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Introductory Text
CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1.Scope
Article 2.Definitions
Article 3.Free movement
Article 4.Placing on the market, making available on the market and putting into service
Article 5.Essential health and safety requirements
Article 6.Buildings or constructions in which lifts are installed
CHAPTER II OBLIGATIONS OF ECONOMIC OPERATORS
Article 7.Obligations of installers
Article 8.Obligations of manufacturers
Article 9.Authorised representatives
Article 10.Obligations of importers
Article 11.Obligations of distributors
Article 12.Cases in which the obligations of manufacturers apply to importers or distributors
Article 13.Identification of economic operators
CHAPTER III CONFORMITY OF LIFTS AND SAFETY COMPONENTS FOR LIFTS
Article 14.Presumption of conformity of lifts and safety components for lifts
Article 15.Conformity assessment procedures for safety components for lifts
Article 16.Conformity assessment procedures for lifts
Article 17.EU declaration of conformity
Article 18.General principles of the CE marking
Article 19.Rules and conditions for affixing the CE marking and other markings
CHAPTER IV NOTIFICATION OF CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT BODIES
Article 20.Notification
Article 21.Notifying authorities
Article 22.Requirements relating to notifying authorities
Article 23.Information obligation on notifying authorities
Article 24.Requirements relating to notified bodies
Article 25.Presumption of conformity of notified bodies
Article 26.Subsidiaries of and subcontracting by notified bodies
Article 27.Application for notification
Article 28.Notification procedure
Article 29.Identification numbers and lists of notified bodies
Article 30.Changes to notifications
Article 31.Challenge to the competence of notified bodies
Article 32.Operational obligations of notified bodies
Article 33.Appeal against decisions of notified bodies
Article 34.Information obligation on notified bodies
Article 35.Exchange of experience
Article 36.Coordination of notified bodies
CHAPTER V UNION MARKET SURVEILLANCE CONTROL OF LIFTS OR SAFETY COMPONENTS FOR LIFTS ENTERING THE UNION MARKET AND UNION SAFEGUARD PROCEDURE
Article 37.Union market surveillance and control of lifts or safety components for lifts entering the Union market
Article 38.Procedure for dealing with lifts or safety components for lifts presenting a risk at national level
Article 39.Union safeguard procedure
Article 40.Compliant lifts or safety components for lifts which present a risk
Article 41.Formal non-compliance
CHAPTER VI COMMITTEE PROCEDURE, TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 42.Committee procedure
Article 43.Penalties
Article 44.Transitional provisions
Article 45.Transposition
Article 46.Review
Article 47.Repeal
Article 48.Entry into force and application
Article 49.Addressees
Signature
ANNEX I
ESSENTIAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
PRELIMINARY REMARKS
1. Obligations under essential health and safety requirements apply only where...
2. The essential health and safety requirements contained in the Directive...
3. The manufacturer and the installer are under an obligation to...
1. General
1.1. Application of Directive 2006/42/EC
1.2. Carrier
1.3. Means of suspension and means of support
1.4. Control of loading (including overspeed)
1.4.1. Lifts must be so designed, constructed and installed as to...
1.4.2. Lifts must be equipped with an overspeed governor.
1.4.3. Fast lifts must be equipped with a speed-monitoring and speed-limiting...
1.4.4. Lifts driven by friction pulleys must be designed so as...
1.5. Machinery
1.5.1. All passenger lifts must have their own individual lift machinery....
1.5.2. The installer must ensure that the lift machinery and the...
1.6. Controls
1.6.1. The controls of lifts intended for use by unaccompanied disabled...
1.6.2. The function of the controls must be clearly indicated.
1.6.3. The call circuits of a group of lifts may be...
1.6.4. Electrical equipment must be so installed and connected that:
2. Risks for persons outside the car
2.1. The lift must be designed and constructed to ensure that...
2.2. The lift must be designed and constructed to prevent the...
2.3. The landings at the entrance and exit of the car...
3. Risks for persons in the car
3.1. Lift cars must be completely enclosed by full-length walls, fitted...
3.2. In the event of a power cut or failure of...
3.3. Buffers must be installed between the bottom of the shaft...
3.4. Lifts must be so designed and constructed as to make...
4. Other risks
4.1. The landing doors and car doors or the two doors...
4.2. Landing doors, where they have to contribute to the protection...
4.3. Counterweights must be so installed as to avoid any risk...
4.4. Lifts must be equipped with means enabling people trapped in...
4.5. Cars must be fitted with two-way means of communication allowing...
4.6. Lifts must be so designed and constructed that, in the...
4.7. Cars must be designed and constructed to ensure sufficient ventilation...
4.8. The car should be adequately lit whenever in use or...
4.9. The means of communication referred to in point 4.5 and...
4.10. The control circuits of lifts which may be used in...
5. Marking
5.1. In addition to the minimum particulars required for any machine...
5.2. If the lift is designed to allow people trapped in...
6. Instructions
6.1. The safety components for lifts referred to in Annex III...
6.2. Each lift must be accompanied by instructions. The instructions shall...
ANNEX II
A. CONTENT OF THE EU DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY FOR SAFETY COMPONENTS...
B. CONTENT OF THE EU DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY FOR LIFTS
ANNEX III
LIST OF SAFETY COMPONENTS FOR LIFTS
1. Devices for locking landing doors.
2. Devices to prevent falls referred to in point 3.2 of...
3. Overspeed limitation devices.
4. Energy-accumulating buffers: non-linear, or with damping of the return movement....
5. Safety devices fitted to jacks of hydraulic power circuits where...
6. Electric safety devices in the form of safety circuits containing...
ANNEX IV
EU-TYPE EXAMINATION FOR LIFTS AND SAFETY COMPONENTS FOR LIFTS (module B)
A. EU-type examination of safety components for lifts
1. EU-type examination is the part of a conformity assessment procedure...
2. The application for EU-type examination shall be lodged by the...
3. The technical documentation shall make it possible to assess whether...
4. The notified body shall:
5. Where the type of the safety component for lifts meets...
6. The notified body shall keep itself apprised of any changes...
7. The manufacturer shall inform the notified body that holds the...
8. Each notified body shall inform its notifying authority concerning the...
9. The Commission, the Member States and the other notified bodies...
10. The manufacturer shall keep with the technical documentation a copy...
11. Authorised representative
B. EU-type examination of lifts
1. EU-type examination of lifts is the part of a conformity...
2. The application for EU-type examination shall be lodged by the...
3. The technical documentation shall make it possible to assess the...
4. The notified body shall:
5. The notified body shall draw up an evaluation report that...
6. Where the type meets the essential health and safety requirements...
7. The notified body shall keep itself apprised of any changes...
8. The installer shall inform the notified body of any modifications...
9. Each notified body shall inform its notifying authority concerning the...
10. The Commission, the Member States and the other notified bodies...
11. The installer shall keep with the technical documentation a copy...
12. Authorised representative
ANNEX V
FINAL INSPECTION FOR LIFTS
1. Final inspection is the part of a conformity assessment procedure...
2. Obligations of the installer
3. Final inspection
3.1. The installer shall lodge an application for final inspection with...
3.2. The examinations shall include at least one of the following:...
3.3. The tests of the lift shall include at least the...
4. If the lift satisfies the essential health and safety requirements...
5. CE marking and EU declaration of conformity
5.1. The installer shall affix the CE marking in the car...
5.2. The installer shall draw up a written EU declaration of...
6. The Commission and the Member States may obtain a copy...
7. Authorised representative
ANNEX VI
CONFORMITY TO TYPE BASED ON PRODUCT QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR SAFETY COMPONENTS FOR LIFTS (module E)
1. Conformity to type based on product quality assurance for safety...
2. Obligations of the manufacturer
3. Quality system
3.1. The manufacturer shall lodge an application for assessment of his...
3.2. Under the quality system, each safety component for lifts shall...
3.3. The notified body shall assess the quality system to determine...
3.4. The manufacturer shall undertake to fulfil the obligations arising from...
3.5. The manufacturer or his authorised representative shall keep the notified...
4. Surveillance under the responsibility of the notified body
4.1. The purpose of surveillance is to make sure that the...
4.2. The manufacturer shall for assessment purposes allow the notified body...
4.3. The notified body shall periodically carry out audits to ensure...
4.4. Additionally, the notified body may pay unexpected visits to the...
5. CE marking and EU declaration of conformity
5.1. The manufacturer shall affix the CE marking, and, under the...
5.2. The manufacturer shall draw up a written EU declaration of...
6. The manufacturer shall for a period ending 10 years after...
7. Each notified body shall inform its notifying authority of quality...
8. Authorised representative
ANNEX VII
CONFORMITY BASED ON FULL QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR SAFETY COMPONENTS FOR LIFTS (module H)
1. Conformity based on full quality assurance for safety components for...
2. Obligations of the manufacturer
3. Quality system
3.1. The manufacturer shall lodge an application for assessment of his...
3.2. The quality system shall ensure compliance of the safety components...
3.3. The notified body shall assess the quality system to determine...
3.4. The manufacturer shall undertake to fulfil the obligations arising from...
3.5. The manufacturer shall keep the notified body which has approved...
4. Surveillance under the responsibility of the notified body
4.1. The purpose of surveillance is to make sure that the...
4.2. The manufacturer shall for assessment purposes allow the notified body...
4.3. The notified body shall carry out periodic audits to make...
4.4. Additionally, the notified body may pay unexpected visits to the...
5. CE marking and EU declaration of conformity
5.1. The manufacturer shall affix the CE marking, and, under the...
5.2. The manufacturer shall draw up a written EU declaration of...
6. The manufacturer shall, for a period ending 10 years after...
7. Each notified body shall inform its notifying authority of quality...
8. Authorised representative
ANNEX VIII
CONFORMITY BASED ON UNIT VERIFICATION FOR LIFTS (module G)
1. Conformity based on unit verification is the conformity assessment procedure...
2. Obligations of the installer
2.1. The installer shall take all measures necessary so that the...
2.2. The installer shall apply to a single notified body of...
3. The technical documentation shall allow an assessment of the conformity...
4. Verification
5. CE marking and EU declaration of conformity
5.1. The installer shall affix the CE marking in the car...
5.2. The installer shall draw up a written EU declaration of...
6. The installer shall keep with the technical documentation a copy...
7. Authorised representative
ANNEX IX
CONFORMITY TO TYPE WITH RANDOM CHECKING FOR SAFETY COMPONENTS FOR LIFTS (module C 2)
1. Conformity to type with random checking is the part of...
2. Manufacturing
3. The manufacturer shall lodge an application for random checking with...
4. The notified body shall carry out or have carried out...
5. CE marking and EU declaration of conformity
5.1. The manufacturer shall affix the CE marking, and, under the...
5.2. The manufacturer shall draw up a written EU declaration of...
6. Authorised representative
ANNEX X
CONFORMITY TO TYPE BASED ON PRODUCT QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR LIFTS (module E)
1. Conformity to type based on product quality assurance is the...
2. Obligations of the installer
3. Quality system
3.1. The installer shall lodge an application for assessment of his...
3.2. Under the quality system, each lift shall be examined and...
3.3. The notified body shall assess the quality system to determine...
3.4. The installer shall undertake to fulfil the obligations arising from...
3.4.1. The installer shall keep the notified body which has approved...
3.4.2. The notified body shall assess the modifications proposed and decide...
4. Surveillance under the responsibility of the notified body
4.1. The purpose of surveillance is to make sure that the...
4.2. The installer shall, for assessment purposes, allow the notified body...
4.3. The notified body shall periodically carry out audits to ensure...
4.4. Additionally, the notified body may pay unexpected visits to the...
5. The installer shall, for 10 years after the last lift...
6. Each notified body shall inform its notifying authority of quality...
7. CE marking and EU declaration of conformity
7.1. The installer shall affix the CE marking in the car...
7.2. The installer shall draw up a written EU declaration of...
8. Authorised representative
ANNEX XI
CONFORMITY BASED ON FULL QUALITY ASSURANCE PLUS DESIGN EXAMINATION FOR LIFTS (module H1)
1. Conformity based on full quality assurance plus design examination for...
2. Obligations of the installer
3. Quality system
3.1. The installer shall lodge an application for assessment of his...
3.2. The quality system shall ensure compliance of the lifts with...
3.3. Design examination
3.3.1. When the design is not entirely in accordance with harmonised...
3.3.2. Where the design does not satisfy the applicable essential health...
3.3.3. The installer shall keep the notified body that has issued...
3.3.4. Each notified body shall inform its notifying authority of the...
3.3.5. The installer shall keep a copy of the EU design...
3.4. Assessment of the quality system
3.5. The installer shall undertake to fulfil the obligations arising from...
4. Surveillance under the responsibility of the notified body
4.1. The purpose of surveillance is to make sure that the...
4.2. The installer shall, for assessment purposes, allow the notified body...
4.3. The notified body shall carry out periodic audits to make...
4.4. Additionally, the notified body may pay unexpected visits to the...
5. The installer shall, keep at the disposal of the national...
6. Each notified body shall inform its notifying authority of full...
7. CE marking and EU declaration of conformity
7.1. The installer shall affix the CE marking in the car...
7.2. The installer shall draw up a written EU declaration of...
8. Authorised representative
ANNEX XII
CONFORMITY TO TYPE BASED ON PRODUCTION QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR LIFTS (module D)
1. Conformity to type based on production quality assurance for lifts...
2. Obligations of the installer
3. Quality system
3.1. The installer shall lodge an application for assessment of his...
3.2. The quality system shall ensure compliance of the lifts with...
3.3. The notified body shall assess the quality system to determine...
3.4. The installer shall undertake to fulfil the obligations arising from...
3.4.1. The installer shall keep the notified body that has approved...
3.4.2. The notified body shall assess the modifications proposed and decide...
4. Surveillance under the responsibility of the notified body
4.1. The purpose of surveillance is to make sure that the...
4.2. The installer shall, for assessment purposes, allow the notified body...
4.3. The notified body shall carry out periodic audits to make...
4.4. Additionally, the notified body may pay unexpected visits to the...
5. The installer shall, keep at the disposal of the national...
6. Each notified body shall inform its notifying authority of quality...
7. CE marking and EU declaration of conformity
7.1. The installer shall affix the CE marking in the car...
7.2. The installer shall draw up a written EU declaration of...
8. Authorised representative
ANNEX XIII
PART A
PART B
ANNEX XIV
ATTACHMENTS
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