Lift and Elevator Codes and Standards in Colombia
Colombia has no national lift law found this session; regulation is by city. In Bogotá, Acuerdo 470 de 2011 (modified by Acuerdo 786 de 2020) makes an annual general review of lifts, escalators, ramps, lifting platforms and electric doors mandatory, carried out by inspection bodies accredited by ONAC, with the certificate displayed at each unit; IDIGER (formerly FOPAE) verifies compliance under Decreto 663 de 2011 and Resoluciones 092 and 221 de 2014, which adopt NTC 5926-1 and NTC 5926-2 as the inspection standards. Cali followed the same model with Acuerdo 0450 de 2018 and Decreto 0137 de 2019.
Who regulates lifts
Municipal: Bogotá — Instituto Distrital de Gestión de Riesgos y Cambio Climático (IDIGER); Cali — city administration; inspection bodies accredited by ONAC
Periodic inspection
Bogotá and Cali: annual general review (no more than one year apart) by an ONAC-accredited inspection body (ISO/IEC 17020), certificate valid one year and displayed at the unit; review does not replace preventive maintenance.
Installer and maintenance licensing
No licensing of installers/maintainers found; inspection bodies must be ONAC-accredited (ISO/IEC 17020) and independent.
Laws, codes and standards
- Acuerdo 0450 de 2018 (Cali) (2018) — Makes review of vertical transport systems in Cali mandatory (annual review by an ONAC-accredited body)Mandatory · Concejo de Cali; regulated by Decreto 0137 de 2019 · Concejo de Santiago de Cali
- Acuerdo Distrital 470 de 2011 (Bogotá) (2011) — Makes the annual general review of vertical transport systems in buildings and electric doors in the Capital District mandatoryMandatory · Concejo de Bogotá agreement of 14 March 2011; regulated by Decreto 663 de 2011; modified by Acuerdo 786 de 2020 (sanctions under Ley 1801 de 2016, Código de Policía) · Concejo de Bogotá
- Resolución IDIGER (FOPAE) 092 de 2014 (2014) — Technical guidelines for the annual review of vertical transport systems in Bogotá; adopts NTC 5926-1 and NTC 5926-2Mandatory · Acuerdo 470 de 2011 and Decreto 663 de 2011 · FOPAE (now IDIGER)
- NTC 2769-1 — Safety rules for the construction and installation of liftsVoluntary · ICONTEC
- NTC 4349 (1998) — Accessibility of persons to the physical environment. Buildings. LiftsVoluntary · ICONTEC
- NTC 5926-1 — Technical-mechanical review of vertical transport systems and electric doors - Part 1: Electric and hydraulic lifts (inspection criteria, defect classification, reporting)Referenced by law · Adopted for Bogotá reviews by Resolución 092 de 2014 under Acuerdo 470 de 2011 · ICONTEC
Lift associations and bodies
- Bogotá District Institute for Risk Management and Climate Change (IDIGER)
- National Accreditation Body of Colombia (ONAC)
- Colombian Institute of Technical Standards and Certification (ICONTEC)
Last verified 2026-10-17. Standards are copyrighted: we list which one applies and its legal status, not its text.