These Regulations implement Council Directive 2000/34/EC (OJ No. L195, 1.8.2000, p. 41). That Directive amends Council Directive 93/104/EC so that the provisions of the 1993 Directive, which concerned certain aspects of the organisation of working time, now apply to sectors and activities which were previously excluded from the scope of the 1993 Directive. Council Directive 93/104/EC was implemented by the Working Time Regulations 1998 (“the 1998 Regulations”) and these Regulations amend the provisions of the 1998 Regulations.