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Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/76 of 26 January 2021 on harmonised standards for lifts and safety components for lifts drafted in support of Directive 2014/33/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance)

Type Implementing Decision

Publication 2021-01-27

Last updated 2025-11-26

State In force

Department European Commission, GROW

Source EUR-Lex

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Article 1

The references of harmonised standards for lifts and safety components for lifts drafted in support of Directive 2014/33/EU, listed in Annex I to this Decision, are hereby published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 2

Communication 2016/C 293/05 is repealed. It shall continue to apply until 27 July 2022 in respect of the references of harmonised standards listed in Annex II to this Decision.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

ANNEX I

No	Reference of the standard
1.	EN 81-20:2020 Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts – Lifts for the transport of persons and goods – Part 20: Passenger and goods passenger lifts
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2a.	EN 81-21:2022 Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts – Lifts for the transport of persons and goods – Part 21: New passenger and goods passenger lifts in existing building
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3a.	EN 81-22:2021 Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts – Lifts for the transport of persons and goods – Part 22: Passenger and goods passenger lifts with inclined travel path
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4a.	EN 81-28:2022 Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts – Lifts for the transport of persons and goods – Part 28: Remote alarm on passenger and goods passenger lift

5.	EN 81-50:2020 Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts – Examinations and tests – Part 50: Design rules, calculations, examinations and tests of lift components
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6a.	EN 81-58:2022 Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts – Examination and tests – Part 58: Landing doors fire resistance test
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7a.	EN 81-70:2021+A1:2022 Safety rules for the construction and installations of lifts – Particular applications for passenger and good passengers lifts – Part 70: Accessibility to lifts for persons including persons with disability

8.	EN 81-71:2005+A1:2006 Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts – Particular applications to passenger lifts and goods passenger lifts – Part 71: Vandal resistant lifts
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9a.	EN 81-72:2020 Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts – Particular applications for passenger and goods passenger lifts – Part 72: Firefighters lifts
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10a.	EN 81-73:2020 Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts – Particular applications for passenger and goods passenger lifts – Part 73: Behaviour of lifts in the event of fire

10b.	EN 81-76:2025 Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts — Particular applications for passengers and goods passenger lifts — Part 76: Evacuation of persons with disabilities using lifts
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11a.	EN 81-77:2022 Safety rules for the construction and installations of lifts – Particular applications for passenger and goods passenger lifts – Part 77: Lifts subject to seismic conditions

12.	EN 12016:2013 Electromagnetic compatibility – Product family standard for lifts, escalators and moving walks – Immunity
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15.	EN 13015:2001+A1:2008 Maintenance for lifts and escalators – Rules for maintenance instructions
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ANNEX II

No	Reference of the standard
1.	EN 81-20:2014 Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts – Lifts for the transport of persons and goods – Part 20: Passenger and goods passenger lifts
2.	EN 81-50:2014 Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts – Examinations and tests – Part 50: Design rules, calculations, examinations and tests of lift components

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