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
Would you like to visit us at our office?
Please call our Information Centre beforehand 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 license.
No-business days in 2025
Our office is closed on certain statutory public holidays in the Benelux countries.
| Public holiday | Day | Date |
| Christmas | Wednesday | 25 December 2024 |
| Boxing Day | Thursday | 26 December 2024 |
| Closing Day | Friday | 27 December 2024 |
| New Year's Day | Wednesday | 1 January 2025 |
| Easter Monday | Monday | 21 April 2025 |
| Ascension Day | Thursday | 29 May 2025 |
| Closing day | Friday | 30 May 2025 |
| Whit Monday | Monday | 9 June 2025 |
| Christmas | Thursday | 25 December 2025 |
| Boxing Day | Friday | 26 December 2025 |
| New Year’s Day | Thursday | 1 January 2026 |
| Closing Day | Friday | 2 January 2026 |
Days on which, for the purpose of determining compliance with deadlines, BOIP is deemed to be closed in 2025.
| Public holiday | Day | Date |
| Closing day | Thursday | 2 January 2025 |
| Labour Day | Thursday | 1 May 2025 |
| Liberation Day (NL) | Monday | 5 May 2025 |
| Europe Day | Friday | 9 May 2025 |
| National Holiday (LU) | Monday | 23 June 2025 |
| National Holiday (BE) | Monday | 21 July 2025 |
| Assumption of Mary | Friday | 15 August 2025 |
| Armistice Day (BE) | Tuesday | 11 November 2025 |