A Standard Clause that allows the contract parties to allocate the risk of certain force majeure events such as acts of God, hurricanes, earthquakes, and other natural disasters, epidemics, pandemics, terrorism, government acts, embargoes, labour strikes and lockouts, and other events beyond the control of the parties. Force majeure clauses work to mitigate the negative effects of force majeure events, including business interruption and supply chain disruption. This Standard Clause excuses the party impacted by the force majeure event from performing its obligations. This Standard Clause has integrated notes with important explanations and drafting tips. For a sample civil law force majeure provision for use in the Province of Quebec, see Standard Clause, General Contract Clauses: Force Majeure (QC Civil Law).