Cableways Impact Assessment Study - Final Report - saferail.nl

IA Study Concerning the Revision of the Cableways Directive
There is also no lack of trust in the CE mark (see Table 4.10), which in theory could
arise, for instance, due to some actors simply affixing the CE marking to their
products although these products do not fulfil the conditions for being CE marked.
Due to the fact that the major manufacturers of cableways are European
manufacturers, there are also no significant difficulties with the tracing of economic
operators (or indeed, products).
Table 4.10: In your opinion, is there a lack of trust in CE marking of safety components?
National Authorities
Notified Bodies
No. of Responses % of Responses No. of Responses % of Responses
Yes 1 5% 1 33%
No 20 95% 2 66%
TOTAL 21 100% 3 100%
Overall, while it is recognised (as shown in Table 4.11) that there are likely to be
benefits from clarifying the roles and responsibilities of economic operators in
accordance with the NLF, the majority (7 of 10) of national authorities also note that
the overall benefits of aligning the Directive with the NLF are unlikely to outweigh
the costs incurred (see Table 4.12).
Table 4.11: Are there likely to be particular benefits from clarifying the roles and
responsibilities of economic operators in accordance with the NLF?
National Authorities
Notified Bodies
No. of Responses % of Responses No. of Responses % of Responses
Yes 11 92% 3 75%
No 1 8% 1 25%
TOTAL 12 100% 4 100%
Table 4.12: Are the benefits (or cost savings) from alignment with the NLF likely to outweigh
any costs arising from this?
National Authorities
Notified Bodies
No. of Responses % of Responses No. of Responses % of Responses
Yes 3 30% 2 50%
No 7 70% 2 50%
TOTAL 10 100% 4 100%
Criteria for Notified Bodies
The majority of national authorities do not believe that there are problems with the
quality of the notified bodies involved with cableways, although a number of national
authorities have identified such problems, as shown in Table 4.13 below. The views
of the notified bodies were mixed. From this it can be deduced that while the quality
of most notified bodies is high, some believe that there are notified bodies whose
level of expertise with regard to cableways is not as high as that of some others.
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