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where the activity is carried out in the context of exceptional events whose gravity and scale require the adoption of measures which are indispensable for the protection of the life, health and safety of the community at large and whose proper implementation would be jeopardised if all the rules laid down in the Directive had to be observed.
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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-25 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.