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As regards the definition of ‘night time’, its content is similar to that used for ‘night work’ in the International Labour Organization’s (the ‘ILO’) Convention on night work (169). The definition finally agreed for the Working Time Directive imposes on each Member State the obligation to define a period of 7 hours in its national law which constitutes ‘night time’. This means that any work carried out during this period, regardless of its duration, qualifies as night work.
Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-25 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.