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EU Council: Conciliated text on working time in road transport

On 17 December 2001, a Council/European Parliament conciliation committee issued a compromise text on the regulation of working time in the road transport sector.

The proposal to extend some of the protection afforded by the 1993 working time Directive to the road transport sector has been very controversial, with disagreement focused on whether or not to include self-employed drivers within the scope of the Directive.