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=S=> BGB 204. 1 The limitation period is suspended by : the bringing of an action for performance or for a declaration of the existence of a claim , for the grant of an execution clause or for the issue of an order for execution , the service of an application in the simplified procedure for the maintenance of minors , the service of a demand for payment in summary proceedings for recovery of debt or of the European order for payment in the European order for payment procedure in accordance with Regulation ( EC ) No 1896/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 creating a European order for payment procedure ( OJ EU L 399 p . 1 ) , arranging for notice to be given of an application for conciliation filed with a conciliation body established or recognised by the Land justice administration authority or , if the parties seek conciliation in mutual agreement , with any other conciliation body which settles disputes ; if notice is arranged to be given shortly after the filing of the application , the limitation period is suspended immediately once the application is filed , the assertion of a set-off of a claim in a legal action , the service of a third-party notice , the service of an application for evidence to be taken in independent proceedings , the beginning of agreed expert opinion proceedings , the service of an application for an attachment order , an interim injunction or an interim order , or , if the application is not served , the filing of the application if the order for attachment , the interim injunction or the interim order is served on the obligor within one month of its being pronounced or of its service on the obligee , the filing of a claim in insolvency proceedings or in proceedings for the distribution of assets under maritime law , the beginning of arbitration proceedings , the filing of an application with a public authority , if the admissibility of the action depends on a preliminary decision by this authority and the action is brought within three months after the application has been disposed of ; this applies with the necessary modifications to applications required to be made to a court or a conciliation body referred to in no . 4 above , whose admissibility is subject to a preliminary decision by an authority , the filing of an application with the higher court , if the higher court must decide upon the court with jurisdiction over the claim and the action is brought within three months after the application has been disposed of , or the application for which a decision on jurisdiction is necessary is filed , and arranging for notice to be given of the first application for the grant of legal aid or procedural costs assistance ; if notice is arranged shortly after the filing of the application , the suspension of the limitation period takes effect immediately when the application is filed .
=S=> BGB 204. 2 Suspension under subsection ( 1 ) above ends six months after the final and absolute decision in the proceedings commenced , or after they end in another way . If the proceedings come to a standstill because the parties do not prosecute them , the date of the last act in the proceedings by the parties , the court or other body responsible for the proceedings takes the place of the date when the proceedings end . Suspension commences again if one of the parties continues the proceedings .
=S=> BGB 204. 3 Sections 206 , 210 and 211 apply with the necessary modifications to subsection ( 1 ) , nos . 9 , 12 and 13 above .
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