40In the first place, the Court considers that it follows from the wording and structure of Article 2(7) of the basic regulation, in particular when read in the light of the recitals in the preamble to Regulation No 905/98, that determination of the normal value of products originating in the PRC by reference to the rules laid down in Article 2(1) to (6) is confined to specific individual cases in which the producers concerned have each of them made a properly substantiated claim in accordance with the criteria and procedures laid down in Article 2(7)(c). That follows from the reference in Article 2(7)(b) to the obligation to show that market-economy conditions prevail ‘for this producer or [these] producers’. That interpretation is confirmed by the sixth recital in the preamble to Regulation No 905/98, which refers to claims made by producers that ‘wish to avail themselves of the possibility to have normal value determined on the basis of rules applicable to market-economy countries’, namely, the rules under Article 2(1) to (6). Moreover, the fourth recital in the preamble to Regulation No 905/98, while recognising that reforms in the PRC have fundamentally altered that country's economy, makes it clear that while that has led to the appearance of some market conditions, that is in respect of certain firms only and not of the country as a whole. The Community legislature therefore clearly intended the application of the rules relating to market-economy countries to products from the PRC to be dependent on the presentation by each undertaking individually concerned of a properly substantiated claim in accordance with the criteria and procedures set out in Article 2(7)(c) of the basic regulation.
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