00/9/EC - Cableway installations designed to carry persons
Directive 2000/9/EC establishes harmonized safety and health requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons, such as funicular railways, cable cars, gondolas, chairlifts, and drag lifts. Its aim is to ensure a uniform level of safety, streamline market access, and avoid technical and regulatory barriers across Member States. The Directive mandates compliance with essential health and safety requirements throughout the design, manufacture, installation, and operation phases, applying to new installations and significant modifications of existing ones. It introduces requirements for safety components and subsystems, conformity assessments, and CE marking to certify compliance. The Directive also emphasizes the necessity of European harmonized standards and defines roles and responsibilities for manufacturers, contractors, and national authorities. Environmental effects and sustainable tourism development must also be considered. It excludes certain installations like lifts covered by other directives, agricultural and industrial cableways, and amusement park equipment. The overall goal is to guarantee user safety and facilitate the free movement of cableway installations and components within the European Union.
Purpose
Directive 2000/9/EC aims to harmonize the essential safety, health, environmental, and consumer protection requirements applicable to cableway installations designed to carry persons. These cableway installations include systems primarily used in mountain tourist resorts (such as funicular railways, cable cars, gondolas, chairlifts, and drag lifts) and urban transport cable installations. The Directive intends to facilitate the free movement of cableway installations within the European Union while ensuring a high uniform level of safety across Member States, reducing technical and administrative barriers, and enhancing competitiveness and consumer confidence. It covers design, manufacture, assembly, commissioning, and operation phases related to cableway installations.
Key Obligations
- Essential Requirements: All cableway installations and their components must comply with specified essential safety and health requirements, taking into account the state of the art and economic/technical feasibility.
- Harmonized Standards: Compliance can be presumed by adhering to harmonized European standards published in the Official Journal of the European Communities; otherwise, national standards or other technical specifications may apply.
- Conformity Assessment: Safety components need CE marking indicating conformity with this Directive and related legislation. Subsystems require a declaration of conformity, although not necessarily CE marking.
- Approval and Inspection: Member States must ensure that installation designs, manufacturing, and commissioning stages undergo appropriate inspections to verify compliance.
- Quality Assurance: Adoption of a community-wide approach to quality assurance, including safety analysis to identify components critical to safety.
- Environmental Considerations: Environmental impact assessments must be carried out in accordance with Directive 85/337/EEC when applicable, and considerations for sustainable tourism development should be taken into account.
- Coordination of Notified Bodies: Bodies responsible for conformity assessments must coordinate decisions closely, particularly in the absence of European specifications.
- Safeguard Clause: Member States retain responsibility for safety on their territories and can apply safeguard measures if new information shows risks despite the Directive.
- Recommendations on Operation: Although the Directive does not regulate operation, the Commission may issue recommendations on the safe operation of cableway installations within Member States.
- Modifications: Modifications to existing installations requiring authorization must comply with the Directive’s essential requirements.
Affected Products and Actors
Products:
- Cableway installations designed to carry persons, including:
- Funicular railways and other cable traction-based vehicles.
- Cable cars, gondolas, chair lifts.
- Drag lifts for skiers or other users dragged by cables.
- Subsystems and safety components integral to these installations.
- Cableway installations designed to carry persons, including:
Actors:
- Manufacturers: Required to design and produce cableway installations and components according to the Directive and applicable standards.
- Main Contractors: Commission construction of complete installations and specify technical characteristics.
- Notified Bodies: Assess conformity of safety components and subsystems.
- Competent National Authorities: Responsible for inspection, approval, and surveillance.
- Operators: Although not directly regulated, are subject to recommendations to maintain operational safety.
- Users: Persons transported by cableway installations throughout the EU, whose safety is protected under the Directive.
Exemptions: Some installations are excluded, such as lifts (Directive 95/16/EC), cable-operated tramways of traditional construction, agricultural installations, amusement park equipment, mining or industrial site installations, cable-operated ferries, rack railways, and chain-driven installations.
Implementation Timeline
- Entry into Force: The Directive applies as of its effective date to cableway installations built and put into service from that date onwards.
- Application to Existing Installations: Existing installations and those under construction prior to the Directive’s application must comply with it if they undergo modifications that require new authorization or if Member States decide so for safety reasons.
- Harmonized Standards Publication: Publication of harmonized standards references in the Official Journal guides conformity assessment and compliance.
- Compliance and Marking: Compliance procedures and CE marking requirements become mandatory immediately for new products and components placed on the market after the Directive enters into force.
- Committee and Regulatory Updates: Ongoing regulatory implementation and coordination efforts through specified committees and standardization bodies ensure continued harmonization and technical updates.
This Directive establishes a comprehensive legal framework for safety in cableway installations carrying persons across the European Union, balancing safety with market harmonization objectives.
This Directive applies to cableway installations designed to carry persons, including funicular railways, cable cars (such as gondolas and chair lifts), and drag lifts, where suspension or traction is provided by cables. It covers installations built and put into service from the Directive's entry into force, as well as subsystems and safety components placed on the market from that date. The Directive does not apply to lifts covered by Directive 95/16/EC, traditional cable-operated tramways, agricultural installations, fairground or amusement park equipment, mining or industrial on-site installations, cable-operated ferries, rack railways, or chain-driven installations. Its aim is to harmonize health and safety requirements to ensure that cableway installations provide a high level of safety for users and operating personnel across the EU, facilitating free movement of goods and services while accommodating technical, environmental, and regional considerations.
Die Richtlinie 2000/9/EG regelt Seilbahnen für den Personenverkehr in der Europäischen Union. Sie umfasst Anlagen wie Standseilbahnen, Seilschwebebahnen, Kabinen- und Sesselbahnen sowie Schleppaufzüge, die Personen sicher befördern sollen. Ziel ist die Harmonisierung der grundlegenden Sicherheits- und Gesundheitsanforderungen, um eine einheitliche Qualität und sichere Nutzung in allen Mitgliedstaaten zu gewährleisten und den freien Warenverkehr zu erleichtern. Die Richtlinie definiert Sicherheitsbauteile, Teilsysteme und Qualitätsanforderungen für Planung, Bau, Montage und Betrieb. Sie verlangt die Einhaltung harmonisierter technischer Spezifikationen und Konformitätsbewertungsverfahren, einschließlich CE-Kennzeichnung von Sicherheitsbauteilen. Die Mitgliedstaaten sind für die Sicherheitsaufsicht zuständig, wobei grenzüberschreitende Aspekte berücksichtigt werden. Bestehende Anlagen und Umbauten müssen den Vorgaben angepasst werden, sofern dies eine neue Genehmigung erfordert. Für den Betrieb gibt die Kommission Empfehlungen zum Schutz von Benutzern, Personal und Dritten heraus. Die Richtlinie fördert Normung und einheitliche Kontroll- und Überprüfungsverfahren, um Wettbewerb, Sicherheit und Umweltschutz im Seilbahnbereich nachhaltig zu sichern.
Zweck
Die Richtlinie 2000/9/EG des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates vom 20. März 2000 zielt darauf ab, grundlegende Sicherheitsanforderungen für Seilbahnen im Personenverkehr festzulegen. Dies umfasst die Planung, den Bau, die Inbetriebnahme und den Betrieb von Seilbahnen, um ein hohes Schutzniveau für Nutzer, Personal und Dritte zu gewährleisten. Seilbahnen, die in Bergtourismusregionen, aber auch im urbanen Verkehr eingesetzt werden, sollen harmonisierte Sicherheitsregelungen erhalten, die sowohl grenzüberschreitend gelten als auch technische Innovationen ermöglichen.
Ein weiteres Ziel der Richtlinie ist die Beseitigung nationaler Vorschriften, die den europäischen Binnenmarkt durch uneinheitliche Sicherheits- und Zulassungsanforderungen behindern. Dadurch soll die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der Hersteller verbessert und der freie Verkehr der betreffenden Produkte im Binnenmarkt erleichtert werden.
Wesentliche Pflichten
Grundlegende Anforderungen: Seilbahnen, Teilsysteme und Sicherheitsbauteile müssen die grundlegenden Sicherheits- und Gesundheitsanforderungen erfüllen, die in der Richtlinie definiert sind.
Harmonisierung der Spezifikationen: Technische Spezifikationen für Seilbahnen sind möglichst durch harmonisierte europäische Normen oder andere Gemeinschaftsnormen zu definieren.
Konformitätsbewertung: Sicherheitsbauteile müssen einer Konformitätsbewertung unterzogen und ggf. mit einer CE-Kennzeichnung versehen werden. Für Teilsysteme sind Konformitätserklärungen erforderlich.
Qualitätssicherung: Hersteller müssen Qualitätssicherungssysteme für den Entwurf und die Herstellung von Sicherheitsbauteilen und Teilsystemen anwenden.
Überprüfung vor Inbetriebnahme: Mitgliedstaaten müssen Verfahren für die Überprüfung der Seilbahnen vor der Inbetriebnahme sicherstellen, um Einhaltung der Sicherheitsanforderungen zu garantieren.
Koordination auf Gemeinschaftsebene: Benannte Stellen, die Konformitätsbewertungsverfahren durchführen, sollen koordiniert arbeiten.
Beachtung des Umweltschutzes: Für Seilbahnen sind, falls erforderlich, auch Umweltverträglichkeitsprüfungen vorzunehmen, insbesondere im Rahmen anderer einschlägiger Richtlinien.
Empfehlungen zum Betrieb: Obwohl der eigentliche Betrieb nicht direkt Gegenstand der Richtlinie ist, sollen Mitgliedstaaten Empfehlungen zur Betriebssicherheit entwickeln.
Betroffene Produkte und Akteure
Geltungsbereich der Richtlinie:
- Seilbahnen im Personenverkehr, darunter:
- Standseilbahnen
- Seilschwebebahnen (Kabinen- und Sesselbahnen)
- Schleppaufzüge
- Seilbahnen im Personenverkehr, darunter:
Ausnahmen:
- Aufzüge nach Richtlinie 95/16/EG
- Seilbetriebene Straßenbahnen herkömmlicher Bauart
- Landwirtschaftliche Anlagen
- Freizeitgeräte (Jahrmarkt- oder Vergnügungsanlagen)
- Bergbauliche oder industrielle Seilbahnen
- Seilbetriebene Fähren und Zahnradbahnen
Akteure:
- Hersteller von Seilbahnen, Teilsystemen und Sicherheitsbauteilen
- Bauherren bzw. Auftraggeber der Seilbahnanlagen
- Benannte Stellen für Konformitätsbewertung
- Mitgliedstaaten und ihre zuständigen Behörden für Sicherheitsaufsicht und Betrieb
- Nutzer und Betreiber der Seilbahnen
Umsetzungszeitrahmen
- Die Richtlinie gilt für alle Seilbahnen, die ab dem Inkrafttreten der Richtlinie gebaut und in Betrieb genommen werden.
- Teilsysteme und Sicherheitsbauteile, die ab Inkrafttreten in Verkehr gebracht werden, unterliegen ebenfalls den neuen Anforderungen.
- Bereits genehmigte Seilbahnen, deren Bau vor Inkrafttreten begonnen oder noch nicht begonnen ist, müssen die Anforderungen erfüllen, sofern die Mitgliedstaaten keine Ausnahme mit gleichwertigem Schutzniveau genehmigen.
- Umbauten an bestehenden Seilbahnen unterliegen den Anforderungen, sofern eine neue Betriebsgenehmigung notwendig ist.
- Für bestehende Anlagen wird keine umfassende Nachrüstung verlangt, es sei denn, es bestehen erhebliche Sicherheitsbedenken. In diesem Fall sind Empfehlungen der Kommission an die Mitgliedstaaten vorgesehen.
Die Mitgliedstaaten sind verpflichtet, die Richtlinie zeitnah in nationales Recht umzusetzen und die dafür erforderlichen Maßnahmen zu ergreifen. Zudem soll auf europäischer Ebene ein Koordinierungsausschuss eingesetzt werden, um die Umsetzung und Anwendung der Richtlinie zu überwachen.
Die Richtlinie 2000/9/EG gilt für Seilbahnen, die für den Personenverkehr vorgesehen sind. Dazu zählen unter anderem Standseilbahnen, Seilschwebebahnen einschließlich Kabinen- und Sesselbahnen sowie Schleppaufzüge. Seilbahnen dienen primär dem Transport von Personen und kommen vor allem in touristischen Bergregionen, aber auch in städtischen Verkehrssystemen zum Einsatz. Die Richtlinie umfasst Anlagen, die ab Inkrafttreten der Richtlinie gebaut und in Betrieb genommen werden, sowie Teilsysteme und Sicherheitsbauteile, die in Verkehr gebracht werden. Sie gilt nicht für Aufzüge, traditionelle seilbetriebene Straßenbahnen, landwirtschaftliche Anlagen, feststehende oder verfahrbare Jahrmarktgeräte, bergbauliche Anlagen, seilbetriebene Fähren, Zahnradbahnen oder kettengezogene Anlagen. Ziel ist die Harmonisierung der Sicherheitsanforderungen, um den freien Warenverkehr zu erleichtern und die Sicherheit für Benutzer und Personal zu gewährleisten.
La directive 2000/9/CE établit des exigences essentielles harmonisées pour les installations à câbles transportant des personnes, telles que funiculaires, téléphériques, télécabines, télésièges et téléskis, utilisées principalement dans les stations touristiques de montagne mais aussi en milieu urbain. Son objectif est d’assurer un niveau élevé de sécurité, de protection de la santé, de l’environnement et des consommateurs, tout en facilitant la libre circulation des produits et la compétitivité dans le marché intérieur. La directive couvre la conception, la construction, la mise en service et l’exploitation de ces installations, ainsi que les sous-systèmes et constituants de sécurité, définissant des procédures uniformes d’évaluation de la conformité, dont l’apposition du marquage CE pour les constituants de sécurité. Elle prévoit aussi des normes européennes harmonisées pour faciliter cette conformité. En outre, elle souligne la nécessité d’une surveillance stricte, d’une analyse globale des risques et de recommandations visant à garantir la sécurité des usagers et du personnel. Les installations existantes doivent s’adapter aux nouvelles exigences en cas de modifications importantes.
Objet
La directive 2000/9/CE du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 20 mars 2000 établit les règles harmonisées concernant les installations à câbles transportant des personnes. Elle vise à garantir un niveau élevé de sécurité, de santé, de protection de l’environnement et des consommateurs pour ces installations, lesquelles incluent notamment les funiculaires, téléphériques, télécabines, télésièges et téléskis. L’objectif principal est d’éliminer les différences significatives entre les législations nationales qui peuvent freiner la libre circulation des matériels et limiter la compétitivité dans ce secteur, tout en assurant la sécurité des usagers sur l’ensemble du territoire européen.
Obligations principales
Respect des exigences essentielles de sécurité et de santé : les installations, leurs sous-systèmes et constituants de sécurité doivent répondre à des critères harmonisés qui garantissent la protection des personnes et de l’environnement.
Conformité aux normes européennes harmonisées : le respect des normes harmonisées définies par les organismes CEN et Cenelec suppose la présomption de conformité aux exigences essentielles.
Évaluation de la conformité : les constituants de sécurité doivent faire l’objet d’une procédure d’évaluation de conformité selon les modules mentionnés dans la décision 93/465/CEE, avec apposition obligatoire du marquage CE.
Gestion des sous-systèmes : bien que le marquage CE ne soit pas requis pour les sous-systèmes, une déclaration de conformité fondée sur une évaluation rigoureuse est obligatoire avant mise en service.
Procédures uniformes de contrôle et de vérification : les États membres doivent appliquer des procédures communes pour l’agrément, la mise en service et la surveillance des installations.
Surveillance pendant l’exploitation : même si l’exploitation elle-même n’est pas régie directement par la directive, il est recommandé aux États membres de prendre des mesures pour assurer la sécurité des usagers et du personnel.
Interopérabilité et libre circulation : la directive entend faciliter la libre circulation des produits et des technologies par une reconnaissance mutuelle des évaluations de conformité, réduisant ainsi les coûts et délais pour les fabricants.
Clause de sauvegarde : les États membres conservent la responsabilité ultime sur la sécurité sur leur territoire et peuvent, sous conditions, adopter des mesures particulières.
Produits et acteurs concernés
Installations à câbles transportant des personnes : comprennant plusieurs types d’équipements conçus pour transporter les personnes à l’aide de câbles situés le long du parcours. Cela inclut :
Les funiculaires et installations similaires (véhicules portés par des roues ou autres dispositifs et tirés par câbles) ;
Les téléphériques, télécabines, télésièges (véhicules portés et/ou mus par un ou plusieurs câbles) ;
Les téléskis (câbles tirant des usagers équipés de matériel adéquat).
Constituants de sécurité : tout élément ou système matériel ou immatériel (y compris logiciels) intégré dans l’installation et dont la défaillance pourrait présenter un risque pour la sécurité.
Maître d’installation : toute personne physique ou morale pour laquelle une installation est réalisée et qui est responsable de ses cahiers des charges incluant les spécifications techniques en référence aux normes européennes.
Organismes notifiés : entités chargées d’effectuer l’évaluation de conformité des constituants et sous-systèmes, devant coordonner leurs décisions à l’échelle communautaire.
Calendrier de mise en œuvre
La directive s’applique aux installations construites et mises en service à partir de son entrée en vigueur.
Les sous-systèmes et constituants de sécurité mis sur le marché à compter de cette date doivent respecter les exigences harmonisées.
Pour les installations existantes, la mise en conformité n’est pas systématiquement exigée, sauf en cas de modifications significatives nécessitant une nouvelle autorisation de mise en service, où les exigences essentielles doivent alors être remplies.
En cas d’innovation technologique au sein des installations nouvelles, une procédure spécifique permettant l’adaptation sous réserve du respect des exigences essentielles est prévue.
La Commission européenne s’engage à publier des recommandations pour assurer un niveau de sécurité uniforme, notamment lors de modifications ou adaptations spécifiques des installations existantes.
Cette directive vise à harmoniser le cadre réglementaire européen des installations à câbles transportant des personnes afin d’assurer à la fois la sécurité des usagers et la compétitivité du secteur au sein du marché intérieur.
La directive 2000/9/CE s'applique aux installations à câbles transportant des personnes, conçues, construites, assemblées et mises en service pour ce transport. Elle couvre principalement les funiculaires, téléphériques (y compris télécabines et télésièges) et téléskis, utilisés majoritairement dans les stations touristiques de montagne, mais peut aussi concerner les installations urbaines. Elle vise les installations à câbles nouvelles, leurs sous-systèmes et constituants de sécurité mis sur le marché à partir de son entrée en vigueur. Cette directive établit des exigences essentielles harmonisées afin d'assurer la sécurité des personnes, la santé, la protection de l'environnement et des consommateurs, en tenant compte des spécificités techniques et économiques. Elle ne s'applique pas directement à l'exploitation des installations mais prévoit des recommandations aux États membres pour garantir la sécurité lors de l'utilisation. En cas de modifications importantes des installations existantes nécessitant une nouvelle autorisation, celles-ci doivent aussi respecter les exigences essentielles définies par la directive.
Direktiva 2000/9/ES ureja varnost žičniških naprav za prevoz oseb v Evropski uniji. Opredeljuje tehnične in varnostne zahteve za načrtovanje, izdelavo, montažo, obratovanje in vzdrževanje naprav, kot so vzpenjače, kabinske žičnice, sedežnice in vlečnice, ki se uporabljajo predvsem v gorskih in mestnih območjih. Cilj direktive je zagotoviti enotno raven varnosti za uporabnike, obratovalno osebje in tretje osebe ter olajšati prosti pretok blaga in storitev v Skupnosti. Direktiva določa obveznosti držav članic pri preverjanju skladnosti, izvajanju inšpekcij ter usklajevanju tehničnih standardov, ter vzpostavlja sistem označevanja CE za varnostne elemente. Prav tako uvaja obveznost varnostnih analiz in uskladitev standardov za zagotavljanje skladnosti s temeljnimi zahtevami varnosti. Direktiva ne posega v dejansko obratovanje naprav, ki je pod nadzorom držav članic, in omogoča prilagoditve za obstoječe naprave, če za to obstajajo tehtni razlogi. Namen je izboljšati varnost in konkurenčnost na trgu žičniških naprav.
Namen
Direktiva 2000/9/ES določa enotne zahteve za varnost žičniških naprav za prevoz oseb v Evropski uniji. Namen je zagotoviti varnost uporabnikov teh naprav med proizvodnjo, montažo, dajanjem v obratovanje in samim obratovanjem. Direktiva želi odpraviti razlike v nacionalnih predpisih, ki otežujejo prosti pretok žičniških naprav na notranjem trgu EU, hkrati pa ohranja visoko stopnjo varnosti za uporabnike in osebje. Cilj je tudi uskladiti postopke presoje, ocenjevanja skladnosti, in s tem povečati konkurenčnost proizvajalcev ter olajšati izmenjavo naprav med državami članicami.
Ključne obveznosti
- Usklajevanje varnostnih zahtev: Žičniške naprave morajo izpolnjevati temeljne zdravstvene in varnostne zahteve, določene v Direktivi (Priloga II).
- Presoja in varnostna analiza: Za nove naprave je obvezna varnostna analiza v skladu s Prilogo III, ki identificira varnostne elemente in tveganja.
- Standardizacija: Uporaba usklajenih evropskih standardov je priporočljiva, saj velja njihovo upoštevanje kot predpostavka skladnosti z zahtevami direktive.
- Postopki presoje skladnosti: Varnostni elementi in podsistemi morajo biti predmet presoje skladnosti preko ustreznih postopkov in inšpekcijskih pregledov pred začetkom obratovanja.
- Znak skladnosti CE: Varnostni elementi morajo imeti znak CE, ki potrjuje skladnost z direktivo in drugimi relevantnimi predpisi EU.
- Vključevanje glavnih izvajalcev: Glavni izvajalec je odgovoren za zagotovitev skladnosti z direktivo pri načrtovanju, izvedbi in obratovanju žičniške naprave.
- Sodelovanje držav članic: Države članice morajo zagotoviti ustrezno nacionalno zakonodajo in nadzor, hkrati pa ne smejo neupravičeno omejevati dajanja varnostnih elementov na trg.
Vrste izdelkov in vpleteni akterji
- Žičniške naprave: Vse naprave, ki prevažajo osebe z uporabo vrvi – to vključuje vzpenjače, kabinske žičnice (vključno z nihajnimi žičnicami), sedežnice in vlečnice.
- Varnostni elementi in podsistemi: Ključne komponente in sklopi, ki zagotavljajo varnost in so predmet presoje skladnosti.
- Glavni izvajalci: Fizične ali pravne osebe, ki naročijo gradnjo oziroma uvedbo žičniške naprave.
- Proizvajalci in zastopniki: Odgovorni so za izdelavo, uvajanje na trg in nameščanje znaka CE.
- Državni nadzorni organi: Odgovorni za izdajo dovoljenj, inšpekcijske preglede in nadzor skladnosti pred obratovanjem.
Iz direktive izhaja tudi, da se ne nanaša na nekatere naprave, kot so vlečnice v smislu Direktive 95/16/ES, tradicionalne tirne vzpenjače, naprave za kmetijske namene, rudarstvo, zabaviščne naprave ipd.
Časovni okvir implementacije
Directiva velja od začetka njene veljavnosti za vse nove žičniške naprave, ki so zgrajene in dane v obratovanje, ter za varnostne elemente in podsisteme, ki so dane na trg.
- Žičniške naprave, za katere je bilo že izdano dovoljenje, a gradnja še ni bila začeta, morajo prav tako izpolnjevati zahteve direktorive razen, če državne oblasti drugače ne odločijo ob zagotovitvi enake stopnje varstva.
- Za obstoječe naprave ni obvezno takojšnje izpolnjevanje novih zahtev, razen če pride do sprememb, ki zahtevajo novo dovoljenje ali če varnost ni ustrezna.
- Države članice morajo uskladiti svoja pravila in postopke najpozneje do roka, ki ga določijo za prenos direktive v svojo zakonodajo (običajno do 2002–2003).
Implementacija vključuje tudi vzpostavitev organov in odborov za nadzor in podporo Komisiji pri izvajanju direktive.
Direktiva 2000/9/ES s tem zagotavlja usklajen sistem zagotavljanja varnosti žičniških naprav z namenom povečanja mobilnosti, varnosti in konkurenčnosti znotraj EU, pri čemer se ohranja visoka stopnja zaščite uporabnikov in okolja.
Direktiva 2000/9/ES ureja žičniške naprave za prevoz oseb, ki so sestavljene iz več sestavnih delov in so konstruirane, izdelane, montirane ter dane v obratovanje za prevoz oseb z vozili ali vlečnimi napravami, ki jih nosi in/ali vlečejo vrvi vzdolž vozne trase. Sem spadajo vzpenjače, kabinske žičnice (vključno z nihajnimi žičnicami in sedežnicami) ter vlečnice. Uporabljajo se predvsem v visokogorskih turističnih središčih, lahko pa tudi v mestnih sistemih prevoza. Direktiva se uporablja za nove naprave, podsisteme in varnostne elemente ter za pomembne spremembe obstoječih naprav, če te zahtevajo novo dovoljenje. Izključene so naprave za kmetijske, industrijske in rudarske namene, sezonsko opremo na sejmih ali zabaviščih, tirne vzpenjače tradicionalne konstrukcije, trajekte na vrv in podobno. Namen direktive je zagotoviti visoko raven varnosti pri konstrukciji, dajanju v obratovanje in obratovanju teh naprav v državah članicah EU.
General Information
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This document specifies the safety requirements applicable to quality assurance for cableway installations designed to carry persons.
It sets out provisions for the procedures for quality assurance which supplement the requirements of the other standards cited in the foreword. It is applicable to the different cableway systems.
This document applies to suppliers of cableway installations designed to carry persons or of safety components for cableway installations designed to carry persons, regardless of whether or not they maintain a quality management system conforming to EN ISO 9001 certified by a certification body accredited in accordance with EN 45012.
The provisions of clause 4 apply in all cases.
In addition, if quality management systems are used, reference shall be made to EN ISO 9001.
For the case of suppliers who do not maintain any quality management system in accordance with EN ISO 9001, the provisions of this document are to be regarded as minimum requirements.
The requirements relating to the traceability of safety components, which are applicable to all suppliers, are intended to facilitate the recall or the investigation of components which threaten to endanger safety.
The requirements in this document are intended to ensure quality and do not replace the technical requirements in standards EN 1709, EN 1908, EN 1909, EN 12927 1, EN 12927 2, EN 12927 3, EN 12927-4, EN 12927 5, EN 12927 6, EN 12927 7, EN 12927 8, EN 12929 1, EN 12929 2, EN 12930, EN 12397, EN 13107, EN 13223, EN 13243, prEN 13796 1, prEN 13796-2 and prEN 13796-3, but supplement them.
This document is not applicable either to cableways for goods transport or to inclined lifts.
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This European Standard specifies the additional materials, manufacturing and testing requirements to those given in Part 1 for locked coil carrying ropes for cableway installations designed to carry persons.
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This European Standard specifies the additional materials, manufacturing and testing requirements to those given in Part 1 for stranded steel wire 'hauling' and 'carrying-hauling' ropes for cableway installations designed to carry persons.
The rope grade is limited to 1960.
Minimum breaking force values for the more common classes, sizes and grades of rope are provided in Tables 2, 3 and 4.
Stranded tension ropes and ski-tow ropes for surface lifts are covered by prEN 12385-4.
The additional hazards covered by this European Standard are identified in clause 4.
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This European Standard is applicable for travelators for leisure or winter sports use.
These requirements are applicable to travelators for the transport of passengers wearing snow-sliding devices or pedestrians wearing ski boots or heavy boots who may be carrying their snow-sliding devices for winter sports activities. For other uses, users shall wear suitable (enclosed and solid) footwear for travelators.
NOTE Snow-sliding devices include seated ski equipment for handicapped people.
This European Standard has been prepared on the basis of the automatic operation of these installations with no staff permanently present at the actual installation.
It covers requirements relating to the prevention of accidents and the safety of workers.
This European Standard covers all the significant hazards, hazardous situations and hazardous events specific to travelators, for leisure or winter sports activities, when they are used in conformity with the application for which they are intended, as well as for inappropriate applications which could be reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer (see Clause 4).
This European Standard does not apply either to moving walks as specified in EN 115 or to loading bands as specified in EN 1907.
This European Standard does not apply to travelators manufactured prior to the date of its publication as an EN.
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DIN - Translation / new Figure 8 and corresponding title
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This part of the technical report specifies safety recommendations applicable to the prevention and fighting of
fires in funicular railways not in tunnels, aerial ropeways and ski-tows that may endanger the health and safety
of persons.
With regard to funicular railways, these recommendations are applicable to those not running in a tunnel and
having a pathway alongside the track that does not allow passengers to exit the carrier in less than 5 min. For
funicular railways where evacuation of the carrier can be completed within 5 min, the same recommendations
may be applied in part according to the results of the safety analysis of the installation.
With regard to these problems of fire, it is essential to take organizational measures relating to operation, but
these are not covered in this report.
Requirements for aerial ropeways operating in a tunnel may also be based on CEN/TR 14819-1.
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TC - Replacing Figure A.1
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This European Standard specifies the safety requirements applicable to carriers for cableway installations for
passenger transportation. This standard is applicable to the various types of installations and takes into
account their environment.
This European Standard sets out the requirements to be met for fatigue tests for carriers of unidirectional
monocable aerial ropeways of capacity not greater than 16 persons according to 6.3.3.1 of Part 1 of this
standard..
This standard does not apply to installations for the transportation of goods nor to inclined lifts.
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This European Standard specifies the safety requirements applicable to carriers for cableway installations designed to carry persons. This standard is applicable to the various types of installations and takes into account their environment.
This Part describes the requirements to be met when testing the slipping resistance of grips clamped
- on the haulage or carrying hauling rope of carriers of monocable or bicable aerial ropeways with fixed or detachable grips, covered by 7.4 of Part 1 of this standard;
- on the towing rope of ski-tows with fixed grips, covered by 7.6.2 of Part 1 of this standard.
It does not apply to installations for the transportation of goods nor to inclined lifts.
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This document defines general terms used in the safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons.
The document concerns terms used in the design, manufacture, erection, maintenance and operation of the installations and is restricted to:
- those terms which form part of the vocabulary specific to these installations;
- those terms, whether scientific, technical or in every day use, which have a particular meaning in this field or which it appears necessary to define in greater detail.
The terms apply both to a particular installation and to their components.
Terms which are specific to standards which are listed in the foreword are defined in each of these standards.
This document does not apply to installations for the transportation of goods, nor to inclined lifts.
In the application of this document, the following definitions are applicable and have been given the reference numbers below.
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This part of EN 12927 specifies the safety requirements for the storage, transportation, installation and tensioning of ropes for installations for the transportation of passenger by rope.
It also includes the requirements for adjusting, measuring and recording the condition of the rope during and on completion of the installation.
It provides the safety requirements and measures to reduce the effect of hazards to the rope and possible hazards from the rope to persons and equipment during these operations.
It does not apply to installations for the transportation of goods, nor to inclined lifts.
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This part of EN 12927 specifies the safety requirements applicable for safety factors for steel wire ropes (tensile safety factor, bending ratio and transverse force factors) for installations for passenger transportation by rope. This standard is applicable to the various types of installations and takes into account their environment.
This part of EN 12927 does not apply to brake ropes.
Some requirements concern synthetic ropes.
The requirements relating to the protection of workers are not included in this standard.
It does not apply to ropes for installations used for the transportation of goods, nor to inclined lifts.
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This European Standard defines safety requirements for tensioning devices used in installations for passenger transportation by rope. Its requirements are to be met taking into account the different types of installations and their environments. This document applies to the design, manufacture, installation, maintenance and operation of rope tensioning devices and anchorages for cableways intended for passenger transportation. It includes requirements relative to the prevention of accidents and the protection of workers. It does not apply either to installations for the transport of goods or to inclined lifts.
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This part of EN 12927 specifies the safety requirements applicable to end fixings of steel wire ropes for installations for passenger transportation by rope. This standard is applicable to the various types of installations and takes into account their environment.
This part of EN 12927 applies to the following types of end fixing when used in installations for passenger transportation by ropes in conformity with EN 12927-1.
- filled socket;
- clamp socket;
- drum;
- bolted clamp;
- wedge socket;
- spliced eye;
- gripped eye;
- ferrule secured eye;
- lever winch.
Taking its scope into account, it does not include requirements relating to the prevention of accidents and the protection for workers.
It does not apply to installations for the transportation of goods, nor to inclined lifts.
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This European Standard specifies safety requirements for mechanical devices for installations for passenger transportation by rope. This standard is applicable to the various types of installations and takes into account their environment. This document applies to the design, production, installation, maintenance and operation of mechanical devices for cableways and draglifts for passenger transport. It also contains specifications relating to accident prevention and the protection of employees. It does not apply to installations for the transportation of goods, nor to included lifts.
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This document specifies additional safety requirements for reversible bicable aerial ropeways without carrier
truck brakes. This standard is applicable to the various types of installations and takes into account their
environment.
It contains:
.additional requirements relating to the integrity of the haul rope loop;
.additional requirements intended to prevent specific operational incidents;
.requirements concerning the attachment of the carriers to the haul rope.
It does not apply to installations for the transportation of goods, nor to inclined lifts.
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This European Standard specifies the safety requirements applicable for calculations for installations for passenger transportation by rope. Its requirements are to be met taking into account the various types of installations systems and their environment. This standard contains: - general requirements for calculations and their presentation, - general requirements relating to the actions to be taken into account in the calculation, of the components as a basis for the requirements of the standards.
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This European Standard specifies the safety requirements applicable to the operation for installations for passenger transportation by rope. Its requirements are to be met by taking into account the various types installations systems and their environment. This standard applies to the operation of an installation and to the passenger transport conditions.
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This part of EN 12927 specifies the minimum requirements of MRT equipment and procedures for use in the examination of steel wire ropes used on cableways for passenger transport.
Performance requirements and testing of MRT equipment and qualification of personnel engaged in carrying out MRT are also included.
This part of EN 12927 does not include requirements relating to the protection of workers.
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Tha aim of this European standard is to establish the rules to the pre- commissioning inspection, maintenance and operational checks of installations for passenger transportation by rope. Its requirements will be observed taking into account the various systems and their respective environment. It includes requirements relating to worker protection. It does not apply to installations for the transportation of goods by rope or to inclined lifts. This standard doesnot deal with acceptance testing prior to opening to the public.
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This part of EN 12927 specifies the safety requirements applicable to maintaining, inspecting and repairing steel wire ropes and their related installations for passenger transportation by rope. It is essential to meet its requirements taking into account the various types of installation systems and their environment.
Some requirements concern synthetic ropes.
Requirements relating to the protection of workers are not included in this part of EN 12927.
This part does not apply to installations for transportation of goods, nor to inclined lifts.
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This document specifies the safety requirements applicable to civil engineering works for installations for passenger transportation by rope. It is essential that its requirements are met by taking into account the various types of installations and their environment.
It includes requirements relating to the prevention of accidents and the protection of workers.
It does not apply to installations for transportation of goods by rope nor to inclined lifts.
This document is applicable to:
- new cableways ;
- alterations of existing cableways as far as the safety of civil engineering works or part of it is involved.
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This part of EN 12929 specifies the safety requirements for general requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons. These requirements are applied to the various types of installations and their environment.
This document defines general technical characteristics and prescribes design principles and general safety requirements.
It does not deal with details of operation and maintenance, nor with calculations and detailed requirements for the manufacture of components.
This Part 1 does not deal with special requirements applicable to bicable reversible aerial ropeways without carrier truck brakes, which are the subject of Part 2.
It includes requirements relating to the prevention of accidents and the protection of workers.
It does not apply to cableways for the transportation of goods, nor to inclined lifts.
1.2 General principles
1.2.1 Stringent safety requirements are of the utmost importance for the design, construction, installation, maintenance and operation of cableway installations designed to carry persons.
The design, construction, installation, maintenance and operation of cableways shall only be entrusted to contractors and experts who have the necessary knowledge and experience and who can ensure careful execution of the installation and proper management of the operation.
All the components shall be calculated exactly, be of a good mechanical and electrical design and be manufactured from adequate, defect-free materials possessing the required characteristics.
1.2.2 All components shall be kept in working order and in good condition. Reference is also made to prEN 1709 and prEN 12397.
1.2.3 In addition to the European Standards specific to cableway installations, the relevant European specifications shall be used for the design, construction, installation, maintenance and operation of cableways.
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This part of EN 12927 specifies the safety requirements applicable to the selection criteria for ropes and their end fixings for installations for passenger transportation by rope. Its requirements are to be met taking into account the various types installations systems and their environment.
This part of EN 12927 provides guidance on the selection of ropes and their end fixing for use on cableways.
It does not apply for transportation of goods nor to inclined lifts.
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This part of EN 12927 specifies the safety requirements applicable to discard criteria for steel ropes for passenger transportation by rope. This standard is applicable to the various types of installations and takes into account their environment.
This part of EN 12927 applies to all types of ropes and end fixing used in cableways for passenger transport.
Some requirements concern synthetic ropes.
Requirements relating to the protection of workers are not included in this part of EN 12927.
This part of EN 12927 is not applicable to installations for the transportation of goods nor to inclined lifts.
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The aim of this European Standard is to define the safety requirements which apply to the recovery of the carriers and to the evacuation of the passengers of cable ways. Its requirements shall be observed, taking into account the different installation systems and their environment. They do not apply to ski-tows. This standard establishes the requirements relating to the methods and equipment to be used to ensure the safety of passengers on cablewaysin the event of an extended stoppage of the installation.
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This document specifies safety requirements for electrical devices, apart for those in drive systems, for cableway
installations designed to carry persons. This standard is applicable to the various types of installations and takes
into account their environment.
Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) is not covered in this document; cableways and their components should
comply with general requirements for EMC.
For electrical devices which are parts of drive systems, the requirements of those sections of EN 13223 listed in its
scope as relating to drive systems should be observed.
This standard contains requirements for prevention of accidents and protection of workers.
This standard does not apply to cableways for transportation of goods or to inclined lifts.
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This part of CEN/TR 14819 specifies safety recommendations applicable to the prevention and fighting of fires in funicular railways in tunnels that may endanger the health and safety of persons.
This part of CEN/TR 14819 covers the design, manufacture, construction, maintenance and operation of all funicular railways running in tunnels of length greater than 300 m or where the evacuation zones are more than 300 m apart, an evacuation zone being comparable to a station from the point of view of protecting passengers against fire risks. Tunnels with these characteristics are called "long tunnels" in the following.
For shorter tunnels, some of the same measures could be applied depending on the results of the installation safety study and taking account particularly of the number of passengers and the width of the evacuation passage.
With regard to these fire problems, it is essential to take organizational measures relating to operation, but these are not covered in this document
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This European Standard specifies the safety requirements applicable to carriers for cableway installations designed to carry persons. This standard is applicable to the various types of installations and takes into account their environment.
It includes requirements relating to the prevention of accidents and the protection of workers.
This standard does not apply to installations for the transportation of goods nor to inclined lifts.
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This part of EN 12927 specifies the safety requirements applicable to long splicing of steel wires 6 strand hauling, carrying-hauling and towing ropes for installations for passenger transportation by rope. This standard is applicable to the various types installations systems and their environment.
This part of EN 12927 applies to the requirements for the long splicing, repair and shortening of hauling and carrying hauling ropes that meet the requirements of EN 12385 8.
This part of EN 12927 does not apply to installations for the transportation of goods, nor to inclined lifts.
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This European prestandard defines general terms used in the safety requirements for passenger transportation by rope. This prestandard concerns terms used in the design, manufacture, erection, maintenance and operation of the installations and is restricted to: - those terms which form part of the vocabulary specific to these installations; and - those terms, whether scientific, technical or in every day use, which have a particular meaning in this field or which it appears necessary to define in greater detail.
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Frequently Asked Questions
An EU Directive is a legislative act of the European Union that sets out goals that all EU member states must achieve. However, it is up to each member state to devise their own laws on how to reach these goals through national transposition. Directives are used to harmonize laws across the EU, particularly for the functioning of the single market.
Directive 00/9/EC covers "Cableway installations designed to carry persons". There are 32 standards associated with this directive.
Harmonized standards under 00/9/EC are European standards (ENs) developed by CEN, CENELEC, or ETSI in response to a mandate from the European Commission. When these standards are cited in the Official Journal of the European Union, products manufactured in conformity with them benefit from a presumption of conformity with the essential requirements of 00/9/EC, facilitating CE marking and free movement within the European Economic Area.