Judgment_paragraph 43 · Salzgitter AG v Commission of the European Communities (C-182/99 P)

43In principle, the assessment by the Court of First Instance of the probative value of a document may not be subjected to review by the Court in appeal proceedings. As is clear from Article 32d(l) CS and Article 51 of the ECSC Statute of the Court of Justice, an appeal lies on a point of law only. The Court of First Instance therefore has sole jurisdiction to find and appraise the relevant facts and to assess the evidence, except where those facts and that evidence have been distorted (see, to that effect, Case C-136/92 P Commission v Brazzelli Lualdi and Others [1994] ECR I-1981, paragraphs 49 and 66; Joined Cases C-238/99 P, C-244/99 P, C-245/99 P, C-247/99 P, C-250/99 P, C-251/99 P, C-252/99 P and C-254/99 P Limburgse Vinyl Maatschappij and Others v Commission [2002] ECR I -8375, paragraph 194; and Case C-312/00 P Commission v Camar and Tico [2002] ECR I-11355, paragraph 69).