The European Parliament adopted the resolution drafted by its rapporteur Brian Simpson (PES, United Kingdom) on flight duty and rest times. (Please refer to the document dated 10/07/02.) Parliament went on to specify in the technical annex the rules applicable to cumulative duty hours. Duty periods may not exceed 190 duty hours in any 28 consecutive days and 60 duty hours in any 7 consecutive days. With regard to rest periods, there are different provisions depending on whether a flight duty period starts at base. For the latter, the minimum rest period must be at least as long as the preceding flight duty period or 12 hours, whichever is the greater. Away from base, the minimum period is 10 hours, or the length of the preceding flight duty period. The amendment also contains provisions under which the rules may be modified due to unforeseen circumstances in actual flight operations.�