Lift and Elevator Codes and Standards in Mauritania

Mauritania's Law 2024-003 on urbanism and construction makes lifts mandatory in buildings with four or more storeys above the ground floor (art. 174) and requires mechanical installations that protect occupants to be maintained and verified for the life of the building, with a register kept by owners; a joint arrêté of the construction and civil-protection ministers is to set the details (art. 175). Technical control by a control office is mandatory for public buildings (ERP) and buildings of two storeys or more (art. 160). No lift standard or lift-specific inspection arrêté was found, and the Labour Code does not name lifts.

Who regulates lifts

Ministry in charge of construction (with the ministry in charge of civil protection for art. 175 application); labour matters: Ministry of Labour.

Periodic inspection

Law 2024-003 art. 175: protective mechanical installations must be maintained and verified so they keep working until the building is demolished; owners/managers must prove it, notably by a register. Frequency and inspecting bodies are left to a joint arrêté that was not found. Lifts are not named explicitly in art. 175.

Installer and maintenance licensing

None found.

Laws, codes and standards

Loi n° 2004-017 (2004-07-06) — Labour Code
Mandatory · Act of the legislature; amended by Loi 2022-025 (articles 38, 417, 418, 449 only, per search snippet). · République Islamique de Mauritanie
Loi n° 2024-003 (2024-01-17) — Law on urbanism and construction
Mandatory · Act of the legislature, published in the Journal Officiel of 29 February 2024 (no. 1552). · République Islamique de Mauritanie

Lift associations and bodies

Ministry in charge of construction

Last verified 2026-10-18. Standards are copyrighted: we list which one applies and its legal status, not its text.