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If the worker is only rarely called upon to act during the periods of stand-by time, these periods are nonetheless not ‘rest periods’ when the time limit within which the worker must return to the activity constrains, objectively and very significantly, the ability freely to manage the time when the worker is not required to work (143).
Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-25 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.