Cableways Installations Regulations (EU) 2016/424
Regulation (EU) 2016/424 lays down rules on the making available on the market and the free movement of subsystems and safety components for cableway installations. It also contains rules on the design, construction, and entry into service of new cableway installations.
The purpose of the EU legislation on cableways is to allow for the free movement of safety components and subsystems of cableway installations in the EU internal market while maintaining a uniform and high level of safety. This regulation was implemented into national legislation by virtue of subsidiary legislation 427.98 Cableways Installations (Implementing) Regulations.
Definition
A ‘cableway installation’ means a whole on-site system, consisting of infrastructure and subsystems, which is designed, constructed, assembled, and put into service with the objective of transporting persons, where the traction is provided by cables positioned along the line of travel.
Scope
Regulation (EU) 2016/424 applies to:
- New cableway installations designed to transport persons
- Modifications of cableway installations requiring a new authorization
- Subsystems and safety components for cableway installations
Exclusions
This Regulation does not apply to:
- Lifts covered by Directive 2014/33/EU
- Historic, cultural, or heritage installations in service before 1 January 1986
- Installations for agricultural or forestry purposes
- Mountain shelter cableways for goods and designated persons
- Leisure and amusement park rides
- Mining and industrial installations
- Installations where users or their carriers are waterborne
Additional Information
More information on Cableways Installations can be found here.
The list of Notified Bodies designated for Regulation (EU) 2016/424 can be found here.