definiens: is defined as causes beyond the control of the Party, including, withoutlimitation, acts of God ; laws of any government ; war ; civil commotion ; destruction of production facilities or materialsby fire, flood, earthquake, explosion or storm ; labor disturbances ; epidemic ; and failure of public utilities or commoncarriers . In the event of force majeure, [COMPANY] or [COMPANY], as the case may be, will immediately notify the otherParty of such inability and of the period for which such inability is expected to continue . The Party giving such noticewill thereupon be excused from such of its obligations under this Agreement as it is thereby disabled from performingfor so long as such Party is so disabled, up to a maximum of ninety ( 90 ) days, after which time the Party not affectedby the force majeure may terminate this Agreement . To the extent possible, each Party will use reasonable efforts tominimize the duration of any force majeure