Lift and Elevator Codes and Standards in Moldova

Placing lifts and lift safety components on the market is governed by the Technical Regulation on lifts and safety components for lifts approved by Government Decision No. 8/2016 (an amendment was put to consultation in May 2026 by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Development to keep it aligned with relevant EU law); a 2018 ministerial order lists the Moldovan standards adopting the European harmonised lift standards. Operation is governed by Government Decision No. 506 of 05.07.2017 approving minimum safety requirements for the operation of lifts, together with Law No. 151/2022 on safe operation of industrial facilities and potentially hazardous technical installations, under which installations must be entered in a State Register before specialised operators may work on them. State technical supervision is carried out by the National Inspectorate for Technical Supervision (successor of the Agency for Technical Supervision).

Who regulates lifts

Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Development (policy); National Inspectorate for Technical Supervision (Inspectoratul Național pentru Supraveghere Tehnică)

Periodic inspection

Periodic technical verification (DT-4) of each lift once every 12 months, per public procurement specifications citing GD 506/2017; not confirmed from the decree text itself.

Installer and maintenance licensing

Law 151/2022 refers to specialised legal persons/operators active in industrial safety, who may work only on installations registered in the State Register; details of authorisation not confirmed.

Laws, codes and standards

GD No. 506/2017 (2017) — Minimum safety requirements for the operation of lifts
Mandatory · Government of the Republic of Moldova
GD No. 8/2016 — Technical Regulation on lifts and safety components for lifts
Mandatory · Moldovan law on technical requirements for products; EU–Moldova Association Agreement alignment · Government of the Republic of Moldova
SM EN 81-20 (2020) — Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts – Lifts for the transport of persons and goods (Moldovan adoption)
Harmonised (presumption of conformity) · GD 8/2016 · INSM (Moldovan standards institute) adopting CEN

Lift associations and bodies

Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Development – Directorate for industrial safety and industrial equipment policy (MIDR)
National Inspectorate for Technical Supervision (INST)

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