of Cassation dismissed the appeal against judgments of the Court of Appeal of Aix-en-Provence concerning the recovery of unlawful and incompatible State aid granted to the Société nationale Corse Méditerranée ['SNCM']. The first appeal (19-22.933) concerned State aid granted in the context of the public service delegation concluded between the Corsican regional authority and SCNM relating to the additional 'passenger' service to be provided during peak traffic periods (Commission decision of 2 May 2013 concerning State aid SA.22843 2012/C (ex 2012/NN), implemented by France in favour of the Société Nationale Corse