translate English to French: If Commerce had considered other comparison periods or approaches to seasonality adjustments, as Canada had argued were necessary to an objective assessment of "massive imports", the inclusion of Maritime shipments would have demonstrated an increase in shipments below the 15 per cent threshold.
Comme expliqué dans la note de bas de page 2 de l'Accord SMC, les critères ou conditions objectifs sont neutres, ne favorisent pas certaines entreprises par rapport à d'autres, et sont de caractère économique et d'application horizontale.