Lift and Elevator Codes and Standards in Luxembourg
Luxembourg transposed Directive 2014/33/EU by a law on lifts and safety components for lifts (bill n° 6800, filed 31 March 2015 by the Minister of the Economy; Council of State opinion 17 July 2015; committee report 28 April 2016), replacing the amended grand-ducal regulation of 25 October 1999 that had transposed 95/16/EC. ILNAS's market-surveillance department is the market-surveillance authority, and OLAS (the ILNAS accreditation office) is the notifying authority for notified bodies. Rules for periodic inspection of lifts in service were not verified.
Who regulates lifts
ILNAS (Institut luxembourgeois de la normalisation, de l'accréditation, de la sécurité et qualité des produits et services) - market surveillance; OLAS - notifying authority
Periodic inspection
Not verified.
Installer and maintenance licensing
Not verified.
Laws, codes and standards
- Directive 2014/33/EU — Lifts Directive: harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to lifts and safety components for liftsMandatory · EU directive, binding through national transposition (see the national transposition instrument in this country's list). Repealed Directive 95/16/EC with effect from 20 April 2016. · European Parliament and Council
- Loi concernant les ascenseurs et les composants de sécurité pour ascenseurs (projet de loi n° 6800) (2016) — Law on lifts and safety components for lifts (and amending the law of 15 December 2010 on toy safety)Mandatory · Transposes Directive 2014/33/EU; replaces the amended règlement grand-ducal of 25 October 1999 (95/16/EC). · Chambre des Députés / Ministry of the Economy
- EN 115-1 — Safety of escalators and moving walks - Part 1: Construction and installationHarmonised (presumption of conformity) · Escalators and moving walks fall under the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC, not the Lifts Directive; EN 115-1 supports its essential requirements. · CEN/TC 10 (WG 2)
- 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 liftsHarmonised (presumption of conformity) · Reference published in the OJEU under Directive 2014/33/EU by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/76; replaces EN 81-20:2014. · CEN/TC 10
- 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 componentsHarmonised (presumption of conformity) · Reference published in the OJEU under Directive 2014/33/EU by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/76. · CEN/TC 10
- EN 81-70 — Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts - Particular applications for passenger and goods passenger lifts - Part 70: Accessibility to lifts for persons including persons with disabilityVoluntary · Applied through national accessibility/building rules where referenced. · CEN/TC 10
- EN 81-80 (2019) — Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts - Existing lifts - Part 80: Rules for the improvement of safety of existing passenger and goods passenger liftsVoluntary · Not harmonised (existing lifts are outside the Lifts Directive); binding only where a national rule refers to it. · CEN/TC 10
Lift associations and bodies
- Luxembourg Federation of Lift Companies (FDA)
- LCGB (Lëtzebuerger Chrëschtleche Gewerkschaftsbond) (LCGB)
- OGB-L (Onofhängege Gewerkschaftsbond Lëtzebuerg) (OGB-L)
- Luxembourg Institute for Standardisation, Accreditation, Safety and Quality of Products and Services (ILNAS)
Last verified 2026-10-16. Standards are copyrighted: we list which one applies and its legal status, not its text.