OJ EPO 2019, A97 - Notice from the President of the European Patent Office dated 14 November 2019 concerning the days on which EPO filing offices are closed in 2020

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1. Under Rule 134(1) EPC, time limits expiring on a day on which at least one EPO filing office is not open for receipt of documents (closing days) are extended until the first day thereafter on which all the filing offices are open for receipt of documents and on which ordinary mail is delivered.

2. In 2020, as hitherto, the EPO's filing offices in Munich, The Hague and Berlin will be closed for the receipt of documents on every Saturday and Sunday. The other closing days in 2020 are listed below.

Days		Munich	The Hague	Berlin
New Year's Day	01.01.2020	■	■	■
Epiphany	06.01.2020	■
Good Friday	10.04.2020	■	■	■
Easter Monday	13.04.2020	■	■	■
King's Day	27.04.2020		■
Labour Day	01.05.2020	■	■	■
Liberation Day	05.05.2020		■
Ascension Day	21.05.2020	■	■	■
Whit Monday	01.06.2020	■	■	■
Corpus Christi	11.06.2020	■
Christmas Eve	24.12.2020	■	■	■
Christmas Day	25.12.2020	■	■	■
Bridging day	28.12.2020	■	■	■
Bridging day	29.12.2020	■	■	■
Bridging day	30.12.2020	■	■	■
New Year's Eve	31.12.2020	■	■	■