Hvad angår spørgsmål fem vedrørende en medlemsstats mulighed for ensidigt at benytte andre sammenligningsmetoder, synes Kommissionen at give udtryk for en anden opfattelse end den, der er gjort gældende i det skriftlige indlæg, idet den under streger, at »en anden fortolkning synes mulig«, ifølge hvilken »det kan siges, at en national myndighed ikke må anvende andre metoder uden først at have udvekslet oplysninger med importøren«.
In regard to Question 5 on ­whether it is open to a Member State unilaterally to employ other methods of comparison, the Commission seems to express an opinion contrary to that expressed in its written observations by stressing that "another interpre­tation seems possible" whereby "it might be said that a national authority may not employ other methods without first having carried out an exchange of information with the importer".