# Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 732/2008, Article 23

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/978/article/23 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-978/article-23
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