PARTICULAR , TO COMPETITION FROM THE INDUSTRIES OF CERTAIN NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES . THE CONSEQUENCES OF THOSE DIFFICULTIES ARE SERIOUSLY AGGRAVATED IN ALL THE MEMBER STATES BY THE CRISIS WHICH HAS LED TO A VERY HIGH RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN MOST SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY .
21 WHILST IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE TO COMBAT SUCH A SITUATION AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL , AT LEAST BY AN EFFECTIVE COORDINATION OF NATIONAL MEASURES , IT MUST BE NOTED THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS NOT YET INTRODUCED ANY POLICY IN THAT RESPECT . IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES , ONLY CLOSE COOPERATION BETWEEN MEMBER STATES AND THE COMMISSION , WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE PROCEDURE LAID DOWN BY ARTICLE 93 , AFFORDS THE MEANS OF FORESTALLING THE RISK THAT AID PROVISIONS INTRODUCED UNILATERALLY BY THOSE STATES MAY DISTURB TRADE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND HAVE REPERCUSSIONS ON THE MARKETS OF OTHER MEMBER STATES BY AGGRAVATING THE PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED BY THEIR INDUSTRIES .
22 IN ORDER TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THE MEASURES AT ISSUE CONSTITUTE SUCH A RISK IT IS SUFFICIENT TO OBSERVE BOTH THE SIZE OF THE AID GRANTED , WHICH MAY AMOUNT TO 12% OF THE TOTAL REMUNERATION ON THE BASIS OF WHICH THE SOCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS PAYABLE BY THE EMPLOYER IN QUESTION ARE CALCULATED , AND THE FACT THAT THE COMMITMENTS ENTERED INTO BY THE UNDERTAKINGS RELATE NOT ONLY TO THE TEMPORARY MAINTENANCE OF EMPLOYMENT BUT ALSO TO INVESTMENT AND HENCE TO IRREVOCABLE MEASURES HAVING LONG-TERM EFFECTS SUCH AS TO MAKE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY POLICY STILL MORE DIFFICULT .
23 THE EXISTENCE OF THE RISK IS NOT , AT ALL EVENTS , BELIED BY THE STATISTICS PUT FORWARD BY THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT . AS THE COMMISSION HAS RIGHTLY REMARKED , THE PERIOD PRESCRIBED FOR THE CONCLUSION OF CONTRACTS UNDER THE SYSTEM AT ISSUE INDICATES THAT THE EFFECTS OF THAT SYSTEM ARE FELT AFTER A LAPSE OF TIME AND , FURTHERMORE , THE SUBSIDIES GIVEN TO INVESTMENT ARE ONLY GRADUAL IN THEIR EFFECTS .
24 IT FOLLOWS THAT THE CONDITION REGARDING THE URGENCY OF THE INTERIM MEASURES SOUGHT IS SATISFIED .
25 THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT RAISES THE OBJECTION THAT THE GRANT OF INTERIM MEASURES IS LIABLE , IN ITS TURN , TO CAUSE GRAVE AND IRREPARABLE HARM TO THOSE UNDERTAKINGS WHICH HAVE ALREADY HONOURED , IN WHOLE OR IN PART , THEIR COMMITMENTS UNDER THE CONTRACTS CONCLUDED PURSUANT TO THE SCHEME IN QUESTION , AND WHICH WOULD FIND THEMSELVES DEPRIVED OF THE FUNDS NEEDED FOR FINANCING THOSE COMMITMENTS .
26 WITH RESPECT TO THAT OBJECTION AND WITH A VIEW TO APPRAISING AT THE INTERLOCUTORY STAGE THE VARIOUS INTERESTS INVOLVED , REGARD SHOULD BE HAD , FIRST , TO THE FACT THAT FRENCH UNDERTAKINGS , DURING THE PROCEDURE INITIATED BY THE COMMISSION UNDER ARTICLE 93 ( 2 ) IN RELATION TO THE ORIGINAL SCHEME , CANNOT , ESPECIALLY AFTER PUBLICATION OF THE DECISION OF 12 JANUARY 1983 , HAVE REMAINED UNAWARE OF THE PRECARIOUS NATURE OF THE SCHEME , WHICH THE MEASURES AT ISSUE HERE SERVE ,