Union industry definition
Examples of Union industry in a sentence
A safeguard measure shall remain in force only for such period of time as may be necessary to prevent or remedy the serious injury to Union industry and to facilitate adjustment.
This list is not exhaustive and other relevant factors may also be taken into consideration by the Commission for its determination of the existence of serious injury or threat of serious injury, such as stocks, prices, return of capital employed, cash flow, the level of market shares, and other factors which are causing or may have caused serious injury, or threaten to cause serious injury to the Union industry.
Any extension pursuant to paragraph 3 shall be preceded by an investigation upon a request by a Member State, by any legal person or any association not having legal personality acting on behalf of the Union industry, or on the Commission's own initiative if there is sufficient prima facie evidence that the conditions laid down in paragraph 3 are met, on the basis of factors referred to in Article 6(5).
The initial period of duration of a safeguard measure as referred to in paragraph 1, may be extended by up to two years provided that the safeguard measure continues to be necessary to prevent or remedy serious injury to Union industry and that there is evidence that the Union industry is adjusting.
An investigation shall be initiated by the Commission upon request by a Member State, by any legal person or any association not having legal personality acting on behalf of the Union industry, or on the Commission's own initiative, where there is sufficient prima facie evidence, as determined on the basis of factors referred to in Article 6(5).
Imports may shall be made subject to registration following a request from the Union industry which contains sufficient evidence to justify such action.
For that purpose, the Commission shall cooperate and exchange data on a regular basis with Member States and the Union industry.
Upon a duly justified request by the Union industry concerned, the Commission may extend the scope of the monitoring to other products or sectors, if any, than those mentioned in the Annex.
The Commission shall evaluate all relevant factors of an objective and quantifiable nature affecting the situation of the Union industry, in particular, the rate and amount of the increase in imports of the product concerned in absolute and relative terms, the share of the domestic market taken by increased imports and changes in the level of sales, production, productivity, capacity utilisation, profits and losses, and employment.
During the PEF/OEF pilot phase (2013–2017), 25 different European Union industry sectors employed USEtox.