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Member States may grant exemptions to any natural or legal person subject to this Regulation from the requirements applicable to that person pursuant to Chapter III, other than the essential requirements laid down in that Chapter, or to the delegated or implementing acts adopted on basis of that Chapter in the event of urgent unforeseeable circumstances affecting those persons or urgent operational needs of those persons, where all of the following conditions have been met: it is not possible to adequately address those circumstances or needs in compliance with the applicable requirements; safety, environmental protection and compliance with the applicable essential requirements are ensured, where necessary through the application of mitigation measures; the Member State has mitigated any possible distortion of market conditions as a consequence of the granting of the exemption as far as possible; and the exemption is limited in scope and duration to the extent strictly necessary and it is applied in a non-discriminatory manner. In such a case, the Member State concerned shall immediately notify the Commission, the Agency and the other Member States, through the repository established under Article 74, of the exemption granted, its duration, the reason for granting it and, where applicable, the necessary mitigation measures applied.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-12 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.