When they choose to submit their safety management system to periodic inspection under the conditions set out in article R. 342-12-2, operators must inform the Prefect. They shall have an initial inspection carried out within a maximum of six months of this notification.
Periodic inspections are compulsory for operators with more than the number of cable cars, funicular railways or rack railways set by order of the Minister for Transport. Any operator newly subject to this obligation must have its safety management system audited for the first time within a maximum period of six months from the date on which it begins to operate installations exceeding the threshold set by this order.