Lift and Elevator Codes and Standards in Cuba

Cuba regulates lifts, escalators and moving walks through ministerial resolutions of the former Ministerio de la Industria Sidero-Mecánica (SIME): Resolución Nº 137 of 13 October 2004, 'Reglamento para Ascensores, Escaleras Mecánicas y Andenes Móviles', which the WTO import-licensing database describes as covering design, manufacture, installation, operation, maintenance, repair, periodic inspection and import; and Resolución Conjunta No. 1/2005 (SIME-MINCEX, 19 September 2005), which requires lift and escalator imports (new projects, remodelling and modernisation) to be approved by the Órgano de Registro of the Grupo Nacional de Ascensores before contracting, and lets it inspect imported equipment. Cuba notified this regime to the WTO again in September 2024 (G/LIC/N/3/CUB/13). The text of Resolución 137 itself was not read, and no NC lift standard was confirmed.

Who regulates lifts

Grupo Nacional de Ascensores and its Órgano de Registro, attached to the Ministerio de la Industria Sidero-Mecánica (2005 text); a WTO procedure listing (secondary, via search) names the GNA, Autoridad Nacional de Ascensores, of the Ministerio de Industrias.

Periodic inspection

Resolución 137/2004 is described by the WTO notification (secondary) as covering periodic inspection; the interval and inspection body were not confirmed because the resolution text was not read.

Installer and maintenance licensing

Not found.

Laws, codes and standards

Resolución Conjunta No. 1/2005 MINCEX-SIME (2005) — Joint Resolution on import approval of lifts, escalators and moving walks
Mandatory · Joint resolution of the Ministers of the Sidero-Mechanical Industry and of Foreign Trade, Havana, 19 September 2005; ordered published in the Gaceta Oficial (No. 064 per WTO listing) · Ministerio de la Industria Sidero-Mecánica and Ministerio del Comercio Exterior
Resolución Nº 137/2004 (SIME) (2004) — Regulation for Lifts, Escalators and Moving Walks
Mandatory · Resolución Nº 137 of 13 October 2004 of the Minister of the Sidero-Mechanical Industry; referenced by Resolución Conjunta 1/2005 and notified to WTO (G/LIC/N/3/CUB/13, 2024) · Ministerio de la Industria Sidero-Mecánica (SIME)

Lift associations and bodies

National Lift Group (GNA)

Last verified 2026-10-21. Standards are copyrighted: we list which one applies and its legal status, not its text.