Judgment_paragraph 205 · JFE Engineering Corp., formerly NKK Corp., Nippon Steel Corp., JFE Steel Corp. and Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd v Commission of the European Communities (T-67/00, T-68/00, T-71/00, T-78/00)

205In that connection, the appropriate view, contrary to the Japanese applicants' contention, is that Mr Verluca's statements are not only reliable but are of particularly great probative value since they were made on behalf of Vallourec. Answers given on behalf of an undertaking as such carry more weight than that of an employee of the undertaking, whatever his individual experience or opinion (see, although an appeal is pending, Case T-23/99 LR AF 1998 v Commission [2002] ECR II-1705, paragraph 45).