Third Council Directive 84/634/EEC of 12 December 1984 on summertime arrangements

THIRD  COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
of 12 December 1984
on summertime arrangements
(84/634/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 (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
Whereas the Second Council Directive (82/399/EEC) of 10 June 1982 on summertime arrangements (4) introduced a common date and time throughout the Community for the beginning of the summertime period for 1983, 1984 and 1985, and for the end of that period in those years two different dates, one for Member States that do not belong to the zero time zone and one for the two Member States that do belong to the zero time zone;
Whereas Article 5 of the said Directive provides that the Council, acting on a proposal from the Commission, shall adopt the arrangements to apply from 1986 onwards;
Whereas it is appropriate to re-examine the summertime period from time to time and therefore for this purpose arrangements should be adopted covering 1986, 1987 and 1988;
Whereas a common date and time for the beginning of the summertime period in the whole Community area should be fixed for those years;
Whereas, as an experiment during those three years, two different dates for the end of the summertime period should be fixed for the Member States belonging to the zero time zone and the other Member States;
Whereas, for geographical reasons, common summertime arrangements should not apply to the overseas territories of the Member States,