EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE
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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
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 |
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Epiphany |
06.01.2020 |
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Good Friday |
10.04.2020 |
■ |
■ |
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Easter Monday |
13.04.2020 |
■ |
■ |
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King's Day |
27.04.2020 |
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Labour Day |
01.05.2020 |
■ |
■ |
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Liberation Day |
05.05.2020 |
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■ |
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Ascension Day |
21.05.2020 |
■ |
■ |
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Whit Monday |
01.06.2020 |
■ |
■ |
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Corpus Christi |
11.06.2020 |
■ |
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Christmas Eve |
24.12.2020 |
■ |
■ |
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Christmas Day |
25.12.2020 |
■ |
■ |
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Bridging day |
28.12.2020 |
■ |
■ |
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Bridging day |
29.12.2020 |
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■ |
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Bridging day |
30.12.2020 |
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■ |
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New Year's Eve |
31.12.2020 |
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