Cableways Impact Assessment Study - Final Report - saferail.nl

Risk & Policy Analysts
A1. CONSULTATION CARRIED OUT FOR MODULE 1
In order to explore issues relating to competitiveness and to the impact of the
Directive, we undertook direct communication with stakeholders. We have held
discussions (or more specifically, received responses to our emails and questionnaires
and/or held semi-structured interviews) with the key manufacturers of cableways,
subsystems and safety components, national authorities, notified bodies and cableway
operators.
Consultation with Manufacturers
Components
of Cableways, Subsystems and Safety
In total, more than 100 manufacturers of cableways, subsystems and safety
components were contacted with requests to participate in this study. Following
initial requests for interview sent by email, companies received reminder email and in
the case of cableway manufacturers, we followed up with telephone calls in English,
German, French, Italian, and Czech. In general, we have encountered some resistance
by some companies to be involved in the project; some of these politely declined for
reasons of lack of time, while others provided no reason. The feedback from
companies involved in the manufacture of safety components and subsystems has
been particularly low, with the exception of rope manufacturers.
We received written feedback or held telephone interviews with a total of 15
companies, including nine manufacturers of cableways and six manufacturers of
subsystems and/or safety components. We held discussions with major groups
manufacturing cableways (interviews have been held with Doppelmayr, Garaventa,
Leitner, and Poma). In addition, we have held interviews with two SME cableway
manufacturers, and two companies which at the time of the interview did not
manufacture cableways within the scope of the Cableways Directive.
Consultation with Cableway Operators
Cableway operators were consulted via the International Federation of Skilift
Operators (FIANET) with whom we held a conference call. Additional input was also
received from six national associations of cableways operators (Austria, France,
Germany, Finland, Slovenia and Switzerland).
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