Proposal for a Directive discontinuing seasonal changes of time

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Series Details COM (2018) 639
Publication Date 12/09/2018
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Summary:

Legislative proposal - published by the European Commission in September 2018 - on discontinuiung seasonal changes of times.

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The proposed Directive would discontinue the existing system of bi-annual clock changes. The European Union (EU) first unified the summertime arrangements in 1980 - requiring all countries in the bloc to observe daylight saving time - in order to ensure a harmonised approach to time switching within the single market, as until then, national summer-time practices and schedules were diverging. Directive 2000/84/EC (summer-time arrangements directive) requires Member States to switch to summer-time on the last Sunday of March and back to standard time (informally known as winter-time) on the last Sunday of October.

The proposal was adopted by the European Commission on 12 September 2018. The European Parliament adopted its negotiating position on 26 March 2019.

Source Link https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2018:639:FIN
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Commentary and Analysis
EPRS: Briefing, March 2019: Discontinuing seasonal changes of time http://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document.html?reference=EPRS_BRI(2018)630308
Euro|topics, March 2019: Summer time clock changes to end in 2021 https://www.eurotopics.net/en/217281/

News
Politico, 12/09/2018: Juncker launches fast-track bid to scrap clock change in 2019 https://www.politico.eu/article/jean-claude-juncker-launches-fast-track-bid-to-scrap-clock-change-in-2019/
Reuters, 29/10/2018: EU countries seek more time in clock change debate https://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKKCN1N317Z
The Local (Germany), 29/10/2018: EU ministers say ending clock changes in 2019 'not realistic' https://www.thelocal.de/20181029/eu-ministers-say-ending-clock-changes-in-2019-not-realistic
BBC News, 29/10/2018: Clock changes: EU ministers say clock is ticking on daylight saving https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-46017347
Politico, 29/10/2018: EU countries stop clock on Commission’s time change plan https://www.politico.eu/article/transport-ministers-countries-say-no-to-juncker-commission-daylight-saving-clock-change-plan/
EurActiv, 29/10/2018: Member states want to postpone scrapping clock change to 2021 https://www.euractiv.com/section/transport/news/member-states-want-to-postpone-to-2021-scrapping-clock-change/
Deutsche Welle, 29/10/2018: EU needs more time before ending clock changes https://p.dw.com/p/37L0D
RTÉ News, 29/10/2018: Abolition of daylight saving time in 2019 'not realistic', EU ministers say https://www.rte.ie/news/2018/1029/1007354-daylight-saving-time/
The Local (Germany), 04/03/2019: Daylight savings abolition one step closer after EU Parliament vote https://www.thelocal.de/20190304/clock-ticking-for-daylight-savings-time-as-european-parliament-meets-to-discuss-its-future
Politico, 06/03/2019: French favor summer time scheme in EU clock change debate https://www.politico.eu/article/french-favor-summertime-scheme-in-eu-clock-change-debate/
Deutsche Welle, 26/03/2019: EU Parliament votes to end daylight savings https://p.dw.com/p/3Ffgn
YLE News, 26/03/2019: EU Parliament votes to end seasonal clock changes https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/eu_parliament_votes_to_end_seasonal_clock_changes/10708273
The Guardian, 26/03/2019: European parliament votes to scrap daylight saving time from 2021 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/26/european-parliament-votes-to-scrap-daylight-saving-time-from-2021
BBC News, 26/03/2019: European MPs vote to end summer time clock changes https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-47704345
Politico, 26/03/2019: European Parliament delays plan to end clock changes https://www.politico.eu/article/european-parliament-delays-junckers-plan-to-end-daylight-saving/
ITV News, 26/03/2019: EU Parliament votes to end clock changes between winter and summer time https://www.itv.com/news/2019-03-26/clocks-changing-eu-parliament-vote-end-clock-changing-winter-time-summer-time/
Euronews, 26/03/2019: The European Parliament votes to end mandatory twice-a-year clock changes https://www.euronews.com/2019/03/26/the-european-parliament-votes-to-end-mandatory-twice-a-year-clock-changes
Reuters, 26/03/2019: Time for a change: EU lawmakers vote to scrap clock shifts in 2021 https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN1R71FS
The Local (Spain), 27/03/2019: EU votes to scrap clock changes: What that means for Spain https://www.thelocal.es/20190327/spain-could-finally-eu-parliament-votes-to-end-changing-of-clocks
Independent.ie, 27/03/2019: MEPs vote to end daylight savings - which may result in two Irish time zones https://www.independent.ie/business/brexit/meps-vote-to-end-daylight-savings-which-may-result-in-two-irish-time-zones-37955161.html

Official
EUR-Lex: SWD(2018)406: Public consultation on EU summer-time arrangements: Report of results https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=SWD:2018:406:FIN
European Parliament: Legislative Observatory: Procedure File for Proposal on seasonal changes of time https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/ficheprocedure.do?reference=2018/0332(COD)
EP: Legislative Train: Directive discontinuing seasonal changes of time http://www.europarl.europa.eu/legislative-train/theme-union-of-democratic-change/file-discontinuing-seasonal-changes-of-time
European Parliament: Press Release, 26/03/2019: Parliament backs proposal to end switch between summer and winter time in 2021 http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20190321IPR32107/

ESO Records
European Parliament Resolution on summer time arrangements, February 2018 https://www.europeansources.info/record/resolution-on-summer-time-arrangements/

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