About the Lift Directive (2014/33/EU)

BSI is an approved body for the Lifts Regulations 2016 and through our testing and certification you can be sure that your lift systems or safety components can deliver the best in safety and reliability.

The regulations are the legal requirements that must be met before placing lift systems or safety components on the GB Market. Proof of compliance to the regulations is indicated by placing the UKCA marking on the product.

Work with BSI as your partner of choice for market access and to affix the UKCA Mark to the product.

The Lifts Regulations 2016 covers both safety components and whole lifts and covers the manufacture and installation of lifts. The regulations apply to manufacturers, authorised representatives, importers, distributors, or economic operators as well as the installer who is placing the lift or safety component on the GB market.

The Lifts Regulations 2016 applies to lifts permanently serving buildings and constructions and intended for the transport of:

• people
• people and goods;
• goods alone if the carrier is accessible and a person may enter it without difficulty and it is fitted with controls inside the carrier or within reach of a person inside the carrier.

These regulations also apply to the safety components for lifts which are listed in Annex III of the Directive. They include:

• Devices for locking landing doors
• Devices to prevent falls referred to in point 3.2 of Schedule 1 of the Directive to prevent the car from falling or uncontrolled movements
• Overspeed limitation devices
• Energy-accumulating buffers: non-linear, or with damping of the return movement

• Energy-dissipating buffers

• Safety devices fitted to jacks of hydraulic power circuits where these are used as devices to prevent falls
• Electric safety devices in the form of safety circuits containing electronic components

A lift can be defined as a lifting appliance serving specific levels, having a carrier moving along guides which are rigid and inclined at an angle of more than 15 degrees to the horizontal, or a lifting appliance moving along a fixed course even where it does not move along rigid guides.

As a leading provider of testing and certification solutions, we work in partnership with you so you can meet the requirements of the regulations and legally place products into Great Britain's market. This is one of the ways that BSI can enable you to access the market in Great britain, be compliant and grow your business.

We have a global service with world-class expertise and BSI is leader in testing and certification. With more than 270 technical experts located in over 100 countries, we provide some of the most extensive and efficient testing services, accelerating time to market and giving you a head start of the competition.