Address
Bordewijklaan 15
NL-2591 XR The Hague
Netherlands
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T +31 70 349 11 11
E info@boip.int
Postal address
Benelux Office for Intellectual Property
P.O. Box 90404
NL-2509 LK The Hague
Netherlands
Opening hours
Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Please call our Information Centre to make an appointment.
Please bring a valid form of identification with you when you visit our premises, e.g. a passport, ID card or driving licence.
Closing days 2018
Our office is closed on certain statutory public holidays in the Benelux countries.
| Public holiday | Day | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Closing Day | Monday | 24 December 2018 |
| Christmas | Tuesday | 25 December 2018 |
| Boxing Day | Wednesday | 26 December 2018 |
| Closing Day | Monday | 31 December 2018 |
| New Year's Day | Tuesday | 1 January 2019 |
| Easter Monday | Monday | 22 April 2019 |
| Ascension | Thursday | 30 May 2019 |
| Closing Day | Friday | 31 May 2019 |
| Whit Monday | Monday | 10 June 2019 |
| Christmas | Wednesday | 25 December 2019 |
| Boxing Day | Thursday | 26 December 2019 |
| Closing Day | Friday | 27 December 2019 |
| New Year's Day | Wednesday | 1 January 2020 |
We are available as normal on the days below.
For the purposes of setting time limits, the same shall apply for these days as for days on which BOIP is actually closed.
| Public holiday | Day | Date |
| 2 January | Wednesday | 2 January 2019 |
| Labour Day | Wednesday | 1 May 2019 |
| Europe Day | Thursday | 9 May 2019 |
| Assumption | Thursday | 15 August 2019 |
| All Saints' Day | Friday | 1 November 2019 |
| King's Day Belgium | Friday | 15 November 2019 |
| 2 January | Thursday | 2 January 2020 |