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Timescale for the Working Time thrective * 13 June: Debate

7th June 2001, Page 9
7th June 2001
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and vote at a full session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg. This is where a number of changes could be suggested leading to conciliation. Alternatively the amendments could be agreed.

* Autumn: Possible conciliation procedure with a committee convened by the EC and the European Parliament trying to reach agreement. This process lasts six weeks. According to the IRU, the council rarely accepts what parliament decides, so a heated debate is anticipated.

* If agreement is not possible the Working Time Directive will be rejected and we will be back where we started.

* If agreement is reached the directive will be confirmed by a third parliamentary reading.