Lift and Elevator Codes and Standards in Algeria

No Algerian lift-specific law, executive decree, interministerial arrêté or periodic lift-inspection regime was found (French and Arabic searches). Lifts are named in the 1976 fire-safety decrees (Ministry of Interior, JORADP 12 March 1976): décret 76-37 (fire safety in residential buildings) requires buildings whose top floor is more than 28 m above ground to have a priority-call device on at least one lift per bank for civil protection, states that lifts are not means of evacuation, and requires lifts serving car-park basements to be separated by ventilated lobbies; décret 76-35 (high-rise buildings) contains lift provisions for fire compartments (lifts keep serving unaffected compartments; access forbidden in affected ones; lift shaft/lift-lobby walls fire-rated). IANOR has adopted the EN 81 lift standards as Algerian standards in technical committee CTN 39 'Construction – Bâtiment' — NA 23240:2021 (EN 81-20:2018), NA 23241:2021 (EN 81-50:2020), NA 23242:2021 (ISO 8100-30:2019), NA 23248:2022 (EN 81-58:2018), NA 17248:2013 (EN 81-80:2004), NA 17249:2013 (EN 81-70:2003), NA 17297:2015 (lift planning in residential buildings, FD P82-751) — plus NA 13224:2017 (EN 13015 maintenance instructions for lifts and escalators) and NA 3884:2008 (builders' hoists); the catalogue marks none of them mandatory. Lift installation, repair and maintenance is a registered commercial activity (code 613203), reported by a commercial site as not a regulated (licensed) activity. Wilaya of Algiers runs a programme rehabilitating lifts in public housing.

Who regulates lifts

Not identified for lift safety. Ministry of Interior / civil protection for the 1976 fire-safety decrees naming lifts; IANOR for standards

Periodic inspection

Not found

Installer and maintenance licensing

Trade-register activity code 613203 (installation, repair and maintenance of lifts); per conformepro.dz / upgrowth.dz (unofficial) not a licensed/regulated activity

Laws, codes and standards

Décret n° 76-35 (1976) — Decree of 20 February 1976 on fire and panic safety rules for high-rise buildings
Mandatory · Executive decree, Journal officiel de la République algérienne, 12 March 1976 (p. 242 ff.) · Ministry of Interior
Décret n° 76-37 (1976) — Decree of 20 February 1976 on fire safety in residential buildings
Mandatory · Executive decree, Journal officiel de la République algérienne, 12 March 1976 (p. 246 ff.) · Ministry of Interior
NA 13224 (2017) — Maintenance for lifts and escalators — Rules for maintenance instructions
Voluntary · Algerian standard (NA) published by IANOR; no mandatory marking in the catalogue · IANOR
NA 17248 (2013) — Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts — Existing lifts — Part 80: Rules for the improvement of safety of existing passenger and goods passenger lifts
Voluntary · Algerian standard (NA) published by IANOR; no mandatory marking in the catalogue · IANOR
NA 17249 (2013) — Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts — Particular applications — Part 70: Accessibility to lifts for persons including persons with disability
Voluntary · Algerian standard (NA) published by IANOR; no mandatory marking in the catalogue · IANOR
NA 17297 (2015) — Principles for establishing the lift programme in residential buildings
Voluntary · Algerian standard (NA) published by IANOR; no mandatory marking in the catalogue · IANOR
NA 23240 (2021) — Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts — Lifts for the transport of persons and goods — Passenger and goods passenger lifts
Voluntary · Algerian standard (NA) published by IANOR; no mandatory marking in the catalogue · IANOR
NA 23241 (2021) — Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts — Examinations and tests — Design rules, calculations, examinations and tests of lift components
Voluntary · Algerian standard (NA) published by IANOR; no mandatory marking in the catalogue · IANOR
NA 23242 (2021) — Lifts for the transport of persons and goods — Part 30: Installation of lifts of classes I, II, III and VI
Voluntary · Algerian standard (NA) published by IANOR; no mandatory marking in the catalogue · IANOR
NA 23248 (2022) — Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts — Examinations and tests — Fire resistance test for landing doors
Voluntary · Algerian standard (NA) published by IANOR; no mandatory marking in the catalogue · IANOR
NA 3884 (2008) — Builders' hoists for persons and materials with vertically guided cages
Voluntary · Algerian standard (NA) published by IANOR; no mandatory marking in the catalogue · IANOR

Lift associations and bodies

Algerian Institute for Standardization (IANOR)

Last verified 2026-10-19. Standards are copyrighted: we list which one applies and its legal status, not its text.