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 2021
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 |
| All Saints' Day | Monday | 1 November 2021 |
| All Souls’ Day | Tuesday | 2 November 2021 |
| Armistice | Thursday |
11 November 2021 |
| King's Day Belgium | Monday | 15 November 2021 |
No-business days in 2022
Our office is closed on certain statutory public holidays in the Benelux countries.
| Public holiday | Day | Date |
| Easter Monday | Monday | 18 April 2022 |
| King’s Day | Wednesday | 27 April 2022 |
| Ascension | Thursday | 26 May 2022 |
| Closing Day | Friday | 27 May 2022 |
| Whit Monday | Monday | 6 June 2022 |
| Boxing Day | Monday | 26 December 2022 |
Days in 2022 on which the Office is deemed to be closed in connection with determining compliance with terms and deadlines
| Public holiday | Day | Date |
| Liberation Day | Thursday | 5 May 2022 |
| Europe Day | Monday | 9 May 2022 |
| National Day Luxembourg | Thursday | 23 June 2022 |
| National Day Belgium | Thursday | 21 July 2022 |
| Assumption of Mary | Monday | 15 August 2022 |
| All Saints’ Day | Tuesday | 1 November 2022 |
| All Souls’ Day | Wednesday | 2 November 2022 |
| Armistice | Friday | 11 November 2022 |
| King’s Day Belgium | Tuesday | 15 November 2022 |
| National holiday Belgium | Monday | 2 January 2023 |