In ports where, as a result of operational requirements, working hours have been adjusted to include rest credit systems, hours worked in excess of the weekly working hours defined in article L. 212-5-1 of the French Labour Code only give entitlement to the compensatory rest instituted by the said article insofar as they are not compensated for by local rest credit systems of at least equal duration within the calendar year.
Rest credits acquired at the end of the year may, however, be settled in the first three months of the following year.