Where a Member State considers itself to be in a situation of crisis or force majeure, that Member State should be able to request authorisation to apply the derogations and solidarity measures provided for in this Regulation. That request should include a description of the situation and should specify which measures it requests in order to address the specific situation. It should also provide the reasons why the situation requires it to resort to those measures and, where relevant, indicate which measures have already been taken to address the situation.