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Article 17(3) provides that: ‘3. In accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article derogations may be made from Articles 3, 4, 5, 8 and 16: (a) in the case of activities where the worker’s place of work and his place of residence are distant from one another, including offshore work, or where the worker’s different places of work are distant from one another; (b) in the case of security and surveillance activities requiring a permanent presence in order to protect property and persons, particularly security guards and caretakers or security firms; (c) in the case of activities involving the need for continuity of service or production, particularly: (i) services relating to the reception, treatment and/or care provided by hospitals or similar establishments, including the activities of doctors in training, residential institutions and prisons; (ii) dock or airport workers; (iii) press, radio, television, cinematographic production, postal and telecommunications services, ambulance, fire and civil protection services; (iv) gas, water and electricity production, transmission and distribution, household refuse collection and incineration plants; (v) industries in which work cannot be interrupted on technical grounds; (vi) research and development activities; (vii) agriculture; (viii) workers concerned with the carriage of passengers on regular urban transport services; (d) where there is a foreseeable surge of activity, particularly in: (i) agriculture; (ii) tourism; (iii) postal services; (e) in the case of persons working in railway transport: (i) whose activities are intermittent; (ii) who spend their working time on board trains; or (iii) whose activities are linked to transport timetables and to ensuring the continuity and regularity of traffic; (f) in the circumstances described in Article 5(4) of Directive 89/391/EEC; (g) in cases of accident or imminent risk of accident.’
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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-25 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.