CHAPTER IVGENERAL SAFEGUARD PROVISIONS

Article 9Definitions

For the purposes of this Chapter, the following definitions apply:

  1. (a)

    ‘Union industry’ means the Union producers as a whole of the like or directly competitive products operating within the territory of the Union, or those Union producers whose collective output of the like or directly competitive product constitutes a major proportion of the total Union production of those products;

  2. (b)

    ‘serious injury’ means a significant overall impairment in the position of the Union industry;

  3. (c)

    ‘threat of serious injury’ means serious injury that is clearly imminent;

  4. (d)

    ‘disturbances’ means disorders in a sector or industry;

  5. (e)

    ‘threat of disturbances’ means disturbances that are clearly imminent.