152Moreover, Changmao claims that, where the normal value is determined on the basis of the price paid or payable in the European Union, an exporting producer from the country under investigation is prevented from fully exercising its rights of defence since it does not have access to EU industry data, which has been its situation in the present case. It is expressly clear from the General Court’s findings in paragraphs 155 and 156 of the judgment under appeal that it was apparent from the regulation at issue that the Commission had disclosed to the Chinese exporting producers data relating to the EU producer and that Changmao had been able to comment on those data. On the basis of those findings, which are not called into question by Changmao in the context of the present appeal as such, the General Court could deduce, without committing an error of law, in paragraph 159 of the judgment under appeal, that Changmao could not validly complain that the Commission had failed to act in accordance with the principle of sound administration and infringed its rights of defence by placing an unreasonable burden of proof on it.
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