42In the first place, it must be noted that, according to settled case-law, the prevailing principle in EU law is that evidence may be freely adduced and the only relevant criterion for assessing evidence produced is its reliability (Joined Cases T-67/00, T-68/00, T-71/00 and T-78/00 JFE Engineering and Others v Commission [2004] ECR II-2501, paragraph 273; Case T-50/00 Dalmine v Commission [2004] ECR II-2395, paragraph 72; and judgment of 12 December 2012 in Case T‑410/09 Almamet v Commission, not published in the ECR, paragraph 38).
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