Lift and Elevator Codes and Standards in Libya
Libya has five national lift standards adopted in 1997 (LS 441 to 445: lift installation dimensions, residential passenger lifts, controls and signals, and two class-specific dimension standards), listed in the LNCSM Libyan Standards Guide 2026. Under Law No. 5 of 1990, standards adopted by the National Center for Standardization and Metrology are binding and breaches are punishable. A 1991 General People's Committee decision (No. 476) assigned electric-elevator activity to certain bodies, and a 1990 decision approved the founding of the Libyan Elevators Company for manufacturing, installing and maintaining lifts; their operative text and current status were not seen. No periodic inspection or installer licensing rule was found.
Who regulates lifts
Libyan National Center for Standardization and Metrology (LNCSM) for standards; no lift inspection authority identified.
Periodic inspection
Not found.
Installer and maintenance licensing
Not found. Decision No. 476 of 1991 assigns elevator activity to certain bodies, but its text was paywalled.
Laws, codes and standards
- Law No. 5 of 1990 (1990) — Law on Standards and MetrologyMandatory · Establishes the National Center for Standardization and Metrology; Art. 4 makes national and international standards adopted by the Center binding; Art. 5 penalises violations in manufacturing, production, services, import and export. · General People's Congress
- General People's Committee Decision No. 476 of 1991 (1991) — Decision on assigning activity related to electric elevators to certain bodiesMandatory · Decision of the General People's Committee; published in the Official Gazette 1992 No. 29 per a search-result summary. · General People's Committee (cabinet)
- LS 441 (1997) — Dimensions necessary for installing lifts and car dimensions of lifts with rated speed not exceeding 2.5 m/sMandatory · Law No. 5 of 1990, Art. 4 (adopted standards are binding). · Libyan National Center for Standardization and Metrology
- LS 442 (1997) — Passenger lifts installed in residential buildings - provision and testingMandatory · Law No. 5 of 1990, Art. 4. · Libyan National Center for Standardization and Metrology
- LS 443 (1997) — Control devices, signals and additional fittings for passenger and service liftsMandatory · Law No. 5 of 1990, Art. 4. · Libyan National Center for Standardization and Metrology
- LS 444 (1997) — Dimensions necessary for installing class B liftsMandatory · Law No. 5 of 1990, Art. 4. · Libyan National Center for Standardization and Metrology
- LS 445 (1997) — Dimensions necessary for installing class E service liftsMandatory · Law No. 5 of 1990, Art. 4. · Libyan National Center for Standardization and Metrology
Lift associations and bodies
Last verified 2026-10-18. Standards are copyrighted: we list which one applies and its legal status, not its text.