What changes on 30/05/2026

The text in force from 18/04/2014 compared with the text from 30/05/2026.

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Chapter I

• amended Article 1 - Scope
• amended Article 2 - Definitions
• amended Article 3 - Free movement
• amended Article 4 - Placing on the market, making available on the market and putting into service
• amended Article 5 - Essential health and safety requirements
• amended Article 6 - Buildings or constructions in which lifts are installed

Chapter II

• amended Article 7 - Obligations of installers
• amended Article 8 - Obligations of manufacturers
• amended Article 9 - Authorised representatives
• amended Article 10 - Obligations of importers
• amended Article 11 - Obligations of distributors
• amended Article 13 - Identification of economic operators

Chapter III

• amended Article 15 - Conformity assessment procedures for safety components for lifts
• amended Article 16 - Conformity assessment procedures for lifts
• amended Article 17 - EU declaration of conformity
• amended Article 19 - Rules and conditions for affixing the CE marking and other markings

Chapter IV

• amended Article 21 - Notifying authorities
• amended Article 22 - Requirements relating to notifying authorities
• amended Article 24 - Requirements relating to notified bodies
• amended Article 26 - Subsidiaries of and subcontracting by notified bodies
• amended Article 27 - Application for notification
• amended Article 28 - Notification procedure
• amended Article 29 - Identification numbers and lists of notified bodies
• amended Article 30 - Changes to notifications
• amended Article 31 - Challenge to the competence of notified bodies
• amended Article 32 - Operational obligations of notified bodies
• amended Article 34 - Information obligation on notified bodies

Chapter V

• amended Article 38 - Procedure for dealing with lifts or safety components for lifts presenting a risk at national level
• amended Article 39 - Union safeguard procedure
• amended Article 40 - Compliant lifts or safety components for lifts which present a risk
• amended Article 41 - Formal non-compliance

Chapter VA

• inserted Article 41a - Application of emergency procedures
• inserted Article 41b - Prioritisation of the conformity assessment of lifts and safety components for lifts designated as crisis-relevant goods
• inserted Article 41c - Derogation from the conformity assessment procedures requiring the mandatory involvement of a notified body
• inserted Article 41d - Presumption of conformity based on standards and common specifications
• inserted Article 41e - Prioritisation of market surveillance activities and mutual assistance among authorities

Chapter VI

• amended Article 42 - Committee procedure
• amended Article 45 - Transposition
• amended Article 46 - Review

Outside any heading

• amended Annex I - ESSENTIAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
• amended Annex II - A.CONTENT OF THE EU DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY FOR SAFETY COMPONENTS FOR LIFTS
• amended Annex III - LIST OF SAFETY COMPONENTS FOR LIFTS
• amended Annex IV - EU-TYPE EXAMINATION FOR LIFTS AND SAFETY COMPONENTS FOR LIFTS
• amended Annex IX - CONFORMITY TO TYPE WITH RANDOM CHECKING FOR SAFETY COMPONENTS FOR LIFTS
• amended Annex V - FINAL INSPECTION FOR LIFTS
• amended Annex VI - CONFORMITY TO TYPE BASED ON PRODUCT QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR SAFETY COMPONENTS FOR LIFTS
• amended Annex VII - CONFORMITY BASED ON FULL QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR SAFETY COMPONENTS FOR LIFTS
• amended Annex VIII - CONFORMITY BASED ON UNIT VERIFICATION FOR LIFTS
• amended Annex X - CONFORMITY TO TYPE BASED ON PRODUCT QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR LIFTS
• amended Annex XI - CONFORMITY BASED ON FULL QUALITY ASSURANCE PLUS DESIGN EXAMINATION FOR LIFTS
• amended Annex XII - CONFORMITY TO TYPE BASED ON PRODUCTION QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR LIFTS
• amended Annex XIII - PART A
• amended Annex XIV