EU regulations for elevators

2014/33/EU

Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the harmonization of the laws of the Member States relating to lifts and safety components for lifts/
April 20, 2016 repeals and replaces Directive 95/16/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council//
Amendment (EU) 2024/2749, as corrected (April 2025, September 2025), shall apply from May 30, 2026

COM/2019/87

Report from the Commission to the Council and the EP on the implementation and application of Directive 2014/33/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the harmonization of the laws of the Member States relating to lifts and safety components for lifts

 (EU)2021/534

Commission Decision determining, pursuant to Article 39(1) of Directive 2014/33/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, whether the measure taken by Germany to prohibit the placing on the market of a lift model manufactured by Orona is justified or not

95/216/EC

European Commission Recommendation on improving the safety of existing lifts
/ Regarding European Commission Recommendation No. 95/216/EC, the Czech Chamber of Commerce prepared an Analysis of the Application of the European Safety Standard SNEL (Safety Norm for Existing Lifts) EN 81-80 in the Czech Republic

(EU)2021/76
(hEN Jan. 27, 2021)
as amended by:
(EU)2025/2383
(hEN Dec. 12, 2025)
 (EU)2023/1646
(hEN Aug. 21, 2023),
(EU)2022/1199
(hEN July 12, 2022),
(EU) 2021/1220
(hEN July 27, 2021)

// repeals and replaces:
2016/C/293/5

Commission Implementing Decision on harmonized standards for lifts and safety components for lifts drawn up in support of Directive 2014/33/EU of the European
Parliament and of the Council / consolidated version (EU)2021/76 in HTML format dated February 21, 2025 /
 List of hENs for lifts (August 22, 2023, from the EC website, not legally binding)
/ Corrigendum No. 2026/90171

 No. 2017/2118

Agreement No. 1/2017 between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on the mutual recognition of conformity assessment