Rule 301 – Automatic extension of periods
Print this page1. If a period expires on a Saturday, Sunday or official holiday of the Contracting Member State in which the division or the seat of the central division or its section concerned or the Court of Appeal is located, it shall be extended until the end of the first following working day.
2. Paragraph 1 shall apply mutatis mutandis if documents filed in electronic form cannot be received by the Court.
Case Law
Court of Appeal
IPPT20250109, UPC CoA, Insulet v Menarini
Automatic extension of a time period until the end of the first following working day if documents filed in electronic form cannot be received by the Court (R. 301.2 RoP). Since the Court of Appeal could not receive the Statement of response via CMS there was an automatic extension of the deadline until the end of the day following the day on which the upload was possible. The upload was possible on 30 December 2024. Therefore the time period was extended until the next following working day.