5.4 An investigation shall not be initiated pursuant to paragraph 1 unless the authorities have determined, on the basis of an examination of the degree of support for, or opposition to, the application expressed[41] by domestic producers of the like product, that the application has been made by or on behalf of the domestic industry.[42] The application shall be considered to have been made "by or on behalf of the domestic industry" if it is supported by those domestic producers whose collective output constitutes more than 50 per cent of the total production of the like product produced by that portion of the domestic industry expressing either support for or opposition to the application.
5.4 Preiskava se ne sme sprožiti na podlagi prvega odstavka, razen če oblasti na podlagi proučitve stopnje podpore ali nasprotovanja vlogi, ki jo/ga izražajo(13) domači proizvajalci enakega proizvoda, ugotovijo, da je vlogo vložila domača industrija oziroma da je vložena v njenem imenu.(14) Šteje se, da je vlogo ` vložila domača industrija oziroma da je vložena v njenem imenu` , če jo podpirajo tisti domači proizvajalci, katerih skupen obseg proizvodnje pomeni več kot 50 odstotkov celotne proizvodnje enakega proizvoda, ki ga proizvede ta del domače industrije, ki izraža podporo ali nasprotovanje vlogi.