definiens: shall mean conditions beyond the control of the Parties, including acts of God, acts of terrorism, voluntary or involuntary compliance with any Law of any Governmental Authority, embargoes, insurrections, war, acts of war ( whether war be declared or not ), shortages, epidemics, quarantines, laborstrikes, lock - outs or other labor disturbances ( whether involving the workforce of the non - performing Party or of any otherPerson ), civil commotion, riots, failure or default of public utilities or common carriers, destruction of production facilities ormaterials by ﬁre, earthquake, hurricane, storm, ﬂood, or like catastrophe, or delays in acting by any Governmental Authority(except to the extent such delay results from the breach by the nonperforming Party or any of its Aﬃliates of any term orcondition of this Agreement ) . The suspension of performance shall be of no greater scope and no longer duration than isnecessary and the non - performing Party shall use Commercially Reasonable Eﬀorts to remedy its ability to perform