Lift and Elevator Codes and Standards in Jordan
Lifts in buildings are controlled by the Jordan Standards and Metrology Organization (JSMO) under its 'Instructions for the control of elevators used in buildings and facilities No. (2) of 2022' (Official Gazette no. 5774, p. 1787, 1 March 2022, unamended), and JSMO offers elevator inspection services. Lift design and installation in buildings follow the Jordanian National Building Council's Elevator Code (2nd edition, 2008, Ministry of Public Works and Housing), which is binding through the Jordanian National Building Law of 1993: approved codes must be followed in construction, plans cannot be approved or building licences and occupancy permits issued without code compliance, and violators face fines of JOD 100-3,000. JSMO publishes yearly counts of elevators it has inspected at the initial and final stage (open-data set 'Inspection of Elevators', 2022). In the Aqaba Special Economic Zone, ASEZA issued its own instructions for electric elevators (2022). Standards family not established: the technical basis of the 2008 Elevator Code (EN 81, ASME or own) was not found.
Who regulates lifts
Jordan Standards and Metrology Organization (JSMO); Jordanian National Building Council / Ministry of Public Works and Housing (building codes)
Periodic inspection
JSMO inspects installed elevators (initial and final inspections counted in its open data) under Instructions No. 2 of 2022; periodic frequency not confirmed
Installer and maintenance licensing
Not confirmed
Laws, codes and standards
- ASEZA Instructions for electric elevators (2022) (2022) — Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority instructions for electric elevators and emergency stairsMandatory · ASEZA (applies in the Aqaba Special Economic Zone); issued under art. 21 of the ASEZ Zoning and Development Licensing Regulation No. 32 of 2004 · Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority
- JSMO Instructions No. 2 of 2022 (2022) — Instructions for the control of elevators used in buildings and facilitiesMandatory · Standards and Metrology Law No. 22 of 2000 (JSMO legislation list); published Official Gazette no. 5774, p. 1787, 1 March 2022 · Jordan Standards and Metrology Organization
- Jordanian National Building Code - Elevator Code (2008) — Elevator Code (2nd edition)Referenced by law · Jordanian National Building Law 1993, arts. 10(d) and 11: approved codes are binding in construction and form part of building licence conditions · Jordanian National Building Council, Ministry of Public Works and Housing (published by the Royal Scientific Society)
Lift associations and bodies
- Jordan Standards and Metrology Organization (JSMO)
- Jordanian National Building Council
Last verified 2026-10-17. Standards are copyrighted: we list which one applies and its legal status, not its text.