1. The time limits provided for in the preceding article shall be calculated from the day on which the punishable offense was committed. In cases of continuing offenses, permanent offenses, as well as offenses requiring habitual conduct, these time limits shall be calculated, respectively, from the day on which the last offense was committed, from the day on which the unlawful situation was eliminated, or from the day on which the conduct ceased.
In the offenses of non-consensual abortion, bodily harm, crimes against liberty, torture, and crimes against moral integrity, privacy, the right to one's own image and the inviolability of the home, and crimes against family relations, excluding the offenses contemplated in the following paragraph, when the victim is a person under eighteen years of age, the time limits shall be calculated from the day on which the victim reached the age of majority, and if the victim dies before reaching that age, from the date of death.
In the crimes of attempted homicide, bodily harm under Articles 149 and 150, habitual abuse under Article 173.2, crimes against sexual freedom, and human trafficking, when the victim is under eighteen years of age, the time limits shall be calculated from the date the victim reaches thirty-five years of age, and if the victim dies before reaching that age, from the date of death.
2. The statute of limitations shall be interrupted, rendering the elapsed time ineffective, when proceedings are brought against the person presumed responsible for the crime, and shall begin to run again from the date the proceedings are suspended or terminated without a conviction, in accordance with the following rules:
1. Proceedings shall be deemed to be brought against a specific person from the moment a reasoned judicial decision is issued at the commencement of the case or subsequently, attributing to that person their alleged participation in an act that may constitute a crime.
2. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the filing of a complaint or report with a judicial body, alleging that a specific person is involved in an act that may constitute a crime, shall suspend the statute of limitations for a maximum period of six months, starting from the date of filing the complaint or report.
If, within that period, any of the judicial decisions mentioned in Rule 1 are issued against the accused or reported person, or against any other person involved in the events, the interruption of the statute of limitations shall be deemed to have occurred retroactively, for all purposes, on the date of filing the complaint or report.
Conversely, the limitation period shall continue to run from the date of filing the complaint or report if, within six months, a final judicial decision is issued dismissing the complaint or report or deciding not to bring proceedings against the accused. The limitation period shall also continue to run if, within that period, the investigating judge does not adopt any of the decisions provided for in this article.
3. For the purposes of this article, the person against whom the proceedings are brought must be sufficiently identified in the judicial decision, either through direct identification or through information that allows for subsequent identification within the organization or group of persons to whom the act is attributed.
4. In proceedings whose investigation has been assumed by the European Public Prosecutor's Office, the limitation period shall be interrupted:
a) when the investigation is brought against a specific, sufficiently identified person, as defined in the preceding paragraph, and this is reflected in a reasoned decree.
b) when a complaint or report is filed with the European Public Prosecutor's Office alleging that a specific person has participated in an act that may constitute a crime, in which case rule 2 of paragraph 2 of this article shall apply.