Lift and Elevator Codes and Standards in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Lift safety in Bosnia and Herzegovina is set at state level by the Naredba o sigurnosti liftova (Order on lift safety, Službeni glasnik BiH 99/12), within the remit of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations (MVTEO), which is to publish the list of approved lift maintainers in the state gazette (Art. 29(3)). The order requires a regular technical inspection by a designated body (imenovano tijelo) accredited to BAS ISO/IEC 17020 and independent of manufacture, installation and maintenance (Art. 34); the owner must remedy defects found and may not switch body until they are cleared (Art. 24). Maintainers need an approval of professional competence issued by a designated body and must maintain according to instructions and the inspection report (Art. 33). Inspection oversight in the Federation sits with the federal inspection administration; a Sarajevo Canton letter of 2019 said only two firms in BiH could carry out lift technical inspections.

Who regulates lifts

Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of BiH (MVTEO); federal/entity inspectorates for enforcement

Periodic inspection

Regular technical inspection (redovni tehnički pregled, Art. 24 of Naredba 99/12) by a designated body accredited to BAS ISO/IEC 17020. Interval not confirmed this session.

Installer and maintenance licensing

Yes: lift maintainers (održavatelji) need an approval of professional competence (odobrenje o stručnoj osposobljenosti) issued by a designated body; MVTEO is to publish the list of maintainers in the state gazette (a 2023 cantonal letter found it had not been published).

Laws, codes and standards

Naredba o sigurnosti liftova (Službeni glasnik BiH 99/12) (2012) — Order on lift safety
Mandatory · State-level technical regulation (BiH law on technical requirements for products and conformity assessment assumed; not confirmed) · Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of BiH
BAS ISO/IEC 17020 — Conformity assessment - Requirements for the operation of various types of bodies performing inspection
Referenced by law · Art. 34 of Naredba o sigurnosti liftova · Institute for Standardization of BiH (BAS) / ISO / IEC

Lift associations and bodies

Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of Bosnia and Herzegovina (MVTEO)
Tehnoinspekt d.o.o. Sarajevo
Zagrebinspekt d.o.o. Mostar

Last verified 2026-10-17. Standards are copyrighted: we list which one applies and its legal status, not its text.