Creation of a new public transport service for passengers: The French Competition Authority draws attention to the necessary competitive conditions for the implementation of a regular transport service for people by means of river schuttles on the Seine river (« Voguéo »)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. Aut. conc. opinion No. 09-A-44 of 29 July 2009 on the project to implement a regular passenger transport service by river shuttles on the Paris b ief . The Syndicat des Transports d'Ile-de-France (STIF) has asked the Competition Authority to give its opinion on a project to extend the Voguéo river transport service. The Authority recalls the rules and principles governing the intervention of public bodies in economic matters. This remarkably didactic opinion provides a comprehensive overview of public competition law. Concerned about developing alternative modes of public transport to the metro and RER, STIF inaugurated, on 28 June 2008, a river