EU Daylight
Saving Time
European Union Summer Time
EU - European Union - Winter / Summer Clock Changes
This applies to most states in Europe even those not in the
European Economic Union (EU).
NB In the United Kingdom Summer Time is referred to as British Summer
Time (BST).
Summer Time (Daylight Saving Time) Rule
- Start: Last Sunday in March
- End: Last Sunday in October
- Time: 1.00 am (01:00) Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
Since 1996 all clocks in Europe have changed on same date.
| Year |
DST Begins
1 am GMT
|
DST Ends
1 am GMT |
|
2010 |
March 28 |
October 31 |
|
2011 |
March 27 |
October 30 |
Europe - Standard Time Zones
Most European countries follow EU directives for time-keeping.
There are three different time zones across the EU:
United Kingdom, Ireland, Portugal
Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg,
Malta, The
Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden
Non-EU: Norway, Switzerland
Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania
EU members from 2007 (tbc): Bulgaria, Romania
Non-EU: Belarus, Moldova, Turkey, Ukraine
Reference
Source: European Union
Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on
summer-time arrangements
(Directive 2000/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of
19 January 2001 on summer-time arrangements)
| 2324th Council meeting TRANSPORT
Brussels, 20 and 21 December 2000 ITEMS APPROVED WITHOUT
DEBATE
TRANSPORT
Directive on summer-time arrangements
The Council, having approved the amendments to the proposal for a
Directive on summer-time arrangements which were voted by the
European Parliament at first reading, adopted the Directive as
amended by the Parliament.
It should be noted that, in view of the expiry of the 8th
Directive on summer-time arrangements on 31 December 2001, the
Commission submitted in June 2000 a proposal for the adoption by the
end of the year of new arrangements from 2002. Summer-time
arrangements, which have been maintained over the last twenty years
or so, are renewed for an unspecified period and the last Sundays in
March and October are the dates definitively adopted. The Commission
will oversee the repercussions of the new Directive and will submit
a report to the Council after five years.
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Source:
EU Press Release
Directive Document (needs
Adobe Acrobat
reader)
Main Points:
"to fix the dates and times when the summer-time period will begin and end
after 2001 throughout the EU, and to establish the arrangements from 2002"
"summer-time arrangements for an unspecified period"
"set the last Sunday in March and the last Sunday in October as the fixed
date"
"at 1.00 a.m. Greenwich Mean Time"
Article 2
From 2002 onwards, the summer-time period shall begin, in every Member
State, at 1.00 a.m., Greenwich Mean Time, on the last Sunday in March.
Article 3
From 2002 onwards, the summer-time period shall end, in every Member
State, at 1.00 a.m., Greenwich Mean Time, on the last Sunday in October.
EU Documents
Summer Time strategy in European Union
document
2002 - open-ended arrangement
document
1998 -2001
document (needs
Adobe Acrobat reader)
UK Documents
UK Government DTi:
www.dti.gov.uk/employment/bank-public-holidays/bst/page12528.html
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