Fourth Council Directive 88/14/EEC of 22 December 1987 on summertime arrangements

FOURTH  COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
of 22 December 1987
on summertime arrangements
(88/14/EEC)
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 (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (2),
Whereas the Third Council Directive 84/634/EEC of 12 December 1984 on summertime arrangements (3), as last amended by Directive 85/582/EEC (4), 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 one for Ireland and the United Kingdom;
Whereas Article 5 of the Third 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 not all the elements necessary for determining the date for the end of the summertime period are available at present; whereas the current arrangement should therefore 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;
Whereas, 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 the 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,