Tirrenia EStAL 4|2009 irrenia di Navigazione and others v Commission: Annotation 577 I. Introduction On 4 March 2009 the Court of First Instance (“CFI”) annulled the European Commission decision 2005/163/EC1, concerning the subsidies granted by Italy pursuant to public service agreements entered in 1991 with six domestic ferry companies belonging to the Tirrenia Group (namely the group leader Tirrenia di Navigazione S.p.A. and the regional companies A