INFORMATION FROM THE EPO
Notices of the President of the EPO
Notice from the President of the European Patent Office dated 3 August 2007 concerning the days on which EPO filing offices are closed in 2008
1. Under Rule 85(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 2008, 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 Sunday1. The other closing days in 2008 are listed below.
3. These arrangements will continue to apply unchanged after the entry into force of EPC 2000 (Rule 134(1) EPC 2000).
Days |
| München | The Hague | Berlin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Neujahr - New Year's Day - Nouvel An |
01.01.2008 |
x |
x |
x |
Karfreitag - Good Friday - Vendredi Saint |
21.03.2008 |
x |
x |
x |
Ostermontag - Easter Monday - Lundi de Pâques |
24.03.2008 |
x |
x |
x |
Nationalfeiertag - National Holiday - Fête nationale |
30.04.2008 |
|
x |
|
Maifeiertag - May Day - Fête du Travail |
01.05.2008 |
x |
x |
x |
Christi Himmelfahrt - Ascension Day - Ascension |
x |
x |
x |
|
Tag der Befreiung - Liberation Day - Journée de la Libération |
05.05.2008 |
|
x |
|
Pfingstmontag - Whit Monday - Lundi de Pentecôte |
12.05.2008 |
x |
x |
x |
Fronleichnam - Corpus Christi - Fête-Dieu |
22.05.2008 |
x |
|
|
Mariä Himmelfahrt - Assumption Day - Assomption |
15.08.2008 |
x |
|
|
Tag der deutschen Einheit - Day of German Unity - Fête Nationale |
03.10.2008 |
x |
|
x |
Heiliger Abend - Christmas Eve - Vieille de Noël |
24.12.2008 |
x |
x |
x |
1. Weihnachtstag - Christmas Day - Noël |
25.12.2008 |
x |
x |
x |
2. Weihnachtstag - Boxing Day - Lendemain de Noël |
26.12.2008 |
x |
x |
x |
Silvester - New Year's Eve - Saint-Sylvestre |
31.12.2008 |
x |
x |
x |
1 Decision of the President of the EPO dated 12 July 2007 concerning the designation of the EPO filing offices (Special edition No. 3, OJ EPO 2007, A.1.).