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| 34. | Situations of sufficiently strong supply substitution may typically arise when undertakings market a range of qualities or grades of a particular product. For example, in a case relating to the production of stainless steel (59), the Commission found that, from a demand point of view, customers could not use different grades of stainless steel or families of grades for the same purpose. However, it was possible for manufacturers to switch from the production of one grade to another in the short term and using the same equipment, with limited additional costs. In the absence of particular difficulties in distribution, stainless steel manufacturers were therefore able to compete for orders of the various grades. The Commission therefore included the various grades of stainless steel in the same relevant market.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-07 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.