Mechanical engineering

Guide to application of the Lifts Directive 95/16/EC - Index

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Directive

Guide

Access to lift machinery	Annex I - Section 1.5.2	§ 108
Access to the lift car	Annex I - Section 1.2	§ 99
Access to the travel zone	Annex I - Section 2.1	§ 113
Affixing CE-marking	Article 10 (2)	§ 75
Amendment of the Lifts Directive	Article 1 (1) Annex I - Section 1.2	§ 19 § 101
Assessment of Notified Bodies	Annex VII	§ 147
Authorised representative	Article 8 (1)	§ 64

Building	Article 1 (1) Article 2 (2)	§ 17 § 36
Buffers	Annex I - Section 3.3 Annex IV - item 4	§ 119 § 142

Cableways	Exclusion - Article 1 (3)	§ 17, § 22 and § 23
Call signals	Annex I - Section 1.6.3	§ 111
Car	Article 1 (2) Annex I - Section 1.2 Annex I - Section 3.1 Annex I - Section 4.3	§ 22 § 98 § 117 § 124
Car doors	Annex I - Section 3.1 Annex I - Section 4.1	§ 116 § 121
Carrier	Article 1 (1) Annex I - Section 1.2	§ 19 § 101
CE-marking	Recital N° 7 Article 5(1) Article 7 Article 8 (5) Article 10 Annex III	§ 11 § 47 § 60 and § 61 § 69 § 74 to § 77 § 138 to § 140
CEN	Article 5 (2)	§ 52
Citations	Citations	§ 1
Comitology	Recital N° 11 Article 6 (3)	§ 15 § 57
Communication with a rescue service	Annex I - Section 4.5 Annex I - Section 4.9	§ 126 § 130
Conformity assessment - safety components	Article 8 (1)	§ 64 and § 65
Conformity assessment - lifts	Article 8 (2)	§ 67
Conformity to type	Annex XI	§ 151
Controls	Annex I - Section 1.6.1 Annex I - Section 1.6.2	§ 109 § 110
Construction	Article 1 (1) Article 2 (2)	§ 17 § 36
Construction products	Recital N° 10 Article 14 Annex I - Preliminary remark 4	§ 14 § 81 § 90
Construction site hoists - exclusion	Article 1 (3)	§ 23
Coordination of Notified Bodies	Article 9	§ 73
Counterweight	Annex I - Section 4.3	§ 124
Crushing risk - doors	Annex I - Section 4.1	§ 121
Crushing risk - extreme positions of the car	Annex I - Section 2.2	§ 114 and § 115

Demonstrations	Article 2 (5)	§ 42
Design inspection	Annex XIII	§ 155
Design phase - lifts	Article 8 (2) Annex XIII	§ 67 § 154
Design phase - safety components	Article 8 (1)	§ 65
Disabled people	Annex I - Section 1.2 Annex I - Section 1.6.1	§ 99 and § 100 § 109
Documentation	Annex I - Section 6.2	§ 135

EC Declaration of conformity	Article 5 (1) Article 8 (1) Article 8 (3) Annex II A Annex II B	§ 47 § 66 § 68 § 136 § 137
EC Type examination	Annex V A Annex V B	§ 144 § 145
Electrical hazards	Article 1 (5) Annex I - Section 1.1	§ 32 § 94
Electrical equipment	Annex I - Section 1.6.4	§ 112
Electric safety devices	Annex IV	§ 143
Electromagnetic compatibility	Article 1 (5)	§ 31
Emergency lighting	Annex I - Section 4.8 Annex I - Section 4.9	§ 129 § 130
Essential health and safety requirements	Article 3 (1) Annex I	§ 43 and § 44 § 85 to § 135
Evacuation of trapped persons	Annex I - Section 4.4	§ 125
Exclusions	Article 1 (3)	§ 23
Exhibitions	Article 2 (5)	§ 42
Existing buildings	Article 1 (1) Annex I - Section 2.2	§ 17 § 114 and § 115
Existing lifts	Recital N° 5	§ 8 and § 9

Final inspection	Annex VI Annex XIII	§ 146 § 156
Fire extinguisher systems	Article 2 (3)	§ 38
Firefighters' lifts	Annex I - Section 4.10	§ 131
Fire resistance of landing doors	Annex I - Section 4.2	§ 122 and § 123
Free fall	Annex I - Sections 3.2 and 3.4 Annex IV - item 2	§ 118 and § 120 § 141
Free movement	Citations Article 4	§ 2 § 45 and § 46
Free space or refuge	Annex I - Section 2.2	§ 114 and § 115
Friction pulleys	Annex I - Section 1.4.4	§ 106
Full quality assurance - lifts	Annex XIII	§ 153 to § 157
Full quality assurance - safety components	Annex IX	§ 149

Goods only lifts	Article 1 (2)	§ 22
Guidance	Article 6 (2)	§ 56
Guides	Article 1 (1) Article 1 (2)	§ 17 § 22

Hazards	Annex I - Preliminary remark 1	§ 86
Health and safety of workers	Article 2 (4)	§ 40
Harmonised standards	Recital N° 8 Articles 5 (2) and 5 (3) Article 6 (1) Article 12	§ 12 § 49 to § 54 § 55 § 80
Headroom	Annex I - Section 2.2	§ 114 and § 115

Implementation	Article 15	§ 82
Inclined lifts	Article 1 (2)	§ 22
Information	Article 12	§ 79
Inspection in service	Article 2 (4) Annex I - Section 6.2	§ 39 § 135
Installation phase	Article 8 (2)	§ 67
Installer	Article 1 (4)	§ 24
Installer's plate	Annex I - Section 5.1	§ 132
Instructions - lifts	Annex I - Section 6.2	§ 135
Instructions - safety components	Annex I - Section 6.1	§ 134
Irregular CE-marking	Article 10 (4)	§ 77

Kit

Article 2 (2)

§ 36

Landing doors	Annex I - Section 2.3 Annex I - Section 4.1 Annex I - Section 4.2	§ 1156 § 121 § 123 and § 124
Legal remedies	Article 11	§ 80
Lifting platforms - Machinery Directive	Article 1 (1)	§ 18
Lift machinery	Annex I - Section 1.5.1	§ 107
Lifts	Article 1 (1) Article 1 (2)	§ 17 § 22
Lifts ADCO	Article 2 (1)	§ 35
Lifts Committee	Articles 6 (3) and 6 (4)	§ 57
Lifts in service	Article 2 (4)	§ 39 to § 41
Lifts Working Group	Articles 6 (3) and 6 (4)	§ 58
Lifts Committee	Recital N° 11	§ 15
Lighting	Annex I - Section 4.8	§ 129
Loading control	Annex I - Section 1.4.1	§ 103
Locking devices for landing doors	Annex I - Section 2.3 Annex IV - item 1	§ 116 § 141
Logbook	Annex I - Section 6.2	§ 135
Low Voltage Directive	Article 1 (5)	§ 32

Machine room-less lifts	Annex I - Section 1.5.2	§ 108
Machinery Directive	Article 1 (1) Annex I - Section 1.1	§ 18 and § 19 § 91 to § 97
Machinery standards	Annex I - Section 1.1	§ 97
Machinery spaces	Annex I - Section 1.5.2	§ 108
Maintenance	Article 2 (4) Annex I - Section 1.1 Annex I - Section 6.2	§ 39 § 95 § 135
Major modifications	Article 2 (4)	§ 41
Manufacturer - safety components	Article 1 (4) Article 8 (1)	§ 28 § 64
Market surveillance	Article 2 (1)	§ 34
Marking	Annex I - Section 5.1	§ 132
Means of transport - exclusion	Article 1 (3)	§ 23
Member States	Article 15 Article 17	§ 82 § 84
Military or police purposes - exclusion	Article 1 (3)	§ 23
Mine winding gear - exclusion	Article 1 (3)	§ 23
Misleading markings	Article 10 (3)	§ 76
Model lift	Article 1 (4)	§ 29
Modules	Recital N° 6	§ 10
Motivation of decisions	Article 11	§ 80
Moving parts	Annex I - Section 1.1	§ 95

NANDO	Article 9	§ 71 and § 72
National standards	Article 5 (1)	§ 48
New Approach	Recital N° 2	§ 5
New buildings	Article 1 (1)	§ 17
Notification	Article 9	§ 72
Notified Bodies	Article 9 Article 12 Annex VII	§ 71 to § 73 § 8 § 147

Overspeed governor (limitation device)

Annex I - Section 1.4.2

§ 104

Periodic inspection	Article 2 (4) Annex I - Section 6.2	§ 39 § 135
Pit	Annex I - Section 2.2	§ 114, § 115
Placing on the market - lifts	Article 1 (4) Article 8 (5)	§ 25 § 70
Placing on the market - safety components	Article 1 (4)	§ 26
Presumption of conformity	Article 5 (2)	§ 50
Principles of safety integration	Annex I - Section 1.1	§ 96
Production phase	Article 8 (1)	§ 65
Production quality assurance	Annex XIV	§ 158
Product quality assurance - lifts	Annex XII	§ 152
Product quality assurance - safety components	Annex VIII	§ 148
Publication - harmonised standards	Article 5 (2)	§ 53

Recitals	Recitals	§ 3 to § 15
Rack and pinion trains - exclusion	Article 1 (3)	§ 23
Recommendations for use	Article 9 Article 12	§ 73 § 80
Refuge	Annex I - Section 2.2	§ 114, § 115
Release of trapped persons	Annex I - Section 4.4	§ 125
Remote alarm	Annex I - Section 4.5 Annex I - Section 4.9	§ 126 §13
Repeal of superseded Directives	Recital N° 4 Article 13	§ 7 § 79
Rescue of trapped persons	Annex I - Section 4.4 Annex I - Section 4.5	§ 125 § 126
Review of the Lifts Directive	Article 16	§ 83
Revised Machinery Directive	Article 1 (1)	§ 19
Risk assessment	Annex I - Preliminary remark 3	§ 89

Safeguard clause	Article 7	§ 59 to § 62
Safeguard procedure	Article 7 Article 11	§ 62 § 80
Safety components	Article 1 (1) Article 1 (4) Annex IV	§ 20 and § 21 § 27 § 141 to § 143
Safety gear	Annex I - Section 3.2 Annex IV - item 2	§ 118 § 141
Safety of lifts	Citations Article 2 (1)	§ 2 § 33
Scope	Article 1 (1)	§ 16 to § 21
Shaft - fittings	Article 2 (3)	§ 37 and § 38
Shock absorbers	Annex I - Section 3.3 Annex IV - item 4	§ 119 § 142
Speed monitoring and limiting	Annex I - Section 1.4.3	§ 105
State of the art	Article 5 (2) Annex I - Preliminary remark 2 Annex I - Preliminary remark 3	§ 51 § 87 § 89
Stopping accuracy	Annex I - Section 1.1	§ 95
Suspension and support	Annex I - Section 1.3	§ 102

Temperature in machinery spaces	Annex I - Section 4.6	§ 127
Theatre elevators - exclusion	Article 1 (3)	§ 23
Traction drive	Annex I - Section 1.4.4	§ 106
Trade fairs	Article 2 (5)
Transitional period	Recital N° 9 Article 15 (2)	§ 42
Travel zone	Annex I - Section 2.1	§ 13 § 82
Two-way means of communication	Annex I - Section 4.5 Annex I - Section 4.9	§ 113 § 126 § 130

Uncontrolled upward movement

Annex I - Sections 3.2 and 3.4
Annex IV - item 2

§ 118 and § 1200

§ 141

Unit verification

Annex X

§ 150

Ventilation

Annex I - Section 4.7

§ 128

Well

Article 2 (3)

§ 37