Cap. 635 Art. 17Prescription.   Cap. 16.

(1) A pending representative action for an injunctive measure referred to in article 9, including an action for an injunctive measure made before a national administrative authority in accordance with article 9(7), shall have the effect of suspending the prescription periods in respect of the consumers involved in that representative action, so that those consumers are not prevented from subsequently bringing an action for redress measures concerning the alleged infringement as referred to in article 3(1) because the applicable prescription periods expired during the representative action for those injunctive measures.

(2) A pending representative action for a redress measure referred to in article 10 shall have the effect of suspending prescription periods applicable in respect of the consumers concerned by that representative action:

Provided that the suspension mentioned in this article shall be as established in article 2125(f) of the Civil Code.