Lift and Elevator Codes and Standards in Latvia

Lifts are 'dangerous equipment' under the law on technical supervision of dangerous equipment, with compliance supervised by the Consumer Rights Protection Centre (PTAC), which keeps the Dangerous Equipment Register (BIR). Cabinet Regulation No. 679 (17.11.2020, in force 1.4.2022) sets safety and technical supervision rules for lifts and vertical lifting platforms: the owner (valdītājs) must maintain per the user documentation and order a periodic technical inspection at least every 12 months from a LATAK-accredited inspection body. As an EU member Latvia applies the Lifts Directive.

Who regulates lifts

Patērētāju tiesību aizsardzības centrs (PTAC); Ministry of Economics (Ekonomikas ministrija) issues lift rules

Periodic inspection

Accredited inspection body, at least once every 12 months (MK Reg. 679/2020); interval may be shortened by the inspection body. Escalators and moving walks: accredited inspection body, initial check before registration and periodic check at least once every 12 months (MK Reg. 636/2010 §24); PTAC supervises operation.

Installer and maintenance licensing

No registration/licensing requirement for lift maintenance companies in MK Reg. 679/2020; service company must be named on a plate in the car.

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 · EU member state; national transposing Cabinet regulation not identified this session · European Parliament and Council
• Par bīstamo iekārtu tehnisko uzraudzību — Law on Technical Supervision of Dangerous Equipment
  Mandatory · Saeima · Saeima
• MK noteikumi Nr. 195 (25.03.2008) (2008) — Machinery safety regulations
  Mandatory · Cabinet of Ministers regulation of 25 March 2008; transposes Directive 2006/42/EC (a 2026 draft amends it to take over Directive (EU) 2024/2749) · Ministru kabinets
• MK noteikumi Nr. 636 (20.07.2010) (2010) — Regulations on technical supervision of escalators and moving walks (conveyors) for transporting people
  Mandatory · Issued under art. 3(2) of the Law on Technical Supervision of Dangerous Equipment; Latvijas Vēstnesis No. 115, 22.07.2010; in force 23.07.2010; amended by MK Reg. 473 of 07.08.2018 (in force 10.08.2018); replaced MK Reg. 14/2001 · Ministru kabinets
• MK noteikumi Nr. 679 (17.11.2020) (2020) — Safety and technical supervision rules for lifts and vertical lifting platforms
  Mandatory · Law on Technical Supervision of Dangerous Equipment · Ministru kabinets (Ministry of Economics)
• 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

• Consumer Rights Protection Centre (PTAC)
• Latvian National Accreditation Bureau (LATAK)

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

Related

• Lift codes by country
• EN 81-20 and EN 81-50
• Elevator modernization guide