Ancillary Regulations Part II: Rule 85(1) OJ 2003, 566

Rule 85(1) OJ 2003, 566: Notice from the President of the European Patent Office dated 26 September 2003 concerning the days on which EPO filing offices are closed in 2004

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Table of Contents

Foreword

Ancillary Regulations

Part II

Rule 85(1)

Rule 84a OJ 2003, 283: Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 31 March 2003 concerning the application of Rule 84(a) EPC on the late receipt of documents

Rule 85(1) OJ 2003, 566: Notice from the President of the European Patent Office dated 26 September 2003 concerning the days on which EPO filing offices are closed in 2004

Rule 85(1) OJ 2003, 507: Notice from the President of the European Patent Office dated 5 September 2003 concerning the extension of time limits

Rule 85(1) OJ 2004, 449: Notice from the President of the European Patent Office dated 2 July 2004 concerning the days on which EPO filing offices are closed in 2005

Rule 85(1) - OJ 2003, 566

Notice from the President of the European Patent Office dated 26 September 2003 concerning the days on which EPO filing offices are closed in 2004

- OJ 2003, 566 -

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 2004 are listed below.

Days

Munich

The Hague

Berlin

New Year's Day

01.01.2004

Epiphany

06.01.2004

Good Friday

09.04.2004

Easter Monday

12.04.2004

National holiday

30.04.2004

Liberation Day

05.05.2004

Ascension Day

20.05.2004

Whit Monday

31.05.2004

Corpus Christi

10.06.2004

All Saints' Day

01.11.2004

Christmas Eve

24.12.2004

New Year's Eve

31.12.2004