97The RAS submits, in essence, that the second Altmark condition does not require that decisions conferring a mandate for public service be directed explicitly at the compensation measure at issue. Thus, it is sufficient, as in the present case, that all organisational and operational criteria of the public service be defined beforehand in a transparent and objective manner enabling all associated costs and revenues to be identified. In the present case, the introduction of separate accounting for Saremar’s operation of the routes to and from the mainland avoided there being any overcompensation and cross-financing. The RAS considers that the possibility of operating losses cannot be ruled out, as it required Saremar to fulfil its public service task in any event. Lastly, in the RAS’s submission, Commission Decision 2009/611/EC of 8 July 2008 concerning the measures C 58/02 (ex N 118/02) which France has implemented in favour of the Société Nationale Maritime Corse-Méditerranée (SNCM) (OJ 2009 L 225, p. 180) (‘the SNCM Decision’) confirms that the Commission has the option of approving public service compensation paid a posteriori.
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