285As regards the applicant's argument that Interbrew's statement should not be regarded as probative, it should be noted that settled case-law provides that there is no provision or any general principle of Community law which prohibits the Commission from relying, as against an undertaking, on statements made by other accused undertakings. If that were not the case, the burden of proving conduct contrary to Article 81 EC and Article 82 EC, which is borne by the Commission, would be unsustainable and incompatible with the task of supervising the proper application of those provisions which is entrusted to it by the EC Treaty (PVC II, paragraph 154 above, paragraph 512). However, an admission by one undertaking accused of having participated in a cartel, the accuracy of which is contested by several other undertakings similarly accused, cannot be regarded as constituting adequate proof of an infringement committed by the latter unless it is supported by other evidence (see, to that effect, Case T-337/94 Enso-Gutzeit v Commission [1998] ECR II-1571, paragraph 91). As, in the present case, the cartel comprised only two parties, it is sufficient for the applicant to challenge the material contained in Interbrew's statement for other evidence to be required in support of it. That applies particularly to a statement which seeks to attenuate the responsibility of the undertaking in whose name it was made by emphasising the responsibility of another undertaking. It must therefore be determined whether Interbrew's statement is supported by other evidence.
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