Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 1 December 2005.

Abdelkader Dellas and Others v Premier ministre and Ministre des Affaires sociales, du Travail et de la Solidarité.

Reference for a preliminary ruling: Conseil d'État - France.

Social policy - Protection of the safety and health of workers - Directive 93/104/CE - Concept of 'working time' - Scope - National legislation providing for a ceiling more favourable to workers, in particular as regards maximum weekly working time - Determination of working time in certain social establishments - On-call duty where the worker is required to be present at the workplace - Periods of inactivity on the part of the worker in the context of such duty - National system of calculation of hours of presence differentiated according to the intensity of the activity.

Case C-14/04.

Reports of Cases

2005 I-10253