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=S=> BGB 199. 1 The standard limitation period commences at the end of the year in which : the claim arose and the obligee obtains knowledge of the circumstances giving rise to the claim and of the identity of the obligor , or would have obtained such knowledge if he had not shown gross negligence .
=S=> BGB 199. 2 Claims for damages based on injury to life , body , health or liberty , notwithstanding the manner in which they arose and notwithstanding knowledge or a grossly negligent lack of knowledge , are statute-barred thirty years from the date on which the act , breach of duty or other event that caused the damage occurred .
=S=> BGB 199. 3 Other claims for damages become statute-barred notwithstanding knowledge or a grossly negligent lack of knowledge , ten years after they arise and regardless of how they arose and of knowledge or a grossly negligent lack of knowledge , thirty years from the date on which the act , breach of duty or other event that caused the damage occurred . The period that ends first is applicable .
=S=> BGB 199. 4 Notwithstanding knowledge or a grossly negligent lack of knowledge , claims other than claims for damages become statute-barred ten years after the date upon which they arise .
=S=> BGB 199. 5 If the claim is for forbearance , the date of the breach of such an obligation takes the place of the date on which the claim arose .
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