CHAPTER 4: FINAL CONCLUSION
4.1. On the central point raised in the Commission's
consultation, we reiterate our conclusion that the voluntary individual
opt-out should be retained. We make a number of recommendations
for practical improvements in the way that the Directive operates.
In the time available we have endeavoured to do justice to this
important and complex topic. We believed it was important to submit
our Report before this phase of the Commission's review was completed.
We intend to keep the review of the Working Time Directive under
close scrutiny and will wish to examine carefully any further
report or legislative proposals that may be issued as a result
of the consultation. In the meantime, we recommend that the House
should debate this Report as soon as possible.
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