UPC CoA, 16 April 2026: Time period for lodging a Statement of appeal begins to run only when the Court of First Instance (CFI) issues a decision including the reasons 

Request for extension of time period for filing Statement of appeal which has not yet started rejected (R. 9.4 RoP, R. 224.1(a) RoP). 

It follows from R. 9.4 RoP that the Court shall not extend the time period for the Statement of appeal. 

It can be left open, whether it follows that after the time period for lodging the Statement of appeal has passed, deficiencies in the notice of appeal lodged within the deadline may be remedied only by means of a formal request pursuant to R. 229.2 RoP. This is because the time limit for lodging an appeal has not yet started in the present case. 

Time period for lodging a Statement of appeal begins to run only when the Court of First Instance (CFI) issues a decision including the reasons 

IPPT20260416, UPC CoA, Belkin v Philips