CELEX: 51987PC0541
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Date: 1987-11-05
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A FOURTH COUNCIL DIRECTIVE ON SUMMERTIME ARRANGEMENTS (SUBMITTED TO THE COUNCIL BY THE COMMISSION IN COOPERATION WITH THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT)

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                    PROPOSAL       FOR   A  FOURTH   COUNCIL    DIRECTIVE
                                ON    SUMMERTIME   ARRANGEMENTS
                     ( SUBMITTED TO THE COUNCIL BY THE COMMISSION
                     IN COOPERATION   ON WITH THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT )
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                             EXPLANATORY   MEMORANDUM
  1.    Art . 5 of the Third Council Directive 84 /634 / EEC ( 1 ) on summer- -
        time arrangements applying for 1986 , 1987 , 1988 as last amended
        bv Directive 85 /582 /EEC (2 ) provides that the Council , acting on
        a proposal from the Commission shall adopt by 1.1.1988 the
'       arrangements to apply from 1989 onwards .     The decision must be
        taken one year in advance in order to provide sufficient time
        for transport operators to establish their programmes .
  2.    The Commission , taking account of the positive experience gained
        so far by the application of summertime in the Community as well
        as in the ECE countries ,   considers that summertime should con¬
        tinue for 1989 .   Therefore it is proposed to extend the present
        arrangements in the form of a Fourth Council Directive .
  3.    The extension is , at this stage , for one year in order that the
        Commission may , after further contacts with Member States ,
        settle definitely the question of the two different end dates to
        summertime .
  4.    The present proposal is based on the new Art . 100A           of the
        Treaty .    Under the new cooperation procedure provided      for by
        Art . 1 00A it is still possible to take a decision for a      simple
        extension of the present arrangements before the end          of the
        year .
  ( 1 ) O.J. No L 331 , 19.12.1984 , p. 33
  ( 2 ) O.J. No L 372 , 31.12.1985 , p. 38
 ---pagebreak---                      PROPOSAT, FOT* A FOURTH COUNCIL DIRECTIVE \
                                                                  \
                            ON SUMMERTIME ARRANGEMENTS              \
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Com¬
munity , and in particular Article 100A thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ( 1 ),
in cooperation with the European Parliament ( 2 ),
Having    regard     to  the opinion of   the Economic and Social Committee
(3)
Whereas    the    third Council Directive 84 /634 / EEC of  12 December 1984
on summertime arrangements ( 4 ) as last amended by Directive 85 /582 /
EEC  (5 )   introduced a common date and time throughout the Community
for the beginning of the summertime 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
are 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 summertime 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 summertime
period in the whole Community area should be fixed for this year ;
(1 )
(2 )
(3 )
(4 )      OJ   No  L  331 , 19.12.1984 , p. 33
(5 )      OJ  No   L  372 , 31.12.1985 , r. 38
 ---pagebreak--- VJhereas , on a provisional basis during this year , two different
dates for the end of the summertime 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 summertime arrangements
should not apply to the overseas territories of the Member States .
HAS  ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE   s
                                 Article  1
For the purposes of this Directive the expression 'sumertime 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 summertime 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 summertime period for
1989 ends at 1 a.m . Greenwich Mean Time , on Sunday 24 of September .
                                 Artide 4
Ireland and the United Kingdom shall take the measures necessary to
ensure that the summertime period for 1989 ends at 1 a.m . Greenwich
Mean Time , on Sunday 22 of October .
 ---pagebreak---                                Artide  5
The Council , acting on a proposal from the Commission , shall adopt
by 1 January '989 the arrangements to apply from 1990 onwards .
                               Article 6
This Pirective   shall not apply to the overseas territories of the
Member States .
                               Article 7
This Directive  is addressed to the Member States .
Done at Brussels ,
                                For the Council
                                The President
 ---pagebreak---                        FICHE DE COMMUNICATION
         Proposition d' une quatrième directive du Conseil
      concernant les dispositions relatives à l' heure d' été
     La présente proposition vise à prolonger les dispositions
actuelles de la troisième directive qui concerne l' heure d' été
dans la communauté pour les années 1986 , 1987 et 1988 .
     L' heure d' été commence le dernier dimanche de mars pour tous
les Etats membres et se termine le dernier dimanche de septembre
pour les Etats membres autres que l' Irlande et Le Royaume-Uni
et le quatrième dimanche d' octobre pour l' Irlande et le Royaume-Uni
     La proposition qui concerne l' année 1989 prévoit donc la
prolongation de la dérogation dont disposent l' Irlande et le
Royaume-Uni .