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1. When assessing whether the conditions referred to in Article 3, point (3), are fulfilled in order to determine the need to activate the internal market emergency mode, the Commission and the Council shall, based on concrete and reliable evidence, assess whether the crisis creates one or more obstacles to the free movement of goods, services or persons, having an impact on at least one sector of vital societal functions or economic activities in the internal market. Where the crisis leads to a disruption to the functioning of supply chains, in addition to the criteria set out in the first subparagraph, the Commission and the Council shall assess whether the goods or services can be diversified or substituted or whether the workers concerned can be substituted.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-27 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.