Cableways Impact Assessment Study - Final Report - saferail.nl

Risk & Policy Analysts
Option A3 (Recital 1 vs. clarification on mixed purpose installations) and as such they
are dealt with separately in this paragraph. The Czech cableway operators’
association, on the other hand, stated that they support the inclusion of installations
such as dry toboggan runs into the scope of the Directive as the current situation is
confusing for operators. Dry toboggan runs tend to be managed by the same
companies that operate ski lifts and these companies would welcome clarity and a
unified approach for all installations managed by them.
Consultation with manufacturers of dry toboggan runs and Alpine Coasters suggests
that these companies may in general not be in favour of inclusion of their products
into the scope of the Cableways Directive. Some of the potential problems that may
arise from the inclusion of these installations into the scope of the Cableways
Directive, raised in a consultation response from Josef Wiegand GmbH & Co. KG,
can be summarised as follows:
additional costs could have significant cost impacts on the manufacturer without
corresponding improvement in passenger safety;
should the whole installation be included into the scope of the Directive (as
opposed to the uphill part only), this would have negative impacts on passenger
safety as the Cableways Directive is said not to be suitable for the downhill part;
and
should only a part of the installation be included into the scope of the Cableways
Directive, this would result in one installation being regulated by two different
sets of (potentially contradictory) legal requirements.
Josef Wiegand GmbH & Co. KG further proposed that should these installations be
included into the scope of the Directive, it would be beneficial to amend Article 1(3)
of Cableways Directive so that a fourth category of cableways is established,
encompassing so-called ‘special cableway installations’. Modified technical solutions
for these installations could then be established within the framework of the Directive.
Impact on the Internal Market and Competition
As no systems that would be included into the scope of the Directive have been
identified, it is expected that the proposed options would have no impacts with
regards to consumer choice, competition, barriers for new suppliers and service
providers, anti-competitive behaviour or the emergence of monopolies and market
segmentation.
Impact on Competitiveness, Trade and Investment Flows
Minimal impacts on the global competitive position of EU firms, trade barriers and
investment flows are expected.
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