35While it is true that the basic regulation, and particularly Article 13(3) thereof, establishes the principle that the burden of proof of a circumvention is imposed on the EU institutions, the fact remains that, by providing, in a situation where the interested parties fail to cooperate, that those institutions may base the findings of an investigation of the existence of circumvention on the data available and that the result may be less favourable to the parties who have not cooperated with it, Article 18(1) and (6) of the basic regulation is clearly intended to lessen that burden.
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