Lift and Elevator Codes and Standards in Croatia

New lifts are placed on the market under the Pravilnik o sigurnosti dizala (NN 20/2016), which transposes the Lifts Directive 2014/33/EU under the Act on technical requirements for products and conformity assessment. Lifts in service are governed by the Pravilnik o sigurnosti dizala u uporabi (NN 5/2019): the owner must have the lift inspected at least once a year by an inspection organisation authorised by the economy minister, maintained at least monthly by a registered maintainer approved by an authorised inspection body, and must ensure rescue within 60 minutes. Escalators and moving walks are outside the in-use rules.

Who regulates lifts

Ministry of Economy (Ministarstvo gospodarstva; the 2019 rules were issued by the then Ministry of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Crafts with the consent of the construction minister)

Periodic inspection

Regular inspection at least once a year by an authorised inspection organisation (ovlaštena organizacija, EN ISO/IEC 17020) with the maintainer present; extraordinary inspection after changes, accidents or on inspector request.

Installer and maintenance licensing

Maintainer (održavatelj) must be a registered person or company with prior consent of an authorised inspection body that checks competence; maintenance at least monthly; maintainer keeps the logbook.

Laws, codes and standards

Directive 2014/33/EU (2014) — Lifts Directive
Mandatory · Transposed by Pravilnik o sigurnosti dizala (NN 20/2016) · European Union
Pravilnik o sigurnosti dizala (NN 20/2016) (2016) — Ordinance on lift safety
Mandatory · Zakon o tehničkim zahtjevima za proizvode i ocjenjivanju sukladnosti (NN 80/13, 14/14); transposes Directive 2014/33/EU · Minister of Economy
Pravilnik o sigurnosti dizala u uporabi (NN 5/2019) (2019) — Ordinance on the safety of lifts in use
Mandatory · Zakon o tehničkim zahtjevima za proizvode i ocjenjivanju sukladnosti · Ministry of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Crafts
Pravilnik o sigurnosti strojeva (NN 28/2011) — Rules on the safety of machinery
Mandatory · Notified to EUR-Lex as Croatia's transposition of Directive 2006/42/EC (Narodne novine 28/2011) · Ministry of Economy
HRN EN 81-20 (2014) — Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts - Lifts for the transport of persons and goods - Part 20: Passenger and goods passenger lifts
Referenced by law · Cited in Annex I of NN 5/2019; harmonised presumption under the Lifts Directive · HZN / CEN
HRN EN 81-80 (2004) — Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts - Existing lifts - Rules for the improvement of safety of existing passenger and goods passenger lifts
Referenced by law · Annex I checklist of Pravilnik o sigurnosti dizala u uporabi (NN 5/2019) · HZN / CEN

Lift associations and bodies

Ministry of Economy (MINGO)

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