What the committee voted through (38 in favour, three against)
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* Clarification on the definition of "working time" to include stand-by time and time spent on activities such as loading and unloading; checking and supervising; cleaning and technical maintenance; vehicle inspection; and administration. * Automatic inclusion of owner-drivers within the directive after three years.
* Restricting night-time working to eight hours per 24-hour period. Can be extended to 10 if an average eight hours a day is not exceeded over a given period (to be determined after consultation with the industry).
4, Classifying time spent in the cab while double-manning as working time, even while not driving.
* Bringing forward the directive a year early, to be introduced in two years' time instead of three.
Requiring self-employed drivers to keep a record of their working time for at least two years.
p Requiring EU states to ensure that companies adhere to the working time rules.