is obliged to maintain under Clause 22.1. 23. Legal status SEV is an independent contractor and nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to constitute a partnership or any employment relationship between the parties nor shall anything in this Agreement be deemed to constitute one party the agent of the other for any purpose. 24. Force Majeure 24.1 SEV shall not be liable for any breach of its obligations hereunder resulting from causes beyond its reasonable control including but not limited to fires, insurrection or riots, embargoes, inability to obtain supplies and raw materials due to strikes or market shortages (acknowledged by DCL) affecting the relevant third party suppliers, or regulations of any civil or military authority (an "Event of Force Majeure"). 24.2 If a default due to an Event of Force Majeure shall continue for more than eight wooks then the party not in default shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement on giving written notice to the other party. Neither party shall have any liability to the other in respect of the termination of this Agreement as a result of an Event of Force Majeure. However, any termination of this Agreement shall not affect any liability of DCL to discharge any Maintenance Charges and/or Additional Charges outstanding at that time. 25. Invalidity and Severability Each of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall be construed as independent of every other such provision, so that if any provision of this Agreement shall be found by any Court or administrative body of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the other provisions of this Agreement and all provisions not affected by such invalidity or unenforceability shall remain in full force and effect 25 ***Confidential treatment requested pursuant to a request