24It follows from this that, as the Court has already noted, ‘force majeure’ contains both an objective element relating to abnormal circumstances extraneous to the trader and a subjective element involving the obligation, on that persons part, to guard against the consequences of the abnormal event by taking appropriate steps without making unreasonable sacrifices (see, to that effect, Bayer, paragraph 32, and the order in Case C-325/03 P Zuazaga Meabe v OHIM [2005] ECR I-403, paragraph 25).
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