Lift and Elevator Codes and Standards in Kosovo
New lifts are regulated by Regulation (MTI) No. 03/2017 on Safety of Lifts, issued by the Ministry of Trade and Industry under the Law on technical requirements for products and conformity assessment and aligned with Directive 2014/33/EU; a ministerial decision of 16.04.2019 publishes the list of Kosovo harmonised standards (SK EN 81-20, 81-50, 81-70, 81-72, 81-73 etc.) giving presumption of conformity. Lifts in use are covered by Regulation (MTI) No. 05/2018 on Safety of Lifts in Use, under which periodic and extraordinary inspections are performed by inspection bodies accredited by the Kosovo Accreditation Directorate and appointed by MTI, and maintainers must operate a quality system per SK EN ISO 9001.
Who regulates lifts
Ministry of Industry, Entrepreneurship and Trade (formerly Ministry of Trade and Industry, MTI); Kosovo Standardization Agency; Kosovo Accreditation Directorate (DAK)
Periodic inspection
Periodic and extraordinary inspection under Regulation (MTI) 05/2018 by accredited, MTI-appointed inspection bodies (e.g. Luma Inspect, EALGA); interval not confirmed this session.
Installer and maintenance licensing
Maintainers must have training/quality system per SK EN ISO 9001 under Regulation 05/2018 (MTI workshop, 2019); no licence scheme confirmed.
Laws, codes and standards
- Regulation (MTI) No. 03/2017 (2017) — Regulation on Safety of LiftsMandatory · Law No. 04/L-039 (later No. 06/L-041) on technical requirements for products and conformity assessment · Ministry of Trade and Industry of Kosovo
- Regulation (MTI) No. 05/2018 (2018) — Regulation on Safety of Lifts in UseMandatory · Ministry of Trade and Industry of Kosovo
- SK EN 81-20 (2019) — Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts – Part 20: Passenger and goods passenger lifts (Kosovo adoption)Harmonised (presumption of conformity) · Regulation (MTI) 03/2017; MTI Decision of 16.04.2019 · Kosovo Standardization Agency adopting CEN
- SK EN 81-70 (2003) — Accessibility to lifts for persons including persons with disability (Kosovo adoption)Harmonised (presumption of conformity) · MTI Decision of 16.04.2019 · Kosovo Standardization Agency adopting CEN
- SK EN 81-72 (2017) — Firefighters lifts (Kosovo adoption)Harmonised (presumption of conformity) · MTI Decision of 16.04.2019 · Kosovo Standardization Agency adopting CEN
- MTI Decision Ref. 25 of 16.04.2019 — Decision on publishing the list of harmonised standards under Regulation (MTI) 03/2017 on Safety of LiftsReferenced by law · Law No. 06/L-019 on Standardization; Law No. 06/L-041 · Ministry of Trade and Industry of Kosovo
Lift associations and bodies
- Ministry of Industry, Entrepreneurship and Trade (formerly Ministry of Trade and Industry) (MINT)
- EALGA SH.P.K.
- Luma Inspect SH.P.K.
Last verified 2026-10-17. Standards are copyrighted: we list which one applies and its legal status, not its text.