51Accordingly, the independence criterion must be interpreted in the light of that purpose, as stated by the Advocate General in point 33 of his Opinion, so that an enterprise which is owned as to less than 25% by a large enterprise and thus formally meets the criterion, but in reality belongs to a large group of enterprises, may not nevertheless be regarded as meeting the criterion.
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