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Amendment, Suspension, or Termination
Amendment, Suspension, or Termination contract clause examples

Force Majeure, Suspension and Termination. In the event that either party is unable to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement or to enjoy any of its benefits because of (or if loss of Product is caused by) natural disaster, actions or decrees of governmental bodies or communications line failure not the fault of the affected party (hereinafter referred to as a "Force Majeure Event"), the party who has been so affected immediately shall give notice to the other party and shall do everything possible to resume performance. Upon receipt of such notice, this Agreement shall immediately be suspended. If the period of nonperformance exceeds fifteen (15) days from the receipt of notice of the Force Majeure Event, the party whose ability to perform has not been so affected may by giving written notice terminate this Agreement. However, delays in delivery due to Force Majeure Events shall automatically extend the delivery date for a period equal to the duration of such events; any warranty period affected by a Force Majeure Event shall likewise be extended for a period equal to the duration of such event.

Force Majeure Rights. If either Party is prevented or delayed in the performance of any of its obligations under the Agreement by a Force Majeure Event, such Party shall give prompt written notice thereof to the other Party specifying the matters constituting Force Majeure Event together with such evidence as reasonably can give and specifying the period for which it is estimated that such prevention or delay will continue, the Party claiming a Force Majeure Event shall be excused from the performance or the punctual performance of such obligations as the case may be from the date of such notice for so long as such cause of prevention or delay shall continue. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Party claiming Force Majeure Event estimates that the delay will exceed ​ days, or if the delay has, in fact, exceeded ​ days, the other Party may terminate this Agreement by giving at least ​ days written notice to the other Party.

Force Majeure. If fulfillment of any obligation under this Agreement (except for financial obligations) is prevented, restricted, or interfered with by causes beyond either Party’s reasonable control (“Force Majeure”), and if the Party unable to carry out its obligations gives the other Party prompt written notice of such event, then the obligations of the Party invoking this provision shall be suspended to the extent necessary by such event. As used in this Agreement, the term “Force Majeure” shall include acts of God, strikes or other labor disturbances, shortages of labor or materials, war (whether declared or undeclared), sabotage, terrorism, civil strife or commotion, governmental laws, regulations or restrictions or changes to governmental laws, regulations or restrictions, acts by governmental authorities, and any other cause or causes, whether or not similar to those specified herein, which cannot reasonably be controlled by such Party. If any such Force Majeure continues for a period in excess of 90 days, then any Party has the right to terminate this Agreement upon written notice to the other Party.

Force Majeure. Neither Party shall be held liable or responsible to the other Party or be deemed to have defaulted under or breached this Agreement for failure or delay in fulfilling or performing any term of this Agreement when such failure or delay is caused by or results from events beyond the reasonable control of the non-performing Party, including fires, floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, embargoes, shortages, epidemics, quarantines, war, acts of war (whether war be declared or not), terrorist acts, insurrections, riots, civil commotion, strikes, lockouts or other labor disturbances (whether involving the workforce of the non-performing Party or of any other Person), acts of God or acts, omissions or delays in acting by any governmental authority (except to the extent such delay results from the breach by the non-performing Party or any of its Affiliates of any term or condition of this Agreement) (each, a “Force Majeure Event”). The non-performing Party shall notify the other Party of such Force Majeure Event within thirty (30) days after such occurrence by giving written notice to the other Party stating the nature of the Force Majeure Event, its anticipated duration, and any action being taken to avoid or minimize its effect. The suspension of performance shall be of no greater scope and no longer duration than is necessary and the non-performing Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to remedy its inability to perform. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Force Majeure Event shall not excuse a Party from any payment obligations.

Force Majeure. Neither Party shall lose any rights hereunder or be liable to the other Party for damages or Losses on account of failure of performance by the defaulting Party if the failure is occasioned by any cause (a “Force Majeure Event”) beyond the reasonable control of the defaulting Party, including, without limitation, such Force Majeure Events as government action (including, without limitation, the issuance of a temporary injunction, preventing the manufacture or sale of a Product in the Territory), war, fire, explosion, flood, embargo, unavailability of, or shortage of raw materials or other materials, unavailability or shortage of testing solvents or materials, failure of equipment despite regular maintenance, or act of God, provided that the Party claiming force majeure event has exerted all reasonable efforts to avoid or remedy such force majeure event and given prompt notice to the other Party. The affected Party shall exert Commercially Reasonable Efforts to remedy the Force Majeure Event promptly, perform its obligations under this Agreement to the extent feasible given the Force Majeure Event, and give the other Party prompt written notice when it is again fully able to perform such obligations.

In case of a Force Majeure Event the time for performance required by a Party under this Agreement shall be extended for any period during which the performance is prevented by the event. However, the other Party may terminate this Agreement by notice in writing if such an event which prevents performance continues for more than […​…].

Force Majeure. Both Parties will be excused from the performance of their obligations under this Agreement to the extent that such performance is prevented or delayed by force majeure and the nonperforming Party promptly provides notice of the prevention to the other Party. Such excuse will be continued so long as the condition constituting force majeure continues and the nonperforming Party takes reasonable efforts to remove the condition; provided, however, that if the condition constituting force majeure continues for more than ninety (90) consecutive days the other Party has the option to terminate this Agreement immediately upon written notice. For purposes of this Agreement, force majeure will mean conditions beyond the control of the Parties, including an act of God, war, civil commotion, terrorist act, labor strike or lock-out, epidemic, failure or default of public utilities or common carriers, destruction of production facilities or materials by fire, earthquake, storm or like catastrophe, and failure of plant or machinery (provided that such failure could not have been prevented by the exercise of skill, diligence, and prudence that would be reasonably and ordinarily expected from a skilled and experienced person engaged in the same type of undertaking under the same or similar circumstances).

If the performance by one Party of this Agreement is directly affected or if one Party cannot perform this Agreement in accordance with the agreed conditions due to any unforeseeable force majeure event or an force majeure event whose consequences cannot be prevented or avoided, including earthquakes, typhoons, floods, fires, wars, computer viruses, design loopholes in software tools, hacker attacks on the Internet, changes to policies or laws, etc, the affected Party shall immediately give a notice by fax to the other Party and shall within fifteen (15) days provide the other Party with supporting documents released by the relevant government authorities or a reliable third-party source describing the details of the force majeure event, and explain the reason why this Agreement cannot be performed or why the performance needs to be postponed. If the force majeure event lasts more than thirty (30) days, the Parties hereto shall negotiate amicably and as soon as possible determine whether or not part of this Agreement shall be released from performance or whether or not the performance of this Agreement shall be postponed, depending on the degree of impact of this force majeure event on the performance of this Agreement. Each Party shall not be held liable for any economic losses of the other Party caused by such Party’s failure to perform this Agreement completely due to a force majeure event.

Force Majeure. Neither Party shall be held liable or responsible to the other Party or be deemed to have defaulted under or breached this Agreement for failure or delay in fulfilling or performing any term of this Agreement when such failure or delay is caused by or results from events beyond the reasonable control of the non-performing Party, including fires, floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, embargoes, shortages, epidemics, quarantines, war, acts of war (whether war be declared or not), terrorist acts, insurrections, riots, civil commotion, strikes, lockouts, or other labor disturbances (whether involving the workforce of the non-performing Party or of any other Person), acts of God or acts, omissions or delays in acting by any governmental authority (except to the extent such delay results from the breach by the non-performing Party or any of its Affiliates of any term or condition of this Agreement). The non-performing Party shall notify the other Party of such force majeure within […​…] after such occurrence by giving written notice to the other Party stating the nature of the event, its anticipated duration, and any action being taken to avoid or minimize its effect. The suspension of performance shall be of no greater scope and no longer duration than is necessary and the non-performing Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to remedy its inability to perform.

When a force majeure event occurs, the affected Party shall timely and fully give the other Party a written notice, and inform the other Party of the possible impacts on this Agreement, and shall deliver relevant proof within 60 days after the termination of the force majeure. The force majeure referred to hereunder includes but is not limited to the follows: natural disasters (earthquake, storm, typhoon, etc.), war, emergency power shutoff in the place where the server is located, government conduct, interruption of service by telecommunication business providers, and being forced to shut off the server by temporary orders, etc..

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