Select Committee on European Union Ninth Report


APPENDIX 2: CALL FOR EVIDENCE

The European Commission has initiated a consultation on the EU Working Time Directive (Directive 93/104/EC). This consultation will consider in particular:

    i)  The reference periods used for determining the working week
    ii)  The use of the individual opt-out by the UK and other Member states
    iii)  The definition of working time in the light of the SiMAP and Jaeger judgments of the European Court of Justice about on-call requirements for hospital doctors
    iv)  Ensuring Compatibility between Work and Family Life

The Commission's consultation is due to be completed by 31 March 2004.

Sub-Committee G has decided to hold an Inquiry into these aspects of the Directive with the aim of producing a report to Parliament to coincide with the Commission's Consultation.

Interested parties are invited to submit written evidence about the Directive to this Inquiry. In order to be considered by the Sub-Committee within the timescale set by the Commission written evidence will need to be submitted to the House of Lords Committee Office by Monday 23 February 2004.

Evidence should be limited to five sides of A4 paper and should be set out in numbered paragraphs. Supporting material, such as tables of figures or extracts from publications, may be attached to the submission, but should not exceed four extra pages. The submission should be signed and dated, together with a note of the author's name and status. It should make clear whether the evidence is submitted on an individual or corporate basis. Submissions by e-mail are preferred (as attachments in Word) with a signed hard copy to follow.

Evidence submitted becomes the property of the Committee, and may be published. Witnesses may publicise their written evidence themselves, but in doing so should indicate that it was prepared for the Committee.

Having reviewed the written evidence, the Sub-Committee may decide to invite some of those who have submitted it to give oral evidence on the record to a public meeting of the Sub-Committee. Additional written information may also be requested.

2 February 2004


 
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