### Instruction:

Extract the cause and effect entities from the following sentence:
This element applies to cases where the supplier has items in many different seasons or if multiple calendar years were involved

### Assistant:

VARIABLE: This element
CONDITION: applies to cases
OR: or
KEYWORD: where
EFFECT_1: This element applies to cases
CAUSE_1: the supplier has items in many different seasons
CAUSE_2: multiple calendar years were involved

