Lift and Elevator Codes and Standards in Djibouti

Djibouti has no dedicated lift law or lift standard, but lifts are named in several official texts. Decree 80-046/PR/MI (1980) on public buildings (établissements recevant du public) requires lifts and goods lifts to offer guarantees of safety and good operation, and requires owners and installers to have installations verified during construction and periodically in operation by approved bodies, under arrêtés that were not found. A 2024 decree requires multi-level private clinics to have an accessible passenger lift and a bed lift; a 2014 law qualifies building firms in a category that includes lifts; a 2015 decree makes the co-ownership syndicate responsible for maintaining lifts in common parts.

Who regulates lifts

Ministry of the Interior, advised by the Commission nationale d'Hygiène et de Sécurité (secretariat: Inspection nationale de la Protection civile) for public buildings; Labour Inspectorate for workplaces

Periodic inspection

Decree 80-046 art. 38: constructors, installers and operators must have equipment verified during construction and periodically during operation by approved bodies or persons, under arrêtés of the Interior and relevant ministers (not found); art. 35: the Commission may make unannounced periodic checks of public buildings. No lift-specific inspection interval found.

Installer and maintenance licensing

Loi 25/AN/14/7ème L art. 9: building-sector firms are qualified and classified by a Commission de qualification et de classification; category 6 is 'Electricité-Courant fort-Courant faible-Ascenseur'. A certificate is needed to stay on the register of firms approved for public contracts; no separate lift-installer licence found.

Laws, codes and standards

Loi n°133/AN/05/5ème L (Code du Travail) (2006) — Labour Code
Mandatory · Arts. 121 (machines installed and kept safe), 125 (arrêtés on general and special protection measures and on machines), 199 (inspector powers) · National Assembly; Ministry of Labour
Loi n°25/AN/14/7ème L (2014) — Law on the regulation, qualification, classification and certification of building and equipment-sector firms
Mandatory · Art. 9 qualification categories (cat. 6 includes 'Ascenseur') · National Assembly; applied by the Ministry of Habitat, Urbanism and Environment and the Ministry of Equipment and Transport (art. 31)
Arrêté n°63/92/SPCG (1963) — Order fixing special hygiene and safety measures for building and public-works sites
Mandatory · Colonial-era arrêté (Côte Française des Somalis) still listed in the Journal officiel database · Territorial administration (SPCG)
Décret n°2015-180/PR/SEL (2015) — Decree regulating co-ownership
Mandatory · Art. 14: the syndicate is responsible for maintaining common circulations 'intégrant les escaliers et les ascenseurs s'il y a lieu' · Secrétariat d'Etat au Logement
Décret n°2024-219/PR/MS (2024) — Decree regulating private-sector health facilities
Mandatory · Decree signed 19 August 2024; art. 30 (accessible vertical circulation incl. lifts), art. 35 (vertical circulation) · Ministry of Health
Décret n°80-046/PR/MI — Decree establishing the National Hygiene and Safety Commission and fixing safety rules for buildings open to the public
Mandatory · Presidential decree; art. 11 names 'ascenseurs et monte-charges'; art. 14 provides for a règlement de sécurité by the Minister of the Interior; arts. 38-40 verifications and reception visits · Presidency / Ministry of the Interior

Lift associations and bodies

National Commission for Occupational Safety and Health
National Hygiene and Safety Commission (buildings open to the public)
Central Building and Equipment Laboratory (LCBE)
Labour Inspectorate
Djibouti Standards and Quality Agency (ADN)
National Standardisation Committee (CNN)

Last verified 2026-10-18. Standards are copyrighted: we list which one applies and its legal status, not its text.