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You can find the legal text in the language of your choice on the following website:

http://ec.europa.eu/transport/road/policy/social_provision/social_working_time_en.htm

What is the situation on 4/9/2006?

According to ETF:

• Attention has to be paid to the consistency between the EU Regulation on driving times and rest periods and the Working Time Directive.

Working time: Maximum 48 hours per week and 60 hours over a reference period of four months (six months after consulting the social partners)

Driving times and rest periods:

Driving time: Maximum of 56 hours per week. It is clearly stated that the weekly working time cannot be higher.

• The implementation of the Working Time Directive to self-employed should not lag behind.
• ETF asked the Commission to take the necessary steps to force the Member States to transpose the Directive.

FOLLOW-UP of the working time:

In March 2006 (i.e. one year after the deadline for the implementation of this legislation), the situation was as follows:

Austria, Germany, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece and, partly, the Czech Republic had not transposed the Directive yet.

In June, they were still 9 Member States which had to transpose it.