Lift and Elevator Codes and Standards in Argentina
At national level, Resolución 897/1999 of the Secretaría de Industria, Comercio y Minería sets essential safety requirements that lifts and their safety components must meet to be marketed in Argentina, with certification by a recognised body and presumption of conformity when IRAM, MERCOSUR (NM), EN or ISO standards are met (its effect was partly suspended by later resolutions). Installation, operation and maintenance are regulated locally: in the City of Buenos Aires, Ordenanza 49.308/1995 and Decreto 578/GCBA/2001 require every building lift to have a licensed maintenance company (conservador) and a stamped inspection logbook, the Agencia Gubernamental de Control runs a lift and conservador register, and Ley 952 created a register of professional lift verifiers (PVA) who carry out city-assigned checks.
Who regulates lifts
National: Secretaría de Industria y Comercio (Resolución 897/1999); local: City of Buenos Aires Agencia Gubernamental de Control (AGC) / Dirección General Fiscalización y Control de Obras, and other municipalities/provinces
Periodic inspection
CABA: monthly maintenance by a licensed conservador recorded in the building's inspection logbook (digital logbook since Disposición 1432/2014); city-assigned verifications by registered PVA professionals prioritised by complaints and maintenance-company changes (Ley 952). A fixed periodic third-party interval was not confirmed.
Installer and maintenance licensing
CABA: maintenance companies need a Permiso de Conservador, renewed annually in the AGC digital register (Disposición 984/2015), with legal domicile in the City and a qualified professional; national certification required for lifts/safety components placed on the market.
Laws, codes and standards
- Ley 952 (CABA) — Creates the Register of Professional Lift Verifiers (PVA)Mandatory · City of Buenos Aires law · Legislatura de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires
- Decreto 578/GCBA/2001 (2001) — Buenos Aires City regulation on vertical transport (consolidated text 2003)Mandatory · Regulates Ordenanza 49.308; amended by Decretos 1.734/GCBA/02 and 151/GCBA/03 · Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires
- Disposición DGFYCO 984/2015 (CABA) (2015) — Digital register of lift maintenance companies and annual renewal of the conservador permitMandatory · Dirección General Fiscalización y Control de Obras (AGC)
- Ordenanza 49.308/1995 (CABA) (1995) — Buenos Aires City ordinance on lift maintenance service and inspection logbookMandatory · City of Buenos Aires ordinance · Concejo Deliberante, Ciudad de Buenos Aires
- Resolución SICyM 897/1999 (1999) — Essential safety requirements for lifts and their components marketed in the countryMandatory · Ley 22.802 (Lealtad Comercial) sanctions; issued by the Secretaría de Industria, Comercio y Minería · Secretaría de Industria, Comercio y Minería
- NM 207 (1999) — Electric passenger lifts - Safety requirements for construction and installationReferenced by law · Presumption of conformity under Res. 897/1999 Art. 2 (MERCOSUR standards); cited in CABA and provincial documents · AMN (Asociación Mercosur de Normalización) / IRAM
- NM 313 (2007) — Passenger lifts - Particular requirements for accessibility of persons including persons with disabilityVoluntary · AMN / IRAM
Lift associations and bodies
- Argentine Chamber of Lift and Lift Component Manufacturers (CAFAC)
- Chamber of Lift Maintenance Companies and Allied Businesses (CECAF)
- Federation of Lift Associations and Chambers of the Argentine Republic (FACARA)
- Metalworkers' Union of the Argentine Republic (lift branch, CCT 260/75 Rama 3) (UOMRA)
- Association of Lift Specialist Engineers
Last verified 2026-10-17. Standards are copyrighted: we list which one applies and its legal status, not its text.