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Force Majeure. No liability hereunder shall result to a Party by reason of delay in performance caused by force majeure that are circumstances beyond the reasonable control of the Party, including, without limitation, acts of God, fire, flood, war, civil unrest, labor unrest, or shortage of or inability to obtain material or equipment.

Force Majeure. Neither party shall be liable or deemed to be in default for any delay, interruption, or failure in performance under this Agreement resulting from the following events: acts of God, acts of civil or military authority; acts of the public enemy; war; accidents, fires, explosions, power surges, earthquakes, floods, or unusually severe weather; strikes or labor disputes; delays in transportation or delivery outside the reasonable control of the affected party; epidemics; and any similar event beyond the affected party's reasonable control ("Force Majeure Event"), but only to the extent the work of the party to be performed is affected by said Force Majeure Event.

Force majeure. No Party shall be liable for the failure to carry out its obligations hereunder in the event that it is prevented from doing so by an event of force majeure being an event which is, or the consequences of which are, beyond the reasonable control of the Parties including strikes, riots, fires, typhoon, labor disturbances, insurrection, war, terrorism, acts of civil or military authorities, failures of carriers, acts of God or public enemy. In the event of force majeure, the obligations under this Agreement of the Party affected by the force majeure shall be suspended for as long as the force majeure continues and to the extent which the force majeure affects the Party’s obligations.

Force Majeure. No party shall be liable or responsible to the other parties, nor be deemed to have defaulted under or breached this Agreement, for any failure or delay in fulfilling or performing any term of this Agreement, when and to the extent such failure or delay is caused by or results from acts beyond the affected party’s reasonable control, including, without limitation: # acts of God; # flood, fire or explosion; # war, invasion, riot or other civil unrest; # government order or law; # actions, embargoes or blockades in effect on or after the date of this Agreement; # action by any governmental authority; and # national or regional emergency (a “Force Majeure Event”). The party suffering a Force Majeure Event shall give notice to the other party, stating the period of time the occurrence is expected to continue and shall use good faith efforts to end the failure or delay and minimize the effects of such Force Majeure Event.

Force Majeure. Neither Party will be held liable or responsible to the other Party nor be deemed to have breached this Agreement for failure or delay in fulfilling or performing any provision of this Agreement when such failure or delay results from causes beyond the reasonable control of the affected Party, which may include embargoes, acts of war (whether declared or not), insurrections, riots, civil commotions, acts of terrorism, strikes, lockouts or other labor disturbances, or acts of God. The affected Party will notify the other Party of such force majeure circumstances as soon as reasonably practical and will make every reasonable effort to mitigate the effects of such force majeure circumstances.

Force Majeure. Neither Party shall be responsible for delays resulting from causes beyond the reasonable control of such Party, including, without limitation fire, explosion, flood, war, strike, or riot, provided that the nonperforming Party uses commercially reasonable efforts to avoid or remove such causes of nonperformance and continues performance under this Agreement with reasonable dispatch whenever such causes are removed.

Force Majeure. Except for monetary obligations hereunder, neither party will be responsible for delays resulting from causes beyond the reasonable control of such party, including fire, explosion, flood, war, strike, or riot, provided that the nonperforming party uses commercially reasonable efforts to avoid or remove such causes of nonperformance and continues performance under this Agreement with reasonable dispatch whenever such causes are removed.

Force Majeure. Failure of any Party to perform its obligations under this Agreement (except the obligation to make payments when properly due) shall not subject such Party to any liability or place them in breach of any term or condition of this Agreement to the other Party if such failure is due to any cause beyond the reasonable control of such non-performing Party (“Force Majeure”), unless conclusive evidence to the contrary is provided. Causes of non-performance constituting Force Majeure shall include, without limitation, acts of God, fire, explosion, flood, drought, war, riot, sabotage, embargo, strikes or other labor trouble, failure in whole or in part of suppliers to deliver on schedule materials, equipment or machinery, interruption of or delay in transportation, a national health emergency or compliance with any order or regulation of any government entity acting with color of right. The Party affected shall promptly notify the other Party of the condition constituting Force Majeure as defined herein and shall exert reasonable efforts to eliminate, cure and overcome any such causes and to resume performance of its obligations with all possible speed; provided that nothing herein shall obligate a Party to settle on terms unsatisfactory to such Party any strike, lockout or other labor difficulty, any investigation or other proceeding by any public authority or any litigation by any Third Party. If a condition constituting Force Majeure as defined herein exists for more than ​ consecutive days, the Parties shall meet to negotiate a mutually satisfactory resolution to the problem, if practicable. If the Parties cannot in good faith reach a satisfactory resolution to the problem within ​ days of meeting, the matter shall be handled pursuant to the dispute resolution provisions of Article XIII herein.

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.

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.

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