Lift and Elevator Codes and Standards in Finland

Lifts are governed by the Lift Safety Act (Hissiturvallisuuslaki 1134/2016), which transposes the Lifts Directive and also sets national rules for in-service safety: lift work, competence (hissipätevyys), maintenance, repair and alteration work, and periodic inspection. The Finnish Safety and Chemicals Agency (Tukes) is the lift safety authority; it approves the authorised bodies and inspectors that carry out in-use inspections, while notified bodies handle market-placement conformity. Government Decree 1433/2016 sets the essential requirements, conformity assessment procedures, training content for lift competence and inspection of significant alteration work.

Who regulates lifts

Turvallisuus- ja kemikaalivirasto (Tukes) — Finnish Safety and Chemicals Agency, lift safety authority (hissiturvallisuusviranomainen)

Periodic inspection

Lifts, and escalators/moving walks (and light lifts not in private use): periodic inspection (määräaikaistarkastus) by an authorised body (valtuutettu laitos) first within two years of putting into service, then every second year (Lift Safety Act 1134/2016 §56, statute text read). Escalators and moving walks also need a verification inspection (varmennustarkastus) by an authorised body (§57).

Installer and maintenance licensing

Yes. Act ch. 4 (§§36-49): lift work requires a nominated person in charge of lift work (hissitöiden johtaja), notification to the lift safety authority (§42) which keeps a public register (§43), and lift competence certificates (hissipätevyys, §46-48).

Laws, codes and standards

Directive 2014/33/EU (2014) — Lifts Directive — harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to lifts and safety components for lifts
Mandatory · Transposed by Hissiturvallisuuslaki 1134/2016 and Decree 1433/2016 · European Parliament and Council
Hissiturvallisuuslaki 1134/2016 (2016) — Lift Safety Act
Mandatory · Act of Parliament, 16.12.2016; implements Directive 2014/33/EU · Eduskunta (Parliament of Finland)
Valtioneuvoston asetus 1433/2016 (2016) — Government Decree on the safety of lifts
Mandatory · Hissiturvallisuuslaki 1134/2016 · Valtioneuvosto (Government of Finland)
Valtioneuvoston asetus 400/2008 (2008) — Government Decree on the safety of machinery
Mandatory · Issued under the Act on the conformity of certain technical devices (1016/2004); transposes Directive 2006/42/EC (the decree cites 32006L0042, OJ L 157, 9.6.2006) · Valtioneuvosto (Government of Finland)
EN 81-20 (2020) — Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts — Lifts for the transport of persons and goods — Part 20: Passenger and goods passenger lifts
Harmonised (presumption of conformity) · Directive 2014/33/EU (Lifts Directive) via Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/76 as amended; national transposing act · CEN
EN 81-28 (2022) — Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts — Lifts for the transport of persons and goods — Part 28: Remote alarm on passenger and goods passenger lifts
Harmonised (presumption of conformity) · Directive 2014/33/EU (Lifts Directive) via Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/76 as amended; national transposing act · CEN
EN 81-50 (2020) — Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts — Examinations and tests — Part 50: Design rules, calculations, examinations and tests of lift components
Harmonised (presumption of conformity) · Directive 2014/33/EU (Lifts Directive) via Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/76 as amended; national transposing act · CEN
EN 81-70 (2021+A1:2022) — Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts — Particular applications for passenger and goods passenger lift — Part 70: Accessibility to lifts for persons including persons with disability
Harmonised (presumption of conformity) · Directive 2014/33/EU (Lifts Directive) via Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/76 as amended; national transposing act · CEN
EN 81-72 (2020) — Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts — Particular applications for passenger and goods passenger lifts — Part 72: Firefighters lifts
Harmonised (presumption of conformity) · Directive 2014/33/EU (Lifts Directive) via Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/76 as amended; national transposing act · CEN
EN 81-73 (2020) — Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts — Particular applications for passenger and goods passenger lifts — Part 73: Behaviour of lifts in the event of fire
Harmonised (presumption of conformity) · Directive 2014/33/EU (Lifts Directive) via Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/76 as amended; national transposing act · CEN
EN 81-77 (2022) — Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts — Particular applications for passenger and goods passenger lifts — Part 77: Lifts subject to seismic conditions
Harmonised (presumption of conformity) · Directive 2014/33/EU (Lifts Directive) via Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/76 as amended; national transposing act · CEN

Lift associations and bodies

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