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.
No-business days in 2023
Our office is closed on certain statutory public holidays in the Benelux countries.
| Public holiday | Day | Date |
| Boxing Day | Monday | 26 décembre 2022 |
| New year's day | Sunday | 1 janvier 2023 |
| Easter Monday | Monday | 10 April 2023 |
| King’s Day in the Netherlands | Thursday | 27 April 2023 |
| Ascension | Thursday | 18 May 2023 |
| Closing Day | Friday | 19 May 2023 |
| Whit Monday | Monday | 29 May 2023 |
| Christmas | Monday | 25 December 2023 |
| Boxing Day | Tuesday | 26 December 2023 |
| New year’s day | Monday | 1 January 2024 |
Days in 2023 on which the Office is deemed to be closed in connection with determining compliance with terms and deadlines
| Public holiday | Day | Date |
| January 2nd | Monday | 2 January 2023 |
| Labour Day | Monday | 1 May 2023 |
| Liberation Day in the Netherlands | Friday | 5 May 2023 |
| Europe Day | Tuesday | 9 May 2023 |
| National Day Luxembourg | Friday | 23 June 2023 |
| National Day Belgium | Friday | 21 July 2023 |
| Assumption | Tuesday | 15 August 2023 |
| All Saints’ Day | Wednesday | 1 November 2023 |
| All Souls’ Day | Thursday | 2 November 2023 |
| King’s Day Belgium | Wednesday | 15 November 2023 |
| January 2nd | Tuesday | 2 January 2024 |