Lift and Elevator Codes and Standards in Madagascar

No Malagasy text specific to lifts was found. The binding frameworks found are general and do not name lifts: the Labour Code (Loi n° 2003-044) art. 120 requires work installations and equipment to meet mandatory safety norms and be subject to systematic surveillance, maintenance and verification, with technical control by the labour medical inspectorate (art. 133); a new Labour Code, Loi n° 2024-014, was promulgated in August 2024 according to the press. The general workplace hygiene and safety arrêté n° 889 of 20 May 1960 is listed by NATLEX but its text could not be read. The Urbanism and Housing Law (Loi n° 2015-052) art. 213 provides for 'règlements généraux de construction' on safety and accessibility, to be set by regulation; none naming lifts was found. In practice Apave Madagascar (Antananarivo) advertises periodic inspection and commissioning of elevators, freight elevators and escalators.

Who regulates lifts

Ministry responsible for labour (labour inspectorate) for workplace equipment; no lift-specific regulator found

Periodic inspection

No legal lift rule found (only the general Labour Code duty of systematic verification of work equipment, art. 120 of Loi 2003-044); practice: Apave Madagascar offers periodic inspections of elevators and escalators

Installer and maintenance licensing

Not found

Laws, codes and standards

Loi n° 2003-044 portant Code du travail — Labour Code
Superseded · Act of Parliament · Assemblée nationale / Government of Madagascar
Loi n° 2015-052 relative à l'Urbanisme et à l'Habitat — Urbanism and Housing Law
Mandatory · Act of Parliament · Assemblée nationale
Loi n° 2024-014 portant Code du travail — Labour Code (2024)
Mandatory · Adopted by the Assemblée nationale 20 June 2024 and Senate 1 July 2024, declared compliant by the HCC 8 August 2024, then promulgated (press report) · Parliament of Madagascar

Lift associations and bodies

Federation of Workers of Industrial Enterprises (SEKRIMA) (FEKRIMI)
Apave Madagascar
Bureau of Standards of Madagascar (BNM)

Last verified 2026-10-21. Standards are copyrighted: we list which one applies and its legal status, not its text.