Council Directive 94/33/ECDangos y teitl llawn

Article 3 Definitons

For the purposes of this Directive:

(a)

‘young person’ shall mean any person under 18 years of age referred to in Article 2 (1);

(b)

‘child’ shall mean any young person of less than 15 years of age or who is still subject to compulsory full-time schooling under national law;

(c)

‘adolescent’ shall mean any young person of at least 15 years of age but less than 18 years of age who is no longer subject to compulsory full-time schooling under national law;

(d)

‘light work’ shall mean all work which, on account of the inherent nature of the tasks which it involves and the particular conditions under which they are performed:

(i)

is not likely to be harmful to the safety, health or development of children, and

(ii)

is not such as to be harmful to their attendance at school, their participation in vocational guidance or training programmes approved by the competent authority or their capacity to benefit from the instruction received;

(e)

‘working time’ shall mean any period during which the young person is at work, at the employer's disposal and carrying out his activity or duties in accordance with national legislation and/or practice;

(f)

‘rest period’ shall mean any period which is not working time.