Ancillary Regulations Part II: Rule 85(1) OJ 2005, 477

Rule 85(1) OJ 2005, 477: Notice from the President of the European Patent Office dated 16 June 2005 concerning the days on which EPO filing offices are closed in 2006

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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 2005, 477: Notice from the President of the European Patent Office dated 16 June 2005 concerning the days on which EPO filing offices are closed in 2006

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(2) OJ 1990, 304: Notice of the President of the European Patent Office dated 17 May 1990 concerning extension of time limits according to Rule 85 EPC

Rule 85(1) - OJ 2005, 477

Notice from the President of the European Patent Office dated 16 June 2005 concerning the days on which EPO filing offices are closed in 2006

- OJ 2005, 477 -

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 2006 are listed below.

Days

Munich

The Hague

Berlin

Epiphany

06.01.2006

Good Friday

14.04.2006

Easter Monday

17.04.2006

May Day

01.05.2006

Liberation Day

05.05.2006

Ascension Day

25.05.2006

Whit Monday

05.06.2006

Corpus Christi

15.06.2006

Assumption Day

15.08.2006

Day of German Unity

03.10.2006

All Saints' Day

01.11.2006

Christmas Day

25.12.2006

Boxing Day

26.12.2006