CHAPTER II

ACCESS TO AND REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO ADR ENTITIES AND ADR PROCEDURES

Effect of ADR procedures on limitation and prescription periods
Article 12
1
Member States shall ensure that parties who, in an attempt to settle a dispute, have recourse to ADR procedures the outcome of which is not binding, are not subsequently prevented from initiating judicial proceedings in relation to that dispute as a result of the expiry of limitation or prescription periods during the ADR procedure.
2
Paragraph 1 shall be without prejudice to provisions on limitation or prescription contained in international agreements to which Member States are party.