Common use of Force Maieure Clause in Contracts

Force Maieure. Neither Party shall lose any rights hereunder or be liable to the other Party for damages or losses (except for payment obligations) on account of failure of performance by the defaulting Party if the failure is occasioned by war, strike, fire, act of terrorism, Act of God, earthquake, flood, lockout, embargo, governmental acts or orders or restrictions, failure of suppliers (including, without limitation, energy suppliers), or any other reason where failure to perform is beyond the reasonable control and not caused by the negligence, intentional conduct or misconduct of the nonperforming Party and the nonperforming Party has exerted reasonable efforts to avoid or remedy such force majeure; provided, however, that in no event shall a Party be required to settle any labor dispute or disturbance.