INFORMATION FROM THE EPO
Notices of the President of the EPO
Notice from the President of the European Patent Office dated 30 September 1999 concerning the days on which EPO filing offices are closed in 2000
1. Under Rule 85(1) EPC time limits expiring on a day on which at least one of the filing offices of the EPO 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. 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 2000 are listed below.
Days | München | The Hague | Berlin | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
EPA geschlossen1 - EPO closed2 - OEB fermé3 |
03.01.2000 |
x |
x |
x |
EPA geschlossen1 - EPO closed2 - OEB fermé3 |
04.01.2000 |
x |
x |
x |
Heilige Drei Könige - Epiphany - Epiphanie |
06.01.2000 |
x |
|
|
Karfreitag - Good Friday - Vendredi Saint |
21.04.2000 |
x |
x |
x |
Ostermontag - Easter Monday - Lundi de Pâques |
24.04.2000 |
x |
x |
x |
Maifeiertag - May Day - Fête du Travail |
01.05.2000 |
x |
x |
x |
Tag der Befreiung - Liberation Day - Journée de la Libération |
05.05.2000 |
|
x |
|
Christi Himmelfahrt - Ascension Day - Ascension |
01.06.2000 |
x |
x |
x |
Pfingstmontag - Whit Monday - Lundi de Pentecôte |
12.06.2000 |
x |
x |
x |
Fronleichnam - Corpus Christi - Fête-Dieu |
22.06.2000 |
x |
|
|
Mariä Himmelfahrt - Assumption Day - Assomption |
15.08.2000 |
x |
|
|
Tag der Deutschen Einheit - Day of German Unity - Fête Nationale |
03.10.2000 |
x |
|
x |
Allerheiligen - All Saints' Day - Toussaint |
01.11.2000 |
x |
|
|
1. Weihnachtstag - Christmas Day - Noël |
25.12.2000 |
x |
x |
x |
2. Weihnachtstag - Boxing Day - Lendemain de Noël |
26.12.2000 |
x |
x |
x |