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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-11-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote2
dcterms:Language	"da"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991116.6.2-096"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-11-16-Speech-2-1022
lpv:speaker	lp:Freddy Blak2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Lithuania Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Socialdemokratiet (1999-07-20--2002-12-08)3 substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 vice-chair; CONT (1999-07-21--2001-12-11)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2001-12-18)3
lpv:translated text	"The Danish Social Democrats have today voted for the Smet report on changing certain aspects of the organisation of working time. We think it is a good idea that those employees who have not to date been covered by the Working Time Directive should now be so. We have declined to vote for Amendment No 6 from the Committee. We agree that the reference period for offshore work may be extended to 12 months. A shorter period might compromise safety because it would involve more flights to and from the oil platform. Consideration has also to be given to the welfare of employees on the oil platform, where there is very little space. We think it is important that the social partners in the labour market should be involved in such important questions as the organisation of working time. We think, however, that EU legislation must respect the structures and traditions in the national labour markets. We cannot therefore vote in favour of this proposal from the Committee. We have voted against Amendment No 7 from the Committee. The background to our doing so is that this proposal removes the Member States’ freedom to choose whether to regulate employees’ hours on the basis either of working time or rest time, as established in ILO Convention no 180 concerning seafarers’ working hours. We think that sea fishermen will be able to achieve better protection if working time or rest time is regulated on a daily or weekly basis, as proposed by the Council, rather than by having a fixed limit of 48 hours in a reference period of 12 months."@en1

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