# COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 1999/63/EC of 21 June 1999 concerning the Agreement on the organisation of working time of seafarers concluded by the European Community Shipowners' Association (ECSA) and the Federation of Transport Workers' Unions in the European Union (FST), Article 2: Minimum requirements

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. Member States may maintain or introduce more favourable provisions than those laid down in this Directive.
2. The implementation of this Directive shall under no circumstances constitute sufficient grounds for justifying a reduction in the general level of protection of workers in the fields covered by this Directive. This shall be without prejudice to the rights of Member States and/or management and labour to lay down, in the light of changing circumstances, different legislative, regulatory or contractual arrangements to those prevailing at the time of the adoption of this Directive, provided always that the minimum requirements laid down in this Directive are adhered to.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1999/63/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1999-63/article-2
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