Technical Standards for Cableways for the Carriage of Passengers

Technical standards for cableways for the carriage of passengers

In order to be placed on the European Union (EU) market cableways installations intended to carry persons must meet the essential health and safety requirements laid down by Directive 2000/9/EC (OJ L-106 03/05/2000).

Product Scope

The Directive applies to cableways carrying passengers, including their subsystems and safety components.

In particular, the installations concerned by this Directive are:

·  funicular railways or other vehicles where traction is provided by one or more cables;

·  cable cars lifted and/or displaced by carrier cables, including gondolas and chair lifts;

·  drag lifts.

This Directive does not apply to:

·  lifts regulated by the Lifts Directive (Directive 95/16/EC);

·  cable-operated tramways of traditional construction;

·  installations used for agricultural purposes;

·  equipment for use in fairgrounds or amusement parks, for leisure purposes;

·  mining installations and installations for industrial purposes;

·  cable-operated ferries, rack railways, chain-driven installations.

Essential requirements

Annex II to the Directive sets out the essential requirements, including maintenability and operability, applicable to the design, construction and entry into service of these installations.

Harmonised standards

Harmonised standards are technical specifications that would enable to meet the essential requirements. Products manufactured according to these harmonised standards benefit from a presumption of compliance with the essential requirements.

Harmonised standards are developed by the European Standardisation bodies: The European Committee for standardisation (CEN) and the European Committee for Electrotechnical standardisation (CENELEC) and published in the Official Journal of the European Communities. A list with harmonised standards for these products is available at:

http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/newapproach/standardization/harmstds/reflist/cableway.html

Conformity assessment

The manufacturer or his representative in the EU must appoint a notified body to carry out conformity assessment procedures in relation to safety components and subsystems to check whether they meet the essential requirements set out in the Directive.

Notified Bodies are organisations designated by each Member State and notified to the Commission and the other Member States, that are in charge of assessing manufacturer’s conformity to the essential requirements.

The conformity assessment procedures to be followed are established in Annexes V (for safety components) and VII (for subsystems).

In order to be placed on the market, safety components and subsystems must be accompanied by the EC declaration of conformity drawn up by the manufacturer, or his representative within the EU, in accordance with Annexes IV and VI.

CE marking

Before being placed on the EU market, safety components must bear the CE marking in order to attest that they comply with the essential requirements laid down in the Directive. It is not necessary to affix the CE marking to subsystems, but the EC declaration of conformity will suffice.

Authorisation of cableway installations

The construction and the putting into service of installations must be authorised by Member States.

At the request of the main contractor or his authorised representative, every planned cableway installation must undergo a safety analysis to ensure that its design and configuration guarantee satisfactory safety conditions. The result must be summarised in a safety report.

The safety analysis, the EC declarations of conformity and the technical documentation relating to the safety components and subsystems must be submitted by the main contractor or his authorised representative to the authority responsible for approving the installation.

Legislation

Directive 2000/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 March 2000 relating to cableway installations designed to carry passengers (OJ L-106 03/05/2000)

Other information sources

European Commission - DG Enterprise and Industry: http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/rail_guided_transport/cableways.htm

Additional information for Austria

Competent authority / competent bodies

Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie - BMVIT (Federal Ministry of Traffic, Innovation and Technology)
Sektionsleitung IV - Schiene, Wasser und Verkehrs-Arbeitsinspektorat (Department IV- Rail, Water and Transport Inspectorship)
Radetzkystraße 2
AT-1030 Wien
Tel: (+43) 1 711 62 2800
Fax: (+43) 1 711 62 2899
E-mail:
Website: http://www.bmvit.gv.at

Standardisation body

Österreichisches Normungsinstitut - ON (Austrian Standards Institute)

Heinestraße 38
AT-1020 Wien
Tel: (+43) 1 213 00 0
Fax: (+43) 1 213 00 818
E-mail:
Website: http://www.on-norm.at

Notified bodies

http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newapproach/nando/index.cfm?fuseaction=directive.main

Legislation

Seilbahngesetz 2003 - SeilbG 2003 - BGBl. I Nr. 103/2003 (Law on Cableway)

Additional information for Belgium

Competent authority / competent bodies

Service Public Fédéral Economie, PME, Classes moyennes et Energie (Federal Public Service for Economy, SME, Middle-class and Energy)
Direction Générale Qualité et Sécurité (Directorate General for Quality and Safety)

North Gate III
Boulevard du Roi Albert II, 16
B-1000 Bruxelles
Tel: (+32) 2 277 51 11 / 2 277 64 07
Fax: (+32) 2 277 54 01
E-mail:
Website: http://www.mineco.fgov.be/

Standardisation body

Institut Belge de Normalisation - IBN (Belgian Institute for Standardisation)

Avenue de la Brabançonne 29
B-1000 Bruxelles
Tel: (+32) 2 738 01 11 / (+32) 2 738 01 12
Fax: (+32) 2 733 42 64
E-mail:
Website: http://www.ibn.be/

Legislation

Arrêté royal of 23/01/2003 relating to cableway installations designed to carry passengers (Moniteur Belge 27/02/2003)

Additional information for Cyprus

Competent authority / competent bodies

Ypourgeio Sygkoinonion kai Ergon (Ministry of Communications and Works)

Acheon 28
CY-1421 Nicosia
Tel: (+357) 22 800 288
Fax: (+357) 22 776 266
Website: http://www.mcw.gov.cy

Standardisation body

Kypriakos Organismos Typopoiisis (Cyprus Organisation for Standardisation)

Corner of Leoforos Lemesou and Kosta Anaxagora 30
CY-2014 Nicosia
Tel: (+357) 22 411 411
Fax: (+357) 22 411 511
E-mail:
Website: http://www.cys.org.cy

Legislation

Regulation P.I. 74/2004, on the basic requirements for cableway installations for the carriage of passengers (EE 13/02/2004)

Additional information for the Czech Republic

Competent authority / competent bodies

Ministerstvo dopravy (Ministry of Transport)
Odbor drah, železniční a kombinované dopravy (Railway and Combined Transport Department)

Nábřeží Ludvíka Svobody 12/1222
P.O. Box 9
CZ-110 15 Praha
Tel: (+420) 225 131 111
Fax: (+420) 225 131 184
E-mail:
Website: http://www.mdcr.cz

Standardisation body

Český normalizační institut - ČNI (Czech Standards Institute)

Biskupský dvůr 5
CZ-110 02 Praha
Tel: (+420) 221 802 111
Fax: (+420) 221 802 301
E-mail:
Website: http://www.cni.cz

Notified bodies

http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newapproach/nando/index.cfm?fuseaction=directive.main

Legislation

·  Nařízení o technických požadavcích na zařízení pro dopravu osob (č. 70/2002 Sb.), 16.1.2002 (Law on Technical Requirements for Installations Designed to Carry People)

·  Zákon o technických požadavcích na výrobky (č. 22/1997 Sb.), 24.1.1997 (Law on Technical Requirements for Products)

Additional information for Denmark

Competent authority / competent bodies

Transport- og Energiministeriet (Ministry of Transport and Energy)

P.O. Box 9039
DK-1304 Copenhagen K
Tel: (+45) 3392 9100
Fax: (+45) 3393 2292
E-mail:
Website: http://www.fstyr.dk

Standardisation body

Dansk Standard (Danish Standards Association)

Kollegievej 6
DK-2920 Charlottenlund
Tel: (+45) 3996 6101
Fax: (+45) 3996 6102
E-mail:
Website: http://www.ds.dk

Legislation

BEK nr 177 af 14/03/2002. Order on cableways for the carriage of passengers

Additional information for Estonia

Competent authority / competent bodies

Majandus- ja Kommunikatsiooniministeerium (Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications)
Teede- ja raudteeosakond (Road and Railways Department)

Harju tn 11
EE-15072 Tallinn
Tel: (+372) 4865 732
Fax: (+372) 6313 660
E-mail:
Website: http://www.mkm.ee

Standardisation body

Eesti Standardikeskus MTÜ (Estonian Centre for Standardisation)

Aru 10
EE-10317 Tallinn
Tel: (+372) 6055 050
Fax: (+372) 6055 070
E-mail:
Website: http://www.evs.ee

Legislation

·  Toote nõuetele vastavuse tõendamise seadus - Product Conformity Attestation Act of 17/11/1999 (RT I 1999, 92, 825)

·  Lifti ja köistee ohutuse seadus - Lifts and Cableway Installation Safety Act of 22/05/2002 (RT I 2002, 50, 312)

·  Nõuded liftile, köisteele, alamsüsteemile ja ohutusseadisele, nende teabega varustamisele ja vastavusmärgi paigaldamisele - Regulation on the safety rules for lifts, cableways and safety components and their information supply and conformity emplacement of 01/07/2002 (RTL 2002, 77, 1196)

·  Lifti, alamsüsteemi ja ohutusseadise nõuetele vastavuse hindamise ja tõendamise kord ning nõuetele vastavuse hindamiseks vajalikud vastavushindamise protseduurid -Regulation on conformity asessment of lifts, subsystems and safety components (RTL 2002, 77, 1197)

Additional information for Finland

Competent authority / competent bodies

Likenne-ja Viestitäministeriö (Ministry of Transport and Communications)

P.O.Box 31
FI-00023
Tel: (+358) 9 160 02
Fax: (+358) 9 160 2859
E-mail:
Website: http://www.mintc.fi

Standardisation body

Suomen Standardisoimisliitto - SFS (Finnish Standards Association)

P.O.Box 116
FIN-00241 Helsinki
Tel: (+358) 9 149 9331
Fax: (+358) 9 146 4925
E-mail:
Website: http://www.sfs.fi

Notified bodies

http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newapproach/nando/index.cfm?fuseaction=directive.main

Legislation

Valtioneuvoston asetus henkilökuljetukseen tarkoitetuista köysiratalaitteistoista. Government Decree Relating to Cableway Installations Designated to Carry Passengers, implementing Directive 2000/9/EC of 4 April 2002, (Suomen säädöskokoelma 2002/253)

Additional information for France

Competent authority / competent bodies

Ministère des Transports, de l'Équipement, du Tourisme et de la Mer (Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Tourism and the Sea)
Direction Générale de la Mer et des Transports (Directorate-General for the Sea and Transport)
Grande Arche,paroi sud,
F-92055 La Défense Cedex
Tel: (+33) 1 40 81 21 22
Fax: (+33) 1 40 81 37 95
E-mail:
Website: http://www.transports.equipement.gouv.fr

Standardisation body

Association française de normalisation - AFNOR (French Standardisation Association)

11, rue Francis de Pressensé
F-93571 Saint-Denis la Plaine Cedex
Tel: (+33) 1 41 62 80 00 / 1 41 62 76 44
Fax: (+33) 1 49 17 90 00
E-mail:
Website: http://www.afnor.org/

Notified body

Service technique des remontées mécaniques et des transports guidés - STRMTG (Technical Service for ski lifts and tracked transport)

1461, rue de la Piscine
F-38400 Saint-Martin d´Hères
Tel: (+33) 4 76 63 78 78
Fax: (+33) 4 76 42 39 33
E-mail:
Website: http://www.strmtg.equipement.gouv.fr

Legislation

Décret nº 2003-426 of 09/05/2003 concerning the placing on the market of safety components and subsystems of cableways installations (J.O. of 11/05/2003)

Additional information for Germany

Competent authority / competent bodies

Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Bau und Stadtentwicklung - BMVBS (Federal Ministry of Transport, Construction and Urban Development)
Abteilung EW1 (Department EW1)
Invalidenstraße 44
DE-10115 Berlin
Tel: (+49) 30 2008 3060
Fax: (+49) 30 2008 1942
E-mail:
Website: http://www.bmvbs.de

Standardisation body

Deutsches Institut für Normung - DIN (German Standardisation Institute)

Burggrafenstraße 6
DE-10787 Berlin
Tel: (+49) 30 2601 0
Fax: (+49) 30 2601 1231
Website: http://www.din.de

Notified bodies

http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newapproach/nando/index.cfm?fuseaction=directive.main

Additional information for Greece

Competent authority / competent bodies

Ypourgeio Metaforon kai Epikoinonion (Ministry of Transport and Communications)

Anastaseos 2
GR-10191 Holargos
Tel: (+30) 210 650 8000
Fax: (+30) 210 650 8088
E-mail:
Website: http://www.yme.gov.gr

Standardisation body

Ellinikos Organismos Typopoiisis - ELOT (Hellenic Organization for Standardization)

Acharnon Street 313
GR-11145 Athens
Tel: (+30) 210 212 0100
Fax: (+30) 210 228 3034
E-mail:
Website: http://www.elot.gr

Additional information for Hungary

Competent authority / competent bodies

Gazdasági és Közlekedési Minisztérium - GKM (Ministry of Economy and Transport)

Honvéd u. 13-15
HU-1055 Budapest
Tel: (+36) 1 472 8661
Fax: (+36) 1 475 3435
Website: http://www.gkm.gov.hu

Standardisation body

Magyar Szabványügyi Testület - MSZT (Hungarian Standards Institution)

Üllői út 25.
HU-1091 Budapest
Tel: (+36) 1 456 6800
Fax: (+36) 1 456 6884
E-mail:
Website: http://www.mszt.hu

Legislation

·  A gazdasági és közlekedési miniszter 26/2003. (IV. 28.) GKM rendelete a kötélvontatású személyszállító vasutakról és az Országos Vasúti Szabályzat III. kötetének kiadásáról

·  104/2003. (XII.29.) GKM r. Egyes miniszteri rendeleteknek a csatlakozással összefüggésben szükséges módosításáról

·  1993. évi XCV. törvény a vasútról

Additional information for Ireland

Competent authority / competent bodies

Department of Transport
Public Transport
Bus Licensing and Railway Safety Division

Frederick Buildings, Sth. Frederick St.
Dublin 2
Ireland
Tel: (+353) 1 670 7444
E-mail:
Website: http://www.transport.ie

Standardisation body

National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI)

Glasnevin
Dublin 9
Ireland
Tel: (+353) 1 807 3800
Fax: (+353) 1 807 3838
E-mail:
Website: http://www.nsai.ie/

Legislation

European Communities (Cableway Installations Designed to Carry Persons) Regulations 2003 (S.I. No. 470 of 2003)

Additional information for Italy

Competent authority / competent bodies

Ministero dei Trasporti (Ministry of Transport)
Dipartimento per i trasporti terrestri (Department of Inland Transport)

Via Caraci, 36
I-00157 Roma
Tel: (+39) 06 415 86 649 / 06 415 86 650
Fax: (+39) 06 415 83 606
E-mail:
Website: http://www.infrastrutturetrasporti.it/

Standardisation body

Ente Nazionale Italiano di Unificazione - UNI (Italian National Standardisation Body)
Via Sannio, 2
I-20135 Milano
Tel: (+39) 02 700241
Fax: (+39) 02 7002 4375
E-mail:
Website: http://www.uni.com

Notified body

CERTRA S.R.L.

Via Negreli, 13
I-39100 Bolzano
Tel: (+39) 0471 050444
Fax: (+39) 0471 050445
E-mail:
Website: http://www.certra.it

Legislation

Decreto Legislativo No. 210 of 12/06/2003, implementing Directive 2000/9/CE relating to cableway installations designed to carry passengers (G.U. 184 of 09/08/2003)

Additional information for Latvia

Competent authority / competent bodies

Latvijas Republikas Satiksmes ministrija (Ministry of Transport and Communications of Republic of Latvia)

Gogoļa iela 3
LV-1743 Riga
Tel: (+371) 702 8300
Fax: (+371) 702 8304
E-mail:
Website: http://www.sam.gov.lv

Standardisation body

Latvijas standarts - LVS (Latvian Standards Ltd)

K. Valdemāra iela 157
LV-1013 Riga
Tel: (+371) 737 1308
Fax: (+371) 737 1324
E-mail:
Website: http://www.lvs.lv

Additional information for Lithuania

Competent authority / competent bodies

Lietuvos Respublikos Susisiekimo ministerija (Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Lithuania)

Gedimino pr. 17
LT-01505 Vilnius
Tel: (+370) 5 329 39 99
Fax: (+370) 5 202 43 35
E-mail:
Website: http://www.transp.lt

Standardisation body

Lietuvos Respublikos Aplinkos ministerija (Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania)
Lietuvos standatizacijos departamentas (Lithuanian Standards Board)

T. Kosciuškos g. 30
LT-01100 Vilnius
Tel: (+370) 5 212 62 52
Fax: (+370) 5 212 62 52
E-mail:
Website: http://www.lsd.lt

Additional information for Malta

Competent authority / competent bodies

Management authority and standardisation body

Ministry for Competitiveness and Communications
Malta Standards Authority - MSA
Consumer and Industrial Goods Directorate - CIGD

Evans Building
Merchants Street
MT-Valletta VLT 03
Tel: (+356) 21 255 545 / 21 242 420
Fax: (+356) 21 242 406
E-mail:
Website: http://www.msa.org.mt/cigd

Legislation

·  Cableway installations designed to carry persons (L.N. 333 of 12/11/2002)

·  Product Safety Act. (Government Gazette of Malta No. 17,052 09/02/2001)

Additional information for the Netherlands

Competent authority / competent bodies

Ministerie van Verkeer en Wasserstaat (Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management)
Directoraat-Generaal Personenvervoer (Directorate General for Passenger Transport)

P.O.Box 20901
NL-2500 EX The Hague
Tel: (+31) 70 351 61 71
Fax: (+31) 70 351 19 47
Website: http://www.minvenw.nl

Standardisation body

Nederlands Normalisatie-instituut - NEN (Netherlands' Standardisation Institute)

P.O.Box 5059
NL-2600 GB Delft
Tel: (+31) 15 269 03 90
Fax: (+31) 15 269 01 90
E-mail:
Website: http://www.nen.nl

Legislation

Wet kabelbaaninstallaties. Act on Cableway Installations of 5 February 2004 (Stb. 2004, 73)

Additional information for Poland

Competent authority / competent bodies