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 2016, 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 2016 are listed below.
Days |
| Munich | The Hague | Berlin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
New Year's Day |
01.01.2016 |
■ |
■ |
■ |
Epiphany |
06.01.2016 |
■ |
|
|
Good Friday |
25.03.2016 |
■ |
■ |
■ |
Easter Monday |
28.03.2016 |
■ |
■ |
■ |
National Holiday |
27.04.2016 |
|
■ |
|
Ascension Day |
05.05.2016 |
■ |
■ |
■ |
Whit Monday |
16.05.2016 |
■ |
■ |
■ |
Corpus Christi |
26.05.2016 |
■ |
|
|
Assumption Day |
15.08.2016 |
■ |
|
|
Day of German Unity |
03.10.2016 |
■ |
|
■ |
All Saints' Day |
01.11.2016 |
■ |
|
|
Boxing Day |
26.12.2016 |
■ |
■ |
■ |
Bridging day |
27.12.2016 |
■ |
■ |
■ |
Bridging day |
28.12.2016 |
■ |
■ |
■ |
Bridging day |
29.12.2016 |
■ |
■ |
■ |
Bridging day |
30.12.2016 |
■ |
■ |
■ |
Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/official-journal/2015/08/a69.html
Date retrieved: 19 May 2021