Civil Engineering Association

1.1 This European Standard deals with safety requirements for construction, manufacturing, installation, maintenance and dismantling of electrically operated stairlifts (chair, standing platform and wheelchair platform) affixed to a building structure, moving in an inclined plane and intended for use by persons with impaired mobility:
 travelling over a stair or an accessible inclined surface;
 intended for use by one person;
 whose carriage is directly retained and guided by a guide rail or rails;
 supported or sustained by rope (5.4.4), rack and pinion (5.4.5), chain (5.4.6), screw and nut (5.4.7), friction traction drive (5.4.8), and guided rope and ball (5.4.9).
1.2 The standard identifies hazards as listed in Clause 4 which arise during the various phases in the life of such equipment and describes methods for the elimination or reduction of these hazards when used as intended by the manufacturer.
1.3 This European standard does not specify the additional requirements for:
 operation in severe conditions (e.g. extreme climates, strong magnetic fields);
 lightning protection;
 operation subject to special rules (e.g. potentially explosive atmospheres);
 handling of materials the nature of which could lead to dangerous situations;
 use of energy systems other than electricity;
 hazards occurring during manufacture;
 earthquakes, flooding, fire;
 type C wheelchairs as defined in EN 12183 and/or EN 12184;
 evacuation during a fire;
 stairlifts for goods only;
 concrete, hardcore, timber or other foundation or building arrangement;
 design of anchorage bolts to the supporting structure.
NOTE For the actual type of machinery, noise is not considered a significant nor relevant hazard.
1.4 This document is not applicable to power operated stairlifts which are manufactured before the date of publication of this document by CEN.

This standard applies to alarm systems for all types of passenger and goods passenger lifts, in particular those covered in the EN 81 series of standards. This standard also deals with the minimum information given to the owner of the installation related to maintenance and rescue service. This standard deals with the following significant hazard relevant to lifts when they are used as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the installer/manufacturer:

Entrapment of users due to the lift not working properly. This standard is not applicable to alarm systems intended to be used to call for help in other cases, e.g. heart attack, seeking information. This standard is applicable to alarm systems used for lifts manufactured and installed after the date of publication by CEN of this standard. However, this standard may be taken into account when applied to existing lifts. EN 81-70 gives additional requirements for persons with disabilities.
This standard supersedes EN 81-1:1998 and EN 81-2:1998 with regard to remote alarm (clause 14.2.3).

This European Standard specifies the method of test for determining the fire resistance of lift landing doors which may be exposed to a fire from the landing side. The procedure applies to all types of lift landing doors used as a means of access to lifts in buildings and which are intended to provide a fire barrier to the spread of fire via the lift well. The procedure allows for the measurement of integrity and if required the measurement of radiation and thermal insulation. No requirements other than the verification that the specimen is operational, are included for mechanical conditioning before the test as these are included in the relevant product standard.

1.1 This document specifies the safety requirements for the construction and installation of power operated lifts attached to cranes and intended for access to workplaces on cranes, by authorised persons. This includes intended use, erection, dismantling, inspection and maintenance. The lift serves defined landing levels and has a load carrying unit which is:
a) designed for the transportation of persons and goods;
b) guided;
c) travelling vertically or along a path within 15 degrees maximum from the vertical;
d) supported by rack and pinion or suspended by steel wire ropes;
e) travelling with a speed not more than 1,0 m/s for permanent lifts and not more than 0,4 m/s for temporary lifts.
1.2 This document identifies hazards as listed in Clause 4 which arise during the various phases in the life of such equipment and describes methods for the elimination or reduction of these hazards when used as intended by the manufacturer.
1.3 This document does not specify the additional requirements for:
a) operation in severe conditions (e.g. extreme climates, strong magnetic fields);
b) lightning protection;
c) operation subject to special rules (e.g. potentially explosive atmospheres);
NOTE Directive 94/9/EC concerning equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres can be applicable to the type of machine or equipment covered by this European Standard. The present standard is not intended to provide means of complying with the essential health and safety requirements of Directive 94/9/EC.
d) electromagnetic compatibility (emission, immunity);
e) handling of loads the nature of which could lead to dangerous situations;
f) the use of combustion engines;
g) hydraulic drive units;
h) hazards occurring during manufacturing process;
i) hazards occurring as a result of being erected over a public road;
j) earthquakes;
k) noise (see also Directive on noise emissions from machines used outdoors (2000/14/EC)).
1.4 This standard is not applicable to:
a) builders hoists according to EN 12158-1:2000, EN 12158-2:2000 and EN 12159:2000;
b) elevating control stations according to EN 14502-2:2005+A1:2008;
c) lifts according to EN 81-1:1998;
d) work platforms carried on the forks of fork trucks;
e) work platforms;
f) funiculars;
g) lifts specially designed for military purposes;
h) mine lifts;
i) theatre elevators.
1.5 This standard deals with the complete lift design but excludes the design of the crane. It includes the base frame and base enclosure but excludes the design of any concrete, hard core, timber or other foundation arrangement. It includes the design of mast ties and the design of anchorage parts between the mast tie and the crane structure. This standard also includes the design of the landing gates and their fixings.

This European Standard specifies the minimum requirements for the safe and independent access and use of lifts by persons, including persons with the disabilities mentioned in annex B, Table B.1. This European Standard covers lifts with minimum car dimensions according to Table 1 and provided with car doors and landing doors constructed as automatic power operated horizontally sliding doors. This European Standard considers accessibility to lifts for persons using wheelchairs with maximum overall dimensions defined in EN 12183:1999 and EN 12184:1999.
This European Standard also deals with the additional technical requirements to minimise the hazards listed in clause 4 that arise during the operation of lifts intended to be accessible to disabled users.
NOTE This standard can be used as guidance for upgrading existing lifts in line with the recommendation of the European Commission dated 8th of June, 1995 (95/216/EC) concerning improvements to safety of existing lifts.