Lift and Elevator Codes and Standards by Country

Which laws, codes and standards apply to lifts in each country, who regulates and inspects them, and which lift associations exist — a country-by-country reference.

• Canada
• France
• Germany
• Italy
• United Kingdom
• United States
• Albania
  3 codes and standards, 2 associations and bodies
• Algeria
  11 codes and standards, 1 associations and bodies
• Andorra
  11 codes and standards, 1 associations and bodies
• Argentina
  7 codes and standards, 5 associations and bodies
• Armenia
  5 codes and standards
• Australia
  6 codes and standards, 4 associations and bodies
• Austria
  8 codes and standards, 2 associations and bodies
• Azerbaijan
  2 codes and standards, 1 associations and bodies
• Bahamas
  2 codes and standards, 1 associations and bodies
• Bahrain
  6 codes and standards, 3 associations and bodies
• Bangladesh
  2 codes and standards, 3 associations and bodies
• Belarus
  2 codes and standards, 2 associations and bodies
• Belgium
  7 codes and standards, 3 associations and bodies
• Belize
  4 codes and standards, 3 associations and bodies
• Benin
  3 codes and standards, 2 associations and bodies
• Bhutan
  2 codes and standards
• Bolivia
  4 codes and standards, 2 associations and bodies
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
  2 codes and standards, 3 associations and bodies
• Brazil
  10 codes and standards, 3 associations and bodies
• Bulgaria
  4 codes and standards, 1 associations and bodies
• Burkina Faso
  4 codes and standards, 2 associations and bodies
• Burundi
  5 codes and standards, 3 associations and bodies
• Cambodia
  2 codes and standards, 2 associations and bodies
• Cape Verde
  3 codes and standards, 1 associations and bodies
• Chad
  3 codes and standards, 2 associations and bodies
• Chile
  10 codes and standards, 2 associations and bodies
• China
  15 codes and standards, 4 associations and bodies
• Colombia
  6 codes and standards, 3 associations and bodies
• Comoros
  2 codes and standards, 1 associations and bodies
• Costa Rica
  4 codes and standards, 2 associations and bodies
• Côte d'Ivoire
  3 codes and standards
• Croatia
  6 codes and standards, 1 associations and bodies
• Cuba
  2 codes and standards, 1 associations and bodies
• Cyprus
  5 codes and standards, 4 associations and bodies
• Czechia
  5 codes and standards, 2 associations and bodies
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
  4 codes and standards, 1 associations and bodies
• Denmark
  12 codes and standards, 3 associations and bodies
• Djibouti
  6 codes and standards, 6 associations and bodies
• Dominica
  3 codes and standards, 2 associations and bodies
• Egypt
  15 codes and standards, 2 associations and bodies
• El Salvador
  2 codes and standards, 1 associations and bodies
• Estonia
  10 codes and standards, 1 associations and bodies
• Eswatini
  7 codes and standards, 2 associations and bodies
• Ethiopia
  4 codes and standards, 2 associations and bodies
• Fiji
  4 codes and standards, 2 associations and bodies
• Finland
  11 codes and standards, 5 associations and bodies
• Georgia
  4 codes and standards, 1 associations and bodies
• Ghana
  2 codes and standards, 1 associations and bodies
• Greece
  6 codes and standards, 4 associations and bodies
• Grenada
  2 codes and standards, 1 associations and bodies
• Guatemala
  4 codes and standards, 3 associations and bodies
• Guyana
  3 codes and standards, 2 associations and bodies
• Honduras
  3 codes and standards, 2 associations and bodies
• Hong Kong
  3 codes and standards, 6 associations and bodies
• HT
  3 codes and standards, 2 associations and bodies
• Hungary
  2 codes and standards, 3 associations and bodies
• Iceland
  4 codes and standards, 1 associations and bodies
• India
  14 codes and standards, 5 associations and bodies
• Indonesia
  2 codes and standards, 2 associations and bodies
• Iran
  2 codes and standards, 2 associations and bodies
• Iraq
  2 codes and standards, 3 associations and bodies
• Ireland
  9 codes and standards, 4 associations and bodies
• Israel
  11 codes and standards, 4 associations and bodies
• Jamaica
  5 codes and standards, 3 associations and bodies
• Japan
  23 codes and standards, 4 associations and bodies
• Jordan
  3 codes and standards, 2 associations and bodies
• Kazakhstan
  11 codes and standards, 2 associations and bodies
• Kenya
  6 codes and standards, 4 associations and bodies
• KI
  5 codes and standards, 3 associations and bodies
• Kosovo
  6 codes and standards, 3 associations and bodies
• Kuwait
  4 codes and standards, 1 associations and bodies
• Kyrgyzstan
  5 codes and standards
• Laos
  4 codes and standards, 2 associations and bodies
• Latvia
  12 codes and standards, 2 associations and bodies
• Lesotho
  3 codes and standards, 1 associations and bodies
• Liberia
  2 codes and standards, 1 associations and bodies
• Libya
  7 codes and standards, 1 associations and bodies
• Lithuania
  13 codes and standards, 2 associations and bodies
• Luxembourg
  7 codes and standards, 4 associations and bodies
• Macao
  3 codes and standards, 1 associations and bodies
• Madagascar
  3 codes and standards, 3 associations and bodies
• Malawi
  2 codes and standards, 1 associations and bodies
• Malaysia
  6 codes and standards, 4 associations and bodies
• Maldives
  3 codes and standards, 3 associations and bodies
• Mali
  2 codes and standards, 2 associations and bodies
• Malta
  5 codes and standards, 2 associations and bodies
• Marshall Islands
  3 codes and standards, 2 associations and bodies
• Mauritania
  2 codes and standards, 2 associations and bodies
• Mauritius
  3 codes and standards, 2 associations and bodies
• Mexico
  3 codes and standards, 4 associations and bodies
• Micronesia
  3 codes and standards, 1 associations and bodies
• Moldova
  3 codes and standards, 2 associations and bodies
• Monaco
  10 codes and standards, 6 associations and bodies
• Mongolia
  2 codes and standards, 2 associations and bodies
• Montenegro
  4 codes and standards, 2 associations and bodies
• Morocco
  2 codes and standards, 1 associations and bodies
• Mozambique
  2 codes and standards, 1 associations and bodies
• Namibia
  3 codes and standards, 1 associations and bodies
• Netherlands
  8 codes and standards, 5 associations and bodies
• New Zealand
  7 codes and standards, 2 associations and bodies
• Nicaragua
  2 codes and standards, 2 associations and bodies
• Niger
  3 codes and standards, 3 associations and bodies
• Nigeria
  4 codes and standards, 5 associations and bodies
• North Macedonia
  2 codes and standards, 3 associations and bodies
• Norway
  11 codes and standards, 7 associations and bodies
• NR
  2 codes and standards, 2 associations and bodies
• Oman
  4 codes and standards, 1 associations and bodies
• Palestinian Territories
  5 codes and standards, 2 associations and bodies
• Papua New Guinea
  2 codes and standards, 1 associations and bodies
• Paraguay
  2 codes and standards, 1 associations and bodies
• Philippines
  5 codes and standards, 2 associations and bodies
• Poland
  3 codes and standards, 4 associations and bodies
• Portugal
  3 codes and standards, 2 associations and bodies
• Puerto Rico
  2 codes and standards, 1 associations and bodies
• Qatar
  5 codes and standards, 1 associations and bodies
• Romania
  6 codes and standards, 1 associations and bodies
• Russia
  14 codes and standards, 4 associations and bodies
• Rwanda
  2 codes and standards, 1 associations and bodies
• Saint Kitts and Nevis
  2 codes and standards, 2 associations and bodies
• Saint Lucia
  3 codes and standards, 1 associations and bodies
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  2 codes and standards, 1 associations and bodies
• Samoa
  5 codes and standards, 2 associations and bodies
• Saudi Arabia
  10 codes and standards, 2 associations and bodies
• SD
  2 codes and standards, 1 associations and bodies
• Serbia
  7 codes and standards, 2 associations and bodies
• Seychelles
  2 codes and standards, 1 associations and bodies
• Singapore
  9 codes and standards, 5 associations and bodies
• Slovakia
  2 codes and standards
• Slovenia
  5 codes and standards, 4 associations and bodies
• Solomon Islands
  4 codes and standards, 2 associations and bodies
• Somalia
  3 codes and standards, 3 associations and bodies
• South Africa
  22 codes and standards, 5 associations and bodies
• South Korea
  8 codes and standards, 5 associations and bodies
• Spain
  18 codes and standards, 3 associations and bodies
• Sri Lanka
  2 codes and standards, 5 associations and bodies
• Suriname
  2 codes and standards, 1 associations and bodies
• Sweden
  14 codes and standards, 4 associations and bodies
• Switzerland
  2 codes and standards, 4 associations and bodies
• Taiwan
  6 codes and standards, 1 associations and bodies
• Tajikistan
  4 codes and standards, 2 associations and bodies
• Tanzania
  3 codes and standards, 2 associations and bodies
• Thailand
  5 codes and standards, 1 associations and bodies
• Timor-Leste
  2 codes and standards, 1 associations and bodies
• Togo
  6 codes and standards, 1 associations and bodies
• Tonga
  4 codes and standards, 1 associations and bodies
• Trinidad and Tobago
  2 codes and standards, 1 associations and bodies
• Tunisia
  2 codes and standards, 3 associations and bodies
• Turkey
  12 codes and standards, 3 associations and bodies
• TV
  4 codes and standards, 2 associations and bodies
• Uganda
  2 codes and standards, 1 associations and bodies
• Ukraine
  7 codes and standards, 3 associations and bodies
• United Arab Emirates
  12 codes and standards, 6 associations and bodies
• Uzbekistan
  2 codes and standards, 2 associations and bodies
• Vanuatu
  2 codes and standards, 1 associations and bodies
• Vatican City
  4 codes and standards, 2 associations and bodies
• Venezuela
  13 codes and standards, 3 associations and bodies
• Vietnam
  7 codes and standards, 2 associations and bodies
• Yemen
  6 codes and standards, 3 associations and bodies
• Zambia
  2 codes and standards
• Zimbabwe
  2 codes and standards, 1 associations and bodies