With regard to this claim, taking into account the nature and strength of the relation between the groups, namely the fact that one of the companies of one group is the biggest single shareholder in the main producer of the product concerned of the second group, and that the former company's officials are present in the main statutory bodies of the latter company, the Commission preliminarily concludes that both groups should be treated as related.
En ce qui concerne la société sud-africaine en question, l'Association du fer et de l'acier de Chine (China Iron and Steel Association, ci-après la «CISA»), partie intéressée à la présente procédure, a fait remarquer que cette société était une filiale de l'un des producteurs de l'Union européenne qui s'étaient associés à la plainte.