Federal Act
on the Amendment of the Swiss Civil Code
(Part Five: The Code of Obligations)

¹ The pre­script­ive peri­od does not com­mence and, if it has be­gun, is sus­pen­ded:

1.⁴⁹

in re­spect of the claims of chil­dren against their par­ents, un­til the chil­dren reach the age of ma­jor­ity;

2.⁵⁰

in re­spect of the claim of per­son lack­ing ca­pa­city of judge­ment against his or her carer, for the dur­a­tion of the ad­vance care dir­ect­ive;

3.

in re­spect of the claims of spouses against each oth­er, for the dur­a­tion of the mar­riage;

3^bis.⁵¹

in re­spect of the claims of re­gistered part­ners against each oth­er, for the dur­a­tion of the re­gistered part­ner­ship;

4.⁵²

in re­spect of the claim of an em­ploy­ee against his em­ploy­er with whom he shares a house­hold, for the dur­a­tion of the em­ploy­ment re­la­tion­ship;

5.

for as long as the debt­or has the usu­fruct of the claim;

6.⁵³

for as long as the claim can­not be brought be­fore a court for ob­ject­ive reas­ons;

7.⁵⁴

for claims made by or against a test­at­or, for the dur­a­tion of the pub­lic in­vent­ory pro­ced­ure;

8.⁵⁵

for the dur­a­tion of set­tle­ment talks, me­di­ation pro­ceed­ings or any oth­er ex­tra-ju­di­cial dis­pute res­ol­u­tion pro­ced­ure, provided the parties agree there­on in writ­ing.

² The pre­script­ive peri­od be­gins or re­sumes at the end of the day on which the cause of pre­ven­tion or sus­pen­sion ceases to ap­ply.

³ The spe­cif­ic pro­vi­sions of debt col­lec­tion and bank­ruptcy law are un­af­fected.