Four conditions must be met before measures can be imposed.

An industry suffers injury when there is a deterioration in its economic situation.

The imports in question must be shown to have caused the injury to an EU industry.

It needs to be demonstrated that measures would not be against the overall public interest; in other words, that the measures would not cause more harm to the overall economy than the relief brought to the domestic industry suffering from the imports.

Anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures are normally imposed for 5 years with the possibility of  extending them on the basis of a review investigation for one or more 5-year periods.

After the dumping/subsidy margin and the injury margin have been calculated, both are compared.

In anti-dumping proceedings, an exporter can offer a price undertaking, instead of being subject to an anti-dumping measure.

There are more than 20 million SMEs in the EU. They represent 99 % of all businesses and are key players in economic growth, innovation, employment and social integration.