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Lifts Directive 95/16/EC
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Subject Area |
The Directive applies to lifts permanently serving buildings and constructions,
and specified safety components.
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Intention of
legislation |
To assist industry
by harmonising the laws of Member States regarding the safe design, manufacture,
installation and placing on the market of lifts and the supply of safety
components, while ensuring high levels of protection for health and safety.
It defines the wide choice of procedures by which
compliance with the provisions of the Directive must be demonstrated.
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| Coverage |
Lifts for the
purposes of the Directive are defined as appliances serving specific levels,
having a car moving along guides which are rigid and inclined at an angle of
more the 15 degrees to the horizontal and intended for the transport of persons,
persons and goods, or goods alone but which persons could enter without
difficulty and which have controls which are reachable by persons inside.
It also covers six categories of safety
components listed in Annex IV of the Directive.
Specific kinds of lifts and lifting equipment
are excluded from the Directive's application in Article 1(3).
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| Current Position |
The Lifts
Regulations (SI 1997/831) came into force on 1 July 1997 and became mandatory on
1 July 1999.
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| Current Issues |
The need to ensure
that the revisions to the CEN lift standard - EN81 - are ready in time.
Clarifying the relative scope of the Lifts Directive (95/16/EC) and the
Machinery Directive (98/37/EC) on lifting equipment and national legislation on
builders' site hoists. Arrangements under Essential Health
and Safety Requirement 2.2 of the Regulations. A guidance booklet in the DTI's
Product standards series of publications is available, and also
available for download in Adobe Acrobat
format.
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| Contact |
Graham Payne,
Department of Trade and Industry, STRD5, Bay 331, 151 Buckingham Place Road,
London SW1W 9SS Tel: 020 7215 0923 Fax:
020 7215 1529
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