Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
1 OJ C 92 E, 20.4.2006, p. 2892. 6. Stresses that Council Directive 93/104/EEC of 23 November 1993 concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time, which has now been abolished, Directive 2003/88/EC replacing it and now in force and the proposal for an amendment to Directive 2003/88/EC (COM(2004)0607), adopted at first reading by the European Parliament meeting in plenary sitting on 11 May 20051, already undermine the eight-hour day and the five-day, 40-hour working week which establish the basic parameters regarding working times and remuneration. They also contain major exemptions to their already unacceptable provisions concerning maximum daily and weekly working hours, including those worked by doctors for example, placing both them and their patients at serious risk;