ntr229-C_2023109EN.01000101-E0229

COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION Interpretative Communication on Directive 2003/88/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time · European Union

(229) According to the definition of the scope of the Charter in Article 51(1), the provisions of the Charter are addressed to Member States only when they are implementing EU law. When Member States legislate on provisions of national law that are more favourable to workers than the Working Time Directive they are not in the scope of EU law. Therefore, Article 31(2) of the Charter does not apply to paid annual leave which exceeds the minimum period of four weeks. Judgment in joined cases C-609/17 and C-610/17, TSN, paras. 42 and 55.

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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.