Judgment_paragraph 43 · Commission of the European Communities v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (C-484/04)

43As the Advocate General rightly observed in point 67 of her Opinion, and as the Commission furthermore conceded during the hearing, compliance with the obligations set out by Directive 93/104 should not, as a general rule, extend to requiring the employer to force his workers to claim the rest periods due to them. The employer's responsibility concerning observance of the rest periods provided for by that directive cannot be without limits.