5. In the investigation to determine whether increased imports have caused or are threatening to cause serious injury to the Union industry, the Commission shall evaluate all relevant factors of an objective and quantifiable nature having a bearing on 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.

The researchers agreed to clarify that in some situations, e.g. damages caused by faulty packaging, the seller should be liable of defects which appear after the transfer of risks, in line with the Vienna Convention on the International Sale of Goods.

Travelling across Devon Island, with some of the harshest terrain, the team endured long snowmobile rides while contending with severe ice, weather conditions, injuries and damage to their equipment.

2a. In accordance with international standards and regulations, Member States may lay down technical requirements for the protection of oil tankers against damage by ice, such as ice strengthening of the ships' structure and propulsion machinery.

(35) Whereas manufacturers are liable for damage caused by defective apparatus according to the provisions of Council Directive 85/374/EEC(11); whereas without prejudice to any liability on the part of the manufacturer, any person who imports apparatus into the Community for sale in the course of his business is liable according to that Directive; whereas the manufacturer, his authorised representative or the person responsible for placing the apparatus on the Community market is liable according to the rules of ...[+++] the law of contractual or non-contractual liability in the Member States;

With regard to injury caused by the ITC, the Commission considers that although AKZO did not proved that actual damage is being caused to Community industry by the ITC decision, nevertheless the evidence it presented of a threat of injury is convincing, since the company is losing direct sales on the US market and on the Community market up to 1990 and beyond.