232As a preliminary point, it should be noted that the applicants’ observations take into account the data provided by the Commission which concern not only the investigation period but also the whole of the ‘period considered’, that is to say, the period from 1 January 2015 to the end of the investigation period (recital 13 of the provisional regulation). According to the case-law, the idea which underlies setting a ‘period considered’ is to enable the Commission to examine a period longer than that covered by the investigation proper, so that it may base its analysis on actual or potential trends, which, in order to be capable of being identified, require a sufficiently long period of time (see, to that effect and by analogy, judgments of 7 May 1991, Nakajima v Council, C‑69/89, EU:C:1991:186, paragraph 87, and of 19 May 2021, China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Machinery and Electronic Products and Others v Commission, T‑254/18, EU:T:2021:278, paragraph 337).
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