<p>The EU first unified the summer-time arrangements in 1980, in order to ensure a harmonised approach to time switching within the single market, as until then, national summer-time practices and schedules were diverging. The current summer-time arrangements directive requires Member States to switch to summer-time on the last Sunday of March and back to standard time (informally known as winter-time) on the last Sunday of October. MEPs voted to end the practice of adjusting clocks by an hour in spring and autumn from 2021 on 26/03/2019</p>

<p>The system of bi-annual clock changes has been increasingly questioned, by citizens, by the European Parliament, and by a growing number of Member States. The Commission has, therefore, analysed available evidence, which points to the importance of having harmonised rules in this area to ensure a proper functioning of the internal market. This is also supported by the European Parliament as well as other actors. In February 2020, the TRAN Committee designated Johan Danielsson (S&D, Sweden) as rapporteur.</p>

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Committee on Transport and Tourism

summer-time arrangements (T)

9th parliamentary term

social life (T)

Seasonal time change

Discontinuing seasonal changes of time: statement by Johan DANIELSSON (S&D, SE), Rapporteur

Discontinuing seasonal changes of time: extracts from the vote, statement by Marita ULVSKOG (S&D, SE), rapporteur, and ilustrative shots

Infoclip: Proposal to end seasonal time changes

Summer time arrangements to introduce a common date and time in all Member States

Seasonal time change on a watch

EP Press conference. The vote on ending clock change

Press conference on vote on ending clock change by Chair of the Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI)

Discontinuing seasonal changes of time: extracts from the debate (25/03) and from the vote, and illustrative shots

Plenary session - Discontinuing seasonal changes of time

Discontinuing seasonal changes of time: Opening statements by Marita ULVSKOG (S&D,SE), rapporteur and by Violeta BULC, Member of the EC in charge of Transport (19:42 - 19:52)

Seasonal time change in the EU

TRAN Committee - Vote on the proposal on discontinuing seasonal time changes

Summer-time arrangements: extracts from the vote

Press conference by Pavel SVOBODA (EPP, CZ), rapporteur, Chair of the Legal Affairs Committee, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK (EPP, NL), Heidi HAUTALA (Greens/EFA, FI), Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI (S&D, FI) on the vote to stop the biannual clock change

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