Summer-time arrangements: 8th Directive

The Commission agreed fully with the Council's common position. In addition, the Council and Commission considered, in a joint declaration, that the social and economic implications of summer time arrangements justified thorough examination before the eighth directive elapsed. The Commission would therefore forward a detailed report to the Council by 30 June 1999. The Council and the Commission agreed to carry out an in-depth examination of the implications of summer time arrangements, including the institutional aspects of coordination of times between the Member States of the European Union, with the aid of a group of representatives of interest groups and Member States' national experts.�