Lift and Elevator Codes and Standards in Benin
No Beninese law or arrêté on lifts or lifting-equipment inspection was found. Décret n° 2021-226 of 12 May 2021 sets the conditions for contrôle technique: technical control of the feasibility, design, execution, maintenance and condition of works in energy, digital, real estate and civil engineering may only be done by persons approved by ministerial arrêté (the ministry in charge of Habitat), independent of design and execution on the same work; it does not name lifts in what was seen. Building permits follow Loi n° 2024-27 on urbanism, décret 2023-617 and arrêtés 169/170 of 24 May 2024; ERP permit files must include a fire-safety study. Lifts exist in Cotonou office buildings (BCEAO triplex lifts and goods lift, 2023 tenders). The BCEAO Cotonou specification for a façade-access cradle cites NF EN 81-20 among the lifting-equipment standards in force, which reflects client practice.
Who regulates lifts
Not found for lifts. Approval of contrôleurs techniques: ministry in charge of Habitat / Cadre de Vie (décret 2021-226)
Periodic inspection
Not found
Installer and maintenance licensing
Not found
Laws, codes and standards
- Loi n° 2024-27 sur l'urbanisme (2024) — Law on urban planning in the Republic of BeninMandatory · Law of 28 June 2024; implemented by décret 2023-617 (building permits) and arrêtés 169, 170 and 174 of May 2024 · Assemblée nationale du Bénin
- Décret n° 2021-226 portant conditions d'exercice de la mission de contrôle technique (2021) — Decree on the conditions for carrying out technical control in BeninMandatory · Decree adopted by the Council of Ministers, 12 May 2021 · Présidence de la République / ministry in charge of Habitat
- EN 81-20 — Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts – Lifts for the transport of persons and goodsVoluntary · Contractual: cited as NF EN 81-20 among 'textes et normes en vigueur relatifs aux appareils de levage' in the BCEAO Cotonou façade-cradle specification (2023) · CEN / AFNOR
Lift associations and bodies
Last verified 2026-10-20. Standards are copyrighted: we list which one applies and its legal status, not its text.