26The liability on which that penalty is based is essentially objective in nature. It follows that the reduction referred to in point (a) of the first subparagraph of Article 11(1) of Regulation No 3665/87 must be applied even if the exporter has not committed any fault (AOB Reuter, paragraphs 17 and 19, and Case C-367/09 SGS Belgium and Others [2010] ECR I-10761, paragraph 58).
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