- Slug
- eu-561-art8-6
- Jurisdiction
- EU
- Instrument
- Regulation EC 561/2006
- Paragraph
- Article 8(6)
- Rule key
- weekly_rest_pattern
- Title
- Weekly rest pattern
- Limit value
- 45 regular; 24 reduced
- Limit unit
- hours
- Window value
- 6 x 24
- Window unit
- hours; two consecutive weeks
- Applies to
- drivers in international goods transport
- Condition text
- In any two consecutive weeks, take two regular weekly rests or one regular and one reduced weekly rest; a weekly rest starts no later than the end of six 24-hour periods from the previous weekly rest. Reduced weekly rest is less than 45 hours and at least 24 consecutive hours, with equivalent compensation. The international-goods exception has the safeguards in Article 8(6).
- Last amended citation
- OJ L 249, 31.07.2020, Article 1(6)(a), application 20.08.2020
- Effective date
- 2007-04-11
Source
- Regulation EC 561/2006 consolidated 31 December 2024 — EUR-Lex · Reusable with attribution
- Read from https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02006R0561-20241231 (Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 consolidated 31.12.2024, Articles 4(h) and 8(6); baseline OJ L 102, 11.04.2006, Article 29; 2020/1054 OJ L 249, 31.07.2020, Article 1(6)(a), application 20.08.2020)
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