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There are thousands of cableway installations in the EU, like this one in Austria (Photo: Daniel Frank)

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Fines for dangerous ski lifts vary widely across EU

The maximum fine ski lift companies are hit by for breaking EU safety rules differs radically across the bloc, documents released at the request of EUobserver reveal.

While a company breaking the EU's cableway regulation faces a fine of up to €50,000 in Germany and Austria, breaking the same regulation in Bulgaria proves far less expensive.

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