Activities of Gesine MEISSNER related to 2018/0332(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Discontinuing seasonal changes of time (debate) DE
Amendments (3)
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The Commission has examined available evidence, which points to the importance of having harmonised Union rules in this area to ensure the proper functioning of the internal market and avoid, inter alia, disruptions to the scheduling of transport operations and the functioning of information and communication systems, higher costs to cross-border trade, or lower productivity for goods and services. Evidence is not conclusive as to whether the benefits of summer-time arrangements outweigh the inconveniences linked to a biannual change of time.
Amendment 29 #
(3a) Recent Nobel prize winning research by Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young of 2017, shows that the human body possesses a delicate biological clock, called the circadian rhythm, which is influenced by exposure to amounts of daylight. While evidence is not conclusive as to whether the benefits of summer-time arrangements outweigh the inconveniences linked to a biannual change of time, sufficient literature exists on the potential negative effects of summer-time change on our health and that of agricultural livestock, by disrupting the circadian rhythm. This has a number of health related risks ranging from inflammatory immune diseases, attention deficit and cardiovascular complications.
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) AChina and Russia have already abolished summer-time arrangements in 1991 and 2014, due to a lack of evidence on the benefits of seasonal changing of time. Also in the EU a lively public debate is taking place on summer-time arrangements and some Member States have already expressed their preference to discontinue the application of such arrangements. In the light of these developments, it is necessary to continue safeguarding the proper functioning of the internal market and to avoid any significant disruptions thereto caused by divergences between Member States in this area. Therefore, it is appropriate to put an end in a coordinated way to summer-time arrangements.