(1) The prescription period for the claims set out in section 605 no. 1 commences on the date the goods are delivered or, failing such delivery, on the date the goods should have been delivered. If the claims arise from a voyage charter contract, then the commencement of the prescription period will be determined based on the date on which goods were delivered at the end of the last voyage, or based on the date they should have been delivered.
(2) In derogation from subsection (1), the prescription period for recourse claims of an obligor of a claim set out in section 605 no. 1 commences on the day on which the judgment against the recourse claimant becomes final and non-reviewable or, should no legally final and non-reviewable judgment exist, on the day on which the recourse claimant has satisfied the claim. Sentence 1 does not apply if the recourse debtor was not informed of the damage within three months after the recourse claimant became aware of the damage and of the recourse debtor’s identity.
(3) The prescription period for the claims under charter contracts set out in section 605 no. 2 commences at the end of the year in which the claim arises. Subsection (2) is to be applied accordingly to the limitation of the recourse rights enjoyed by a debtor of a claim arising from a time charter contract.
(4) The prescription period for the claims set out in section 605 nos. 3 and 4 commence at the end of the year in which the claim arose.
(5) The prescription period for the claims to compensation of damages set out in section 606 no. 1 commence as follows:
1. for claims in respect of the personal injury of a passenger, from the date of disembarkation;
2. for claims in respect of the death of a passenger: from the date when disembarkation ought to have taken place or, if the passenger died after disembarking, from the day of the passenger’s death, but in no case later than one year after the passenger’s disembarkation;
3. for claims in respect of the loss of, physical damage to or delayed re-delivery of the luggage, from the date of disembarkation or from the date on which the passenger ought to have disembarked, whichever is later.
(6) The prescription period for claims to compensation of damages resulting from a collision of ships as set out under section 606 no. 2 or resulting from an incident covered by section 572 commences at the time of the incident causing the damage.
(7) The prescription period for the claims set out in section 606 nos. 3 and 4 commences upon completion of the salvage measures or wreck removal efforts. Subsection (2) is to be applied accordingly to the limitation of the recourse rights enjoyed by a debtor of such claims.