Cableway

National legislation

Cableway Act
Official Gazette, No. 96/2018 
 

EU legislation

Regulation (EU) 2016/424 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on cableway installations and repealing Directive 2000/9/EC (Text with EEA relevance)

Scope of national rule

(1) This Act shall apply to cableway installations designed for transport of persons.

(2) This Act does not apply to:

1. lifts which permanently connect the levels of buildings and are intended for the transport of persons, persons and cargo or only cargo
2. facilities intended for agricultural or forestry purposes
3. cableways for the service of mountain shelters and houses intended only for the transport of goods or specially designated persons
4. fixed or portable equipment designed exclusively for recreation and entertainment and not as a mean of transport for persons (zip lines, descents and similar equipment)
5. mining installations or other stationary industrial installations used for industrial activities and facilities in which users or vehicles are transported by water.

Main requirements that the business user needs to know about

This Act regulates issues related to cableways that include the construction of new cableways, granting concessions in the field of cableways, provisions on the head manager and manager of cableways and technical staff, requirements for operation and maintenance of cableways, provisions on safety analysis, issuance of cableways and peer technical inspection of the cableway and provisions on inspections and violations, notification of the conformity assessment body and other issues related to the cableway.

National legislation

Ordinance on technical conditions for safe operation of cableways in operation and maintenance of subsystems and safety components of cableways
Official Gazette, No. 76/2019

Scope of national rule

Article 3

(1) The provisions of Chapters I, II, III, IV, V and Annexes to this Ordinance shall apply to cableway installations in operation.

(2) The provisions of Chapters I, II, IV, V and Annex I to this Ordinance shall apply to subsystems and safety components placed on the market and installed in new cableways and in cableway in operation after the entry into force of this Ordinance.

(3) As an exception to paragraph 1 of this Article, if the provisions of Chapter III. of this Ordinance, contrary to the documentation referred to in Article 265, paragraph 2 of this Ordinance, the requirements of the relevant documentation shall apply.

Main requirements that the business user needs to know about

Article 1.

This Ordinance prescribes the minimum technical requirements for the safe operation of cableways and the maintenance of subsystems and safety components of cableways.

National legislation

Ordinance on the method of performing the peer technical inspection (PTI) of the cableway and the layout and content of the report on the performed technical inspection
Official Gazette, No. 46/2019

Scope of national rule

(1) PTI includes visual inspection of buildings and their elements, visual inspection and functional testing of all mechanical equipment, all carriers with suspension and accessories, all safety functions and signaling and safety devices, mobile evacuation equipment and additional visual inspections of protective structures, networks and obstacles and route patency.

(2) The PTI may be complete or partial.

(3) A complete PTI shall be carried out on the cableway before the start of operation and the issuance of a permit for the operation of a new cableway and at least once a year complete PTI is prefomed.

Main requirements that the business user needs to know about

Article 1

(1) This Ordinance determines the method of performing the technical inspection (hereinafter: PTI) of the cableway, the layout and content of the minutes of the PTI applicable to the procedure before the start of operation and issuance of approval for operation of the new cableway and then annually and after major modifications or emergencies on the cableway and a list of PTI compliance documents proving that the cableway meets safety and general requirements.

Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure
Email: infrastruktura.zeljeznice@mmpi.hr
Phone: +385 1 6169 111
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