Technical regulations for aerial ropeways, ski-tows and funicular railways.

Since the entry into force of Directive 2000/9/EC, since replaced by Regulation (EU) 2016/424, Member States no longer have the right to impose national technical rules for the placing on the market of cableway installation safety components and subsystems.

In terms of technical rules, their area of subsidiarity is limited to:

  1. the general design of the installations (speed, capacity, distance between vehicles and ground, line calculation, etc.) and their infrastructure (the limits of which are specified in the safety analysis).
  2. regulations applicable to the installation once it is open to the public (operation, maintenance, rescue, modifications, etc.).

Technical regulations for aerial ropeways

Compliance with the requirements of STRMTG guides RM1 and RM2 implies compliance with the French Order of 7 August 2009.

RM1:

Download the RM1 Technical guide on the operation, modification and maintenance of aerial ropeways (link to Balise)

GUIDE TECHNIQUE RM1 - Exploitation, Modification et Maintenance des Téléphériques - Balise - Ministère de l'Écologie, du Développement durable et de l'Énergie html - 8.1 kb

Version 3 of 18 May 2016. This technical guide covers the requirements for the design, construction, modification, operation and maintenance of aerial ropeways.

RM2:

Download the RM2 Technical guide on the general operation and substantial modification of aerial ropeways (link to Balise)

GUIDE TECHNIQUE RM2 - Conception générale et modification substantielle des téléphériques - Balise - Ministère de l'Écologie, du Développement durable et de l'Énergie html - 8 kb

Version 2 of 18 May 2016. This technical guide covers the requirements for the design, construction, modification, operation and maintenance of French Ministry of Ecological Transition aerial ropeways,

Technical regulations for ski-tows

The Order of 9 August 2011 covers the design, construction, modification, operation and maintenance of ski-tows.

RM3:

Download the RM3 Technical guide on the operation, maintenance and modification of ski-tows (link to Balise)

Guide technique relatif à l'exploitation, la maintenance et les modifications des téléskis RM3 - Balise - Ministère de l'Écologie, du Développement durable et de l'Énergie html - 7.4 kb

Version 2 of 19 December 2017. This technical guide covers the requirements for the design, construction, modification, operation and maintenance of French Ministry of Ecological Transition ski-tows.

RM4:

Download the RM4 Technical guide on the general operation and substantial modification of ski-tows (link to Balise)

Guide technique relatif à la conception générale et à la modification substantielle des téléskis RM4 - Balise - Ministère de l'Écologie, du Développement durable et de l'Énergie html - 7.4 kb

Version 2 of 19 December 2019. This technical guide covers the requirements for the design, construction, modification, operation and maintenance of French Ministry of Ecological Transition aerial ski-tows.

Technical regulations for funicular railways

RM5:

Download the RM5 Technical guide on the operation, modification and maintenance of funicular railways (link to Balise)

Guide technique relatif à la conception, à l'exploitation, à la modification et à la maintenance des funiculaires RM5 - Balise - Ministère de l'Écologie, du Développement durable et de l'Énergie html - 9.5 kb

This guide provides technical solutions for the design, construction, modification, operation and maintenance of funicular railways. The Major Inspection (GI) guide is included in Appendix 2 of the guide.

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