Overview of the statutory holiday regulations for the canton selected in the deadline calculator

Zurich

Zurich

List pursuant to Article 11 of the European Convention of 16 May 1972 on the Calculation of Time-Limits (SR 0.221.122.3), abbreviated CETS No. 076

List is up-to-date (excluding holidays that always fall on a Sunday):

  • New Year's Day (January 1)
  • Berchtoldstag (January 2)
  • Good Friday (Easter minus 2 days)
  • Easter Monday (Easter plus 1 day)
  • Labour Day (May 1)
  • Ascension Day (Easter plus 39 days)
  • Whit Monday (Easter plus 50 days)
  • Swiss National Day (August 1)
  • Christmas Day (December 25)
  • St. Stephen's Day (December 26)

§ 122 GOG/ZH

Holidays as in the CETS No. 076 list

§ 11 para. 1 VRG/ZH

Holidays as in the CETS No. 076 list

§ 1 RLG/ZH

In conjunction with legal doctrine (Plüss Kaspar, in: Griffel Alain (Ed.), Commentary on the Administrative Justice Act of the Canton of Zurich (VRG), 3rd ed., Zurich/Basel/Geneva 2014, § 11 N 34) and case law regarding Berchtoldstag, as in the CETS No. 076 list