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European Parliament and Council Directive 95/16/EC of 29 June 1995 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to lifts (repealed)
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The application must include:
all relevant information on the lifts, in particular information which makes for an understanding of the relationship between the design and operation of the lift and enables conformity with the requirements of the Directive to be assessed,
the documentation on the quality assurance system.
All the elements, requirements and provisions adopted by the lift installer must be documented in a systematic and orderly manner in the form of written measures, procedures and instructions. This quality assurance system documentation must ensure a common understanding of the procedures such as programmes, plans, manuals and quality records.
It must contain in particular an adequate description of:
the quality objectives and the organizational structure, responsibilities and powers of the management with regard to the design and quality of the lifts,
the technical design specifications, including standards that will be applied and, where the standards referred to in Article 5 of the Directive will not be applied in full, the means that will be used to ensure that the requirements of the Directive that apply to the lifts will be met,
the design control and design verification techniques, processes and systematic actions that will be used when designing the lifts,
the examinations and tests that will be carried out on acceptance of the supplies of materials, components and sub-assemblies,
the corresponding assembly, installation and quality control techniques, processes and systematic actions that will be used,
the examinations and tests that will be carried out before (inspection of installation conditions: shaft, housing of machinery, etc.), during and after installation (including at the very least the tests laid down in Annex VI, Section 4 (b)),
the quality records, such as inspection reports and test data, calibration data, reports on the qualifications of the personnel concerned, etc.,
the means of monitoring the achievement of the required design and installation quality and the effective operation of the quality assurance system.
When the design is not entirely in accordance with harmonized standards, the notified body must ascertain whether the design conforms to the provisions of the Directive and, if it does, issue an ‘EC design examination certificate’ to the installer, stating the limits of the certificate's validity and giving the details required for identification of the approved design.
The notified body must assess the quality assurance system to determine whether it satisfies the requirements referred to in Section 3.2. It must presume compliance with these requirements in respect of quality assurance systems that implement the relevant harmonized standard(1).
The auditing team must have at least one member with experience of assessment in the lift technology concerned. The assessment procedure must include a visit to the lift installer's premises and a visit to an installation site.
The decision must be notified to the lift installer. The notification must contain the conclusions of the examination and the reasoned assessment decision.
The lift installer must keep the notified body that has approved the quality assurance system informed of any intended updating of the quality assurance system.
The notified body must assess the modifications proposed and decide whether the modified quality assurance system will still satisfy the requirements referred to in Section 3.2 or whether a reassessment is required.
It must notify its decision to the lift installer. The notification must contain the conclusions of the examination and the reasoned assessment decision.
This harmonized standard will be EN 29001, supplemented where necessary to take account of the specific features of the lifts.
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