Lift directive

Annexes IV, V, VIII and IX

Annex IV (A) states that EU-type examination is the part of a conformity assessment procedure in which a notified body examines de technical design of a safety component for lifts and verifies and attests that the technical design of the safety component for lifts satisfies the applicable essential health and safety requirements and will enable a lift in which it is correctly incorporated to satisfy those requirements.

The application for EU-type examination shall be lodged by the manufacturer, or his authorised representative, with a single notified body of his choice.

Annex IV (B) states that EU-type examination of lifts is the part of a conformity assessment procedure in which a notified body examines the technical design of a model lift, or a lift of which there is no provision for an extension or variant, and verifies and attests that the technical design of the model lift or the lift meets the applicable essential health and safety requirements.

EU-type examination of a lift includes an examination of a representative specimen of a complete lift.

Annex V states that the final inspection is the part of a conformity assessment procedure whereby a notified body ascertains and certifies that a lift subject to an EU-type examination certificate or designed and manufactured according to an approved quality system satisfies the essential health and safety requirements.

A notified body chosen by the installer shall carry out the final inspection of the lift about to be placed on the market in order to check the conformity of the lift with the applicable essential health and safety requirements.

Annex VIII refers to unit verification for lifts, module G, in which the notified body chosen by the installer shall examine the technical documentation and the lift and carry out the appropriate tests as set out in the relevant harmonised standard(s), or equivalent tests, to check its conformity with the applicable essential health and safety requirements.

The installer shall keep with the technical documentation a copy of the certificate of conformity at the disposal of the national authorities for 10 years from the date on which the lift is placed on the market.

Annex IX refers to the verification of conformity to type with random checking for safety components for lifts. It is an assessment procedure whereby a notified body carries out checks on safety components for lifts to ensure that they are in conformity with the approved type as described in the EU-type examination certificate and satisfy the applicable requirements and will enable a lift in which they are correctly incorporated to satisfy those requirements. 

Applicable regulation

• Regulated by the application provisions of the Directive of the European Parliament and Council 2014/33/EU, relating to lifts and safety components for lifts, according to Royal Decree 203/2016, of 20 of May.