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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8961

4 June 2005
Contents Publication in full By article 14 / 36
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/employment council/working time
Status quo not a solution, says Spidla - Main changes proposed by COmmission to 1993 directive

Brussels 03/06/2005 (Agence Europe) - The Employment and Social Policy Council held on 2 June in Luxembourg has resulted in the status quo being maintained on the issue of “working time”. Faced with a lack of time in which to examine the issue, delegations maintained their positions on the opt-out, the reference period and on on-call time (EUROPE 8960). They were thus unable to react to a warning from Commissioner Vladimir Spidla, who said in presenting his amended proposal that “the...

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