Finnish and French work fewest annual working hours. - According to a study on working hours in Europe, full-time employees in Finland and France work the fewest annual working hours. At the other end of the spectrum, Romanians and Hungarians put in the most working hours. This is the observation made by the COE-Rexecode Economic Research Institute, on the basis of a study carried out by the European Statistical Office Eurostat and data provided by the Eurostat study into European Labour Markets. The conclusions of the study are as follows: (1) the average time spent annually at work for full-time employees in Finland is 1,670 hours and in France 1,679 hours. These European employees work the fewest hours in Europe, fewer than the Belgians (1,765), Spanish (1,798), and Italians (1,813) and British (1,856); (2) at the opposite end of the scale are the Romanians who work the most hours a year (2,095). The Germans are in an average position in this European category and work an annual average of 1,904 hours; (3) with regard to part-time workers, things are different: French workers in this category can be located within the European average (978 hours) far more than Germany (883). Working hours for the French self-employed are also among the highest in Europe and on an equal level with Germany; (4) France is the country that has cut the time spent at work the most over the past decade (-13.9% for full-time workers), far more than Germany (-6.1%), the United Kingdom (-5.3%) and the Netherlands (-3.7%). (IL/trans/fl.)