Lift and Elevator Codes and Standards in North Macedonia
North Macedonia (EU candidate) regulated lifts through two Ministry of Economy rulebooks published in Služben vesnik 23/07: one on placing lifts and lift safety components on the market (modelled on the EU lifts regime) and one on the safe use and technical inspection of lifts. The Law on Technical Inspection (Služben vesnik 88/2008) covers lifts among technical equipment subject to inspection. In 2007 the lift group of the Economic Chamber of Macedonia told the Ministry that technical inspection bodies for lifts had still not been set up and that unregistered, unqualified firms were servicing lifts. Whether these rulebooks have since been replaced by a transposition of Directive 2014/33/EU was not confirmed this session.
Who regulates lifts
Ministry of Economy (Министерство за економија)
Periodic inspection
Technical inspection of lifts in use under the 2007 rulebook on safe use and technical inspection of lifts; interval and inspecting bodies not confirmed.
Installer and maintenance licensing
Not confirmed.
Laws, codes and standards
- Закон за техничка инспекција (Сл. весник 88/2008) (2008) — Law on Technical InspectionMandatory · Assembly of North Macedonia
- MKS EN 81-20 (2020) — Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts - Part 20: Passenger and goods passenger liftsVoluntary · Legal status under Macedonian lift rules not confirmed · ISRSM / CEN
Lift associations and bodies
- Lift Group of the Economic Chamber of Macedonia
- Ministry of Economy of North Macedonia
- Standardization Institute of the Republic of North Macedonia (ISRSM)
Last verified 2026-10-17. Standards are copyrighted: we list which one applies and its legal status, not its text.