8th EU Directive, French time
Some questions for our UK/European correspondents: Has the 8th EU Summer Time Directive come out? (starting in 1998) Also, is France going to move from GMT+1 to GMT+2 this spring, and are they still discussing remaining on the same time all year? (Perhaps permanent rule change might be deferred until the end of the 7th Directive in October 1997.) Has a date been set for the British General Election? Thank you. Chris Carrier
Chris Carrier wrote:
Some questions for our UK/European correspondents:<...> Also, is France going to move from GMT+1 to GMT+2 this spring
Clearly yes. For those of us who are southern from Aequator, please note it would be by the _northern_ spring and summer ;-)
and are they still discussing remaining on the same time all year? (Perhaps permanent rule change might be deferred until the end of the 7th Directive in October 1997.)
As far as I can understand, yes. I'm no relative from the government (hence I'm not an official), but the official point is that France is proposing a change (no use of DST) only in the scope of the 8th Directive. It is not clear (to me) if the proposed change should apply only to Metropolitan France, or if it shall apply to the whole Union (this sounds odd), or if DST could be an option for the countries. Hope it helps, Antoine
Date: 27 Feb 97 02:51:54 EST From: Chris Carrier <72157.3334@CompuServe.COM> To: TIMEZONE <tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov> Subject: 8th EU Directive, French time
Some questions for our UK/European correspondents:
Has the 8th EU Summer Time Directive come out? (starting in 1998)
I don't believe so, but I have no authoritative information.
Also, is France going to move from GMT+1 to GMT+2 this spring, and
Sorry, can't help!
Has a date been set for the British General Election?
No, it has not. The ruling Conservative party has until May 1 to hold the election. Given recent by-election results, it will probably be delayed as late as possible. Manavendra Thakur
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