77It follows that, contrary to the Commission’s finding in recitals 548 and 552 to the contested decision, the oral statements at issue do not confirm the applicant’s participation in the CPT cartel and cannot therefore be interpreted as corroborating the contemporaneous evidence in that respect (see, to that effect, 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 219, and Case T-38/02 Groupe Danone v Commission [2005] ECR II-4407, paragraph 285). Besides, the Commission admits in its written pleadings that those oral statements do not provide details on the bilateral meetings through which the applicant was allegedly kept informed by [confidential] of the agreements and concerted practices planned at the glass meetings.
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