{
  "name": "TARGET closing days 2026",
  "description": "The days the TARGET system is closed in 2026, and therefore the days that are not Inter-PSP Business Days for SEPA. TARGET is also closed every Saturday and Sunday. National bank holidays are NOT TARGET closing days: TARGET is a European system and ignores them.",
  "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
  "source": {
    "authority": "European Central Bank",
    "document": "Long-term calendar for TARGET closing days",
    "date": "2000-12-14",
    "url": "https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/2000/html/pr001214_4.en.html",
    "quote": "New Year's Day, Good Friday (Catholic/Protestant), Easter Monday (Catholic/Protestant), 1 May (Labour Day), Christmas Day and 26 December",
    "appliesFrom": 2002,
    "corroboration": {
      "note": "Confirmed still in force by the EPC, which defers to the ECB for the calendar.",
      "document": "EPC016-06 — 2025 SEPA Direct Debit Core Scheme Rulebook, version 1.1",
      "date": "2025-10-05",
      "quote": "The TARGET Days Calendar is used to identify Inter-PSP Business Days. […] a long-term calendar for TARGET closing days has been established and applied since 2002. It is published by the European Central Bank."
    },
    "reuseTerms": "Reused under the ECB website terms: free use provided the information appears accurately and the ECB is cited as the source."
  },
  "year": 2026,
  "closingDays": [
    {
      "date": "2026-01-01",
      "name": "new-year",
      "label": "New Year's Day",
      "weekday": "Thursday"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-04-03",
      "name": "good-friday",
      "label": "Good Friday",
      "weekday": "Friday"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-04-06",
      "name": "easter-monday",
      "label": "Easter Monday",
      "weekday": "Monday"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-05-01",
      "name": "labour-day",
      "label": "Labour Day (1 May)",
      "weekday": "Friday"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-12-25",
      "name": "christmas-day",
      "label": "Christmas Day",
      "weekday": "Friday"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-12-26",
      "name": "st-stephens-day",
      "label": "26 December",
      "weekday": "Saturday"
    }
  ],
  "easterSunday": "2026-04-05",
  "weekendsClosed": true,
  "seeAlso": {
    "calculator": "https://validatefin.com/en/tools/sepa-dates",
    "index": "https://validatefin.com/data/target-days/index.json"
  }
}