1.The Commission shall be assisted by the Committee on cableway installations. That committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.
2.Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.
3.Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.
4.Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 8 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011, in conjunction with Article 5 thereof, shall apply.
5.The committee shall be consulted by the Commission on any matter for which consultation of sectoral experts is required by Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 or by any other Union legislation.
The committee may furthermore examine any other matter concerning the application of this Regulation raised either by its chair or by a representative of a Member State in accordance with its rules of procedure.
1.Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements by economic operators of the provisions of this Regulation and of national law adopted pursuant to this Regulation. Such rules may include criminal penalties for serious infringements.
The penalties provided for shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive and may be increased where the relevant economic operator has previously committed a similar infringement of this Regulation.
Member States shall notify those rules to the Commission by 21 March 2018, and shall notify it without delay of any subsequent amendment affecting them.
2.Member States shall take all measures necessary to ensure that their rules on penalties applicable to infringements by economic operators of the provisions of this Regulation are enforced.
Member States shall not impede the making available on the market of subsystems or safety components covered by Directive 2000/9/EC which are in conformity with that Directive and which were placed on the market before 21 April 2018.
Member States shall not impede the entry into service of cableway installations covered by Directive 2000/9/EC which are in conformity with that Directive and which were installed before 21 April 2018.
For safety components, certificates and approval decisions issued under Directive 2000/9/EC shall be valid under this Regulation.
Directive 2000/9/EC is repealed with effect from 21 April 2018.
References to the repealed Directive shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex X.
1.This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
2.This Regulation shall apply from 21 April 2018, with the exception of:
(a)Articles 22 to 38 and 44, which shall apply from 21 October 2016;
(b)Article 45(1), which shall apply from 21 March 2018.