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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9777

7 November 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/social
Employment committee wants maximum working time limited to 48 hours/week in EU, with suppression of opt-out in three years' time

Brussels, 06/11/2008 (Agence Europe) - In Brussels on Wednesday 5 November, with the adoption by 35 votes to 13 and 2 abstentions of the co-decision report by Alejandro Cercas (PES, Spain) on adjustment of working time, the employment and social affairs committee of the European Parliament disagreed with the Council - which reached an agreement on 9 June this year - in particular on the clause of non-participation, or “opt-out”, and time on call which particularly affects the health...

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