— Scheduling of leave
The Directive does not regulate the scheduling of paid annual leave. This is left to national law, collective agreements or practices. However, as explained below, it provides that a worker who is unable to take planned leave due to another conflicting period of leave (sick leave, maternity leave or another period of leave whose purpose is different from that of the right to annual leave) is entitled to take that annual leave at another time, if necessary outside the corresponding reference period (241), with certain limits to the carry-over period in the event of long-term sick leave (242).
Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-25 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.