49In the same way as the EU institutions are entitled to take into account sales of products other than the product concerned manufactured by the related producer for the purposes of determining whether there is a single economic entity, the direct invoicing by the producer established in a third State of a proportion of export sales to the European Union is a relevant factor which those institutions may also take into account. In that regard, the General Court was right to observe, in paragraph 69 of the judgment under appeal, that the larger the proportion of such direct sales, the more difficult it is to maintain that the related trader carries out the functions of an internal sales department. Contrary to what PTMM asserts, paragraph 69 of that judgment is therefore not vitiated by any error of law.
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