Division 9 FINAL PROVISIONF1

It shall be for the NGO to decide whether the supplier’s failure to supply the goods or to fulfil one of his obligations may be due to force majeure . Costs resulting from a case of force majeure recognised by the NGO shall be borne by the latter. The Commission must be informed of the reasons why the NGO accepted a force majeure situation. However, such a situation can never be claimed in the case of failures attributable to the NGO and/or its subcontractors.

Where duly justified and accepted by the Commission, costs incurred in a force majeure situation may be considered as eligible direct costs and be recovered only within the limits foreseen for contingencies in the budget of the action.