32It must be pointed out in this regard that it follows from settled case-law that the purpose of Directive 2003/88 is to lay down minimum requirements intended to improve the living and working conditions of workers through approximation of national rules concerning, in particular, the duration of working time. That harmonisation at European Union level in relation to the organisation of working time is intended to guarantee better protection of the safety and health of workers by ensuring that they are entitled to minimum rest periods - particularly daily and weekly - and adequate breaks and by providing for a ceiling on the average duration of the working week (see, inter alia, Joined Cases C-397/01 to C-403/01 Pfeiffer and Others [2004] ECR I-8835, paragraph 76; Case C-14/04 Dellas and Others [2005] ECR I-10253, paragraphs 40 and 41; and Case C-484/04 Commission v United Kingdom [2006] ECR I-7471, paragraphs 35 and 36).
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