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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8945

12 May 2005
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/social/working time
With adoption of Cercas report, Parliament takes stance in favour of doing away with opt out and calls for respect of Court of Justice rulings regarding time on-call

Strasbourg, 11/05/2005 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday, the European Parliament adopted with amendments introduced by the EP Committee on Employment and Social Affairs and by a large majority (345 votes to 264 and 43 abstentions), the report by Alejandro Cercas on the new proposal of directive concerning certain aspects of working time adjustment. In so doing, the EP supports abolition of opt out 36 months after the directive takes effect. It also considers that, for reviewing the duration of...

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