68Since the accuracy of the Eurostat data was disputed, it was incumbent upon the Commission to assess on its own initiative the impact of those inaccuracies on the determination of the injury. The Commission could not merely send a single request for information to Eurostat staff and await the response of the Spanish authorities. On the contrary, the Commission had the task, pursuant to Article 3(2) of the basic regulation, of providing positive evidence and conducting an objective examination of the data concerning the prices of imports from China. The lack of response from Eurostat staff or the communication of inconclusive answers did not therefore in any way absolve the Commission from conducting that assessment. Accordingly, it must be held that the EU institutions did not examine with the required care the data contained in the Eurostat statistics.
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