No C 325/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 4.12.87 
II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Proposal for a Fourth Council Directive on summer time arrangements 
COM(87) HI final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council in cooperation with the European Parliament on 9 
November 1987) 
(87/C 325/05) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 100A 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, in 
cooperation with the European Parliament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and 
Social Committee, 
Whereas the Third Council Directive 84/634/EEC of 12 
December 1984 on summer time arrangements (*), as last 
amended by Directive 85/582/EEC (2), introduced a 
common date and time throughout the Community for 
the beginning of the summer time period for 1986, 1987 
and 1988, and for the end of that period in those years 
two different dates, one for Member States apart from 
Ireland and the United Kingdom, and one for Ireland 
and the United Kingdom; 
Whereas Article 5 of the said Directive provides that the 
Council, acting on a proposal from the Commission, 
shall adopt by 1 January 1988 the arrangements to apply 
from 1989 onwards; 
Whereas as all the necessary elements on which a 
definitive ruling concerning summer time can be based 
are not currently available, the present arrangement 
should be continued in 1989; 
Whereas a common date and time for the beginning of 
the summer time period in the whole Community area 
should be fixed for this year; 
Whereas, on a provisional basis during this year, two 
different dates for the end of the summer time period 
should be fixed for the Member States apart from 
Ireland and the United Kingdom on one hand, and 
Ireland and the United Kingdom on the other; 
Whereas, for geographical reasons, common summer 
time arrangements should not apply to the overseas 
territories of the Member States, HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: 
Article 1 
For the purposes of this Directive the expression 
'summer time period' means the period of the year 
during which the time is advanced by 60 minutes in 
relation to the time for the rest of the year. 
Article 2 
Member States shall take the measures necessary to 
ensure that in each Member State the summer time 
period for 1989 begins at 1 a.m. Greenwich Mean Time 
on the last Sunday in March. 
Article 3 
The Member States, apart from Ireland and the United 
Kingdom, shall take the measures necessary to ensure 
that the summer time period for 1989 ends at 1 a.m. 
Greenwich Mean Time, on Sunday 24 September. 
Article 4 
Ireland and the United Kingdom shall take the measures 
necessary to ensure that the summer time period for 
1989 ends at 1 a.m. Greenwich Mean Time, on Sunday 
22 October. 
Article 5 
The Council, acting on a proposal from the Commission, 
shall adopt by 1 January 1989 the arrangements to apply 
from 1990 onwards. 
Article 6 
This Directive shall not apply to the overseas territories 
of the Member States. 
Article 7 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States. 
0) OJ No L 331, 19. 12. 1984, p. 33. 
(2) OJ No L 372, 31. 12. 1985, p. 38.