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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