Directive 2000/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 January 2001 on summer-time arrangements

• CELEX: Directive 2000/84/EC
• Articles: 9

Article 1

For the purposes of this Directive "summer-time period" shall mean the period of the year during which clocks are put forward by 60 minutes compared with the rest of the year.

Article 2

From 2002 onwards, the summer-time period shall begin, in every Member State, at 1.00 a.m., Greenwich Mean Time, on the last Sunday in March.

Article 3

From 2002 onwards, the summer-time period shall end, in every Member State, at 1.00 a.m., Greenwich Mean Time, on the last Sunday in October.

Article 4

The Commission shall publish a communication in the Official Journal of the European Communities(5), for the first time on the occasion of the publication of this Directive, and every five years thereafter, containing the timetable showing the dates on which the summer-time period will begin and end for the following five years.

Article 5

The Commission shall report to the European Parliament, the Council and the Economic and Social Committee on the impact of the provisions of this Directive on the sectors concerned by 31 December 2007 at the latest.

That report shall be drawn up on the basis of the information made available to the Commission by each Member State by 30 April 2007 at the latest.

The Commission shall, if necessary and following the conclusions of the report, make appropriate proposals.

Article 6

This Directive shall not apply to the overseas territories of the Member States.

Article 7

Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 31 December 2001 at the latest. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.

When Member States adopt those measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.

Article 8

This Directive shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Article 9

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 19 January 2001.

For the European Parliament

The President

N. Fontaine

For the Council

The President

B. Ringholm

(1) OJ C 337, 28.11.2000, p. 136.

(2) Opinion delivered on 29 November 2000 (not yet published in the Official Journal).

(3) Opinion of the European Parliament of 12 December 2000 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and Council Decision of 20 December 2000.

(4) OJ L 206, 1.8.1997, p. 62.

(5) OJ C 35, 2.2.2001.