Kommissionen har allerede vurderet omstruktureringsstøtten ved hjælp af dette kriterium i beslutning 2002/377/EF. Den konkluderede, at rentabilitetskriteriet i rammebestemmelserne fra 1994 ikke var opfyldt, da omstruktureringsplanen ikke kunne betragtes som egnet til at genoprette rentabiliteten på lang sigt.
The Commission had already assessed the restructuring aid in the light of this criterion in Decision 2002/377/EC, and concluded that the viability criterion of the 1994 guidelines was not fulfilled as the restructuring plan could not be considered suitable to restoring the firm’s long term viability.