CELEX: 31980L0737
Language: en
Date: 1980-07-22 00:00:00
Title: Council Directive 80/737/EEC of 22 July 1980 on summertime arrangements

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31980L0737

Council Directive 80/737/EEC of 22 July 1980 on summertime arrangements  

Official Journal L 205 , 07/08/1980 P. 0017 - 0017 Greek special edition: Chapter 12 Volume 2 P. 0054 

****( 1 ) OJ NO C 79 , 5 . 4 . 1976 , P . 38 .  ( 2 ) OJ NO C 131 , 12 . 6 . 1976 , P . 12 .        COUNCIL DIRECTIVE   OF 22 JULY 1980   ON SUMMERTIME ARRANGEMENTS  ( 80/737/EEC )   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN   COMMUNITIES ,   HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 100 THEREOF ,   HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,   HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT  ( 1 ),   HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE ( 2 ),   WHEREAS ALL THE MEMBER STATES HAVE INTRODUCED SUMMERTIME ;   WHEREAS , HOWEVER , THE DATES FOR THE START AND END OF THE SUMMERTIME PERIOD DIFFER AMONG GROUPS OF MEMBER STATES ;   WHEREAS THE EFFECT OF SUCH DIFFERENCES IS TO COMPLICATE TRANSPORT AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THESE GROUPS OF MEMBER STATES , THEREBY MAKING TRANSPORT OPERATIONS MORE COMPLICATED AND COSTLY ;   WHEREAS IT IS THEREFORE DESIRABLE FOR THE SUMMERTIME PERIOD TO BEGIN AND END ON THE SAME DATES IN ALL THE MEMBER STATES ; WHEREAS THIS CAN BE ACHIEVED IN THE FIRST INSTANCE SOLELY IN RESPECT OF THE START OF THIS PERIOD ;   WHEREAS IT IS ALSO DESIRABLE THAT THE COUNCIL ADOPT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE A COMMON DATE FOR THE END OF THE SUMMERTIME PERIOD AND , IN DUE COURSE , A SINGLE PERIOD OF SUMMERTIME ;   WHEREAS , FOR GEOGRAPHICAL REASONS , THESE PROVISIONS SHOULD NOT APPLY TO GREENLAND NOR TO THE OVERSEAS TERRITORIES OF THE MEMBER STATES ,   HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE :   ARTICLE 1   FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS DIRECTIVE , ' SUMMERTIME 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   THE SUMMERTIME PERIOD SHALL BEGIN IN EVERY MEMBER STATE AT 1 A.M . GREENWICH MEAN TIME ON THE FOLLOWING DATES :   -  IN 1981 : 29 MARCH ,   -  IN 1982 : 28 MARCH .   ARTICLE 3   THIS DIRECTIVE SHALL NOT CONCERN GREENLAND OR THE OVERSEAS TERRITORIES OF THE MEMBER STATES .   ARTICLE 4   THE COUNCIL , ACTING ON A COMMISSION PROPOSAL AND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE , WILL ADOPT MORE COMPREHENSIVE MEASURES FOR THE HARMONIZATION OF SUMMERTIME .   ARTICLE 5   THIS DIRECTIVE IS ADDRESSED TO THE MEMBER STATES .   DONE AT BRUSSELS , 22 JULY 1980 .   FOR THE COUNCIL   THE PRESIDENT   G . THORN