The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on Thursday 30 April in case C-211/19 UO/Készenléti Rendőrség that Hungarian intervention police officers carrying out surveillance of the external borders of the Schengen area in the context of the migration crisis fall under the Working Time Directive.
According to the Court, save in the presence of exceptional circumstances, the on-call service provided on patrol by those officers falls within the scope of that Directive.
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