CHAPTER VI U.K. SAFEGUARD AND SURVEILLANCE PROVISIONS

SECTION I U.K. General Safeguards

Article 23 U.K.

Serious difficulties shall be considered to exist where Union producers suffer deterioration in their economic and/or financial situation. In examining whether such deterioration exists, the Commission shall take account, inter alia, of the following factors concerning Union producers, where such information is available:

(a)

market share;

(b)

production;

(c)

stocks;

(d)

production capacity;

(e)

bankruptcies;

(f)

profitability;

(g)

capacity utilisation;

(h)

employment;

(i)

imports;

(j)

prices.