OJ EPO 2018, A81 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 5 October 2018 concerning the days on which EPO filing offices are closed in 2019

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 2019, 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 2019 are listed below.

Days		Munich	The Hague	Berlin
New Year's Day	01.01.2019	■	■	■
Good Friday	19.04.2019	■	■	■
Easter Monday	22.04.2019	■	■	■
Labour Day	01.05.2019	■	■	■
Ascension Day	30.05.2019	■	■	■
Whit Monday	10.06.2019	■	■	■
Corpus Christi	20.06.2019	■
Assumption Day	15.08.2019	■
Day of German Unity	03.10.2019	■		■
All Saints' Day	01.11.2019	■
Bridging day	23.12.2019	■	■	■
Christmas Eve	24.12.2019	■	■	■
Christmas Day	25.12.2019	■	■	■
Boxing Day	26.12.2019	■	■	■
Bridging day	27.12.2019	■	■	■
Bridging day	30.12.2019	■	■	■
New Year's Eve	31.12.2019	■	■	■