—

limited derogations alternatively or concurrently from Article 6 or from Article 16(b). Possible examples are: allowing workers to work over 48 hours per week on average over the same reference period as applicable for other workers, by setting a higher maximum limit to the worker's weekly working time, taking into account the provisions on rest periods; allowing workers to exceed the maximum of 48 hours on average over 4 months while imposing that this limit is respected over a longer reference period – this amounts to a derogation from the reference period for calculating the maximum weekly working time.

← — · All articles · — →

Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-25 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.