CELEX: 51984PC0348
Language: en
Date: 1984-06-27
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A THIRD COUNCIL DIRECTIVE ON SUMMERTIME ARRANGEMENTS

7. 7. 84                              Official Journal of the European Communities                         N o C 179/11
                        Proposal for a Third Council Directive on summer time arrangements
                                                    COM(84) 348 final
                            (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 26 June 1984)
                                                      (84/C 179/10)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Whereas it is appropriate to re-examine this measure
COMMUNITIES,                                                     from time to time and therefore for this purpose it
                                                                 would be as well to lay down a period of application
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                     for the Directive for the years 1986, 1987 and 1988;
European Economic Community, and in particular
Article 100 thereof,                                             Whereas, for geographical reasons, common summer
                                                                 time arrangements should not apply to the French
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,               overseas departments,
Having regard to the opinion of the              European        HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
Parliament,
                                                                                          Article J
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and
Social Committee,                                                For the purposes of this Directive, the expression
                                                                 'summer time' means the period of the year during
Whereas Second Council Directive 82/399/EEC of                   which the time is advanced by 60 minutes in relation
10 June 1982 on summer time arrangements (*)                     to the time for the rest of the year.
introduced a common date and time for the
beginning of summer time in the Community for                                            Article 2
1983, 1984 and 1985;
                                                                 Member States shall take the measures necessary to
Whereas with regard to the end of summer time, the               ensure that in each Member State summer time begins
abovementioned Directive lays down for those years               at 1 a.m. Greenwich Mean Time:
different dates for Member States that do not belong             — in 1986: on 23 March,
to the zero time zone and for the two Member States
that do belong to the zero time zone;                            — in 1987: on 29 March,
                                                                 — in 1988: on 27 March.
Whereas almost all the European non-member
countries have adopted the same dates as the Member                                      Article 3
States which do not belong to the zero time zone, as
indicated in the Directive, as regards both the                  Member States shall take the measures necessary to
beginning and the end of summer time;                            ensure that summer time ends at 1 a.m. Greenwich
                                                                 Mean Time:
Whereas Article 5 of Directive 82/399/EEC states                 — in 1986: on 12 October,
that the Council, acting on a proposal from the
Commission, shall adopt by 1 January 1985 the                    — in 1987: on 11 October,
arrangements to apply from 1986 onwards;                         — in 1988: on 9 October.
Whereas the continuation of arrangements in force is                                      Article 4
considered to be desirable and appropriate, in
particular in the interests of facilitating transport and        The Council, acting on a proposal from the
telecommunications between Member States and                     Commission, shall adopt before 1 January 1988 the
reducing the costs thereof;                                      arrangements to apply from 1989.
Whereas, with a view to complete harmonization,                                           Article 5
common dates and times should be fixed for the
                                                                 This Directive shall not apply to the French overseas
beginning and the end of summer time applicable for
                                                                 departments.
all Member States;
                                                                                          Article 6
O OJ No L 173, 19. 6. 1982, p. 16.                               This Directive is addressed to the Member States.