Lift and Elevator Codes and Standards in Burundi
No Burundian or East African (EAC) lift safety standard was found: the EAC 2024 standards catalogue lists no EAS on lifts, escalators or moving walks, only IEC lift-cable standards among the international standards it endorses. Buildings are governed by the 2016 Code of Urbanism, Housing and Construction, which requires building permits, licensed architects and engineers, current technical norms for buildings open to the public, and accessibility for persons with physical disabilities, but does not name lifts. Workplace safety rests on the 2020 Labour Code, which, per press reports, places general machine-safety and accident-prevention duties on employers.
Who regulates lifts
Ministry responsible for urbanism (building permits, construction norms); OBUHA for urban/housing implementation; labour inspectorate for workplace equipment. No lift-specific regulator found.
Periodic inspection
None found for lifts.
Installer and maintenance licensing
None found for lifts; the 2016 code requires an approved architect, engineer or design office for building permit files (arts. 100-101).
Laws, codes and standards
- Code du travail 2020 (2020) — Labour Code (2020)Mandatory · Arts. 316 and 336 (as reported): employer must follow risks from technical progress, prevent accidents and build safety into the design of premises, machines and products · Parliament; Ministry of Labour
- Loi n°1/03 du 10 janvier 2018 (2018) — Law on the promotion and protection of the rights of persons with disabilitiesMandatory · Art. 4 lists accessibility among basic principles · Parliament
- Loi n°1/09 du 12 août 2016 (Code de l'urbanisme, de l'habitat et de la construction) (2016) — Code of Urbanism, Housing and ConstructionMandatory · Arts. 94 (accessibility for persons with physical disability in collective housing, workplaces, public buildings), 100-102 (permit, approved architect/engineer, ERP built to technical norms in force incl. technical installations), 83 (rehabilitation: technical equipment conformity) · Parliament; Ministry responsible for urbanism
- IEC 60227-6 — PVC insulated cables up to 450/750 V - Part 6: Lift cables and cables for flexible connectionsVoluntary · Listed in the EAC Catalogue of East African Standards 2024 among international standards endorsed for adoption by Partner States · IEC; endorsed by EAC
- IEC 60245-5 — Rubber insulated cables up to 450/750 V - Part 5: Lift cablesVoluntary · Listed in the EAC Catalogue of East African Standards 2024 among international standards endorsed for adoption by Partner States · IEC; endorsed by EAC
Lift associations and bodies
- Burundi Office of Urbanism, Housing and Construction (OBUHA)
- Burundi Bureau of Standardization and Quality Control (BBN)
- East African Standards Committee (EASC)
Last verified 2026-10-18. Standards are copyrighted: we list which one applies and its legal status, not its text.