TITLE IV: DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION OF TOURIST AREAS.

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….

Each inspection gives rise to a report indicating the non-conformities observed and the improvements to be made, which is sent by its author to the operator and to the Prefect within two months of the inspection. Within two months of receiving the report, the operator must inform the Prefect of the measures taken to ensure compliance with the safety objective mentioned in the first paragraph of article R. 342-12. If…

In order to check their state of operation and maintenance, ski lifts and moving walkways are subject to checks by the operator and inspections by the persons mentioned in article R. 342-14. For each type of installation, an order from the Minister for Transport specifies the procedures for these checks and inspections, as well as the procedures for informing the inspection services mentioned in article R. 342-8 beforehand. The operator…

The people who carry out the checks provided for in article R. 342-13 are independent of the owner, manufacturer and operator of the ski lift or conveyor belt.

From 1st January 2009, the persons mentioned in article R. 342-14 must first be approved by the technical service for ski lifts and guided transport. This approval is issued for a maximum of five years under the conditions set out in article R. 342-16.

The approvals referred to in articles R. 342-5 and R. 342-15 may stipulate that the work carried out by their beneficiaries is limited to certain categories of equipment and certain categories of checks. Approval may be suspended or withdrawn if it is found that one of the conditions under which it was issued is no longer met, or in the event of failure to comply with the regulations. This suspension…

Any modification likely to affect the safety of a ski lift or conveyor belt must be declared to the prefect at least one month before it is implemented. To this end, the project owner must send the Prefect a file describing the planned modification and including, where applicable, the safety report provided for in Article 8 of Regulation (EU) 2016/424 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9…

The Prefect is the competent State authority who may prescribe the implementation of one or more of the measures provided for in the second paragraph of III and IV of article L. 342-17 and, in the event of a persistent threat to safety, impose the suspension or cessation of operation of the ski lift or conveyor in question. If the fault found in one installation is likely to be found…

Articles R. 2241-8 to R. 2241-10, R. 2241-12 to R. 2241-15, R. 2241-17 and R. 2241-18, R. 2241-21 to R. 2241-26 and R. 2241-30, R. 2241-34 to R. 2241-36 are applicable to ski lift and conveyor services.

An order of the Minister responsible for transport may waive or derogate from the application of certain provisions of this subsection to cross-border ski lifts, provided that the legal framework for the operation of these installations is such as to guarantee an equivalent level of safety.