Lift and Elevator Codes and Standards in Serbia
Serbia (EU candidate) mirrors the Lifts Directive in the Pravilnik o bezbednosti liftova (Sl. glasnik RS 15/2017, 21/2020), adopted under the law on technical requirements for products and conformity assessment and published by the Ministry of Economy; lifts are placed on the market through conformity assessment against Serbian SRPS EN standards. Lifts in use fall under the Pravilnik o pregledima liftova u upotrebi (Sl. glasnik RS 105/2024, replacing 15/17): the owner must have a designated body (imenovano telo) inspect the lift at least once a year, have it maintained at least monthly by a maintainer with at least two qualified employees, and remove hazards listed in a checklist for existing lifts by set deadlines (many by 1 January 2030). Escalators and moving walks are excluded. In April 2026 the construction ministry published a draft rulebook on design, manufacture and maintenance of lifts for consultation.
Who regulates lifts
Ministry of Economy (technical regulations for products, designation of inspection bodies); Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure / spatial planning ministry for the April 2026 draft design and maintenance rulebook
Periodic inspection
Regular inspection at least once a year by a designated body (imenovano telo, SRPS ISO/IEC 17020) with the maintainer present; extraordinary inspection on request; first regular inspection after 105/2024 sets deadlines for removing hazards of existing lifts (pre-2014).
Installer and maintenance licensing
Maintainer must have at least two qualified employees with technical knowledge and experience plus the necessary equipment; maintenance at least monthly; maintainer performs rescue and keeps the maintenance book; a sticker naming the maintainer must be in the car. No formal licence register confirmed.
Laws, codes and standards
- Nacrt Pravilnika o projektovanju, izradi i održavanju liftova (draft, April 2026) (2026) — Draft rulebook on the design, construction and maintenance of liftsVoluntary · Draft under public consultation; not adopted · Ministry of Spatial Planning, Construction and Ecology (as reported)
- Pravilnik o bezbednosti liftova (Sl. glasnik RS 15/2017, 21/2020) (2017) — Rulebook on the safety of liftsMandatory · Law on technical requirements for products and conformity assessment; aligned with Directive 2014/33/EU · Government of Serbia / Ministry of Economy
- Pravilnik o bezbednosti mašina (Sl. glasnik RS 58/2016, 21/2020) — Rules on the safety of machineryMandatory · Law on technical requirements for products and conformity assessment; the rulebook states it is aligned with Directive 2006/42/EC; replaced Sl. glasnik RS 13/10 · Ministry of Economy
- Pravilnik o mašinama (Sl. glasnik RS 2/2026) — Rules on machineryMandatory · Published in Službeni glasnik RS 2/2026; applies from 20 January 2027 · Government of Serbia / Ministry of Economy
- Pravilnik o pregledima liftova u upotrebi (Sl. glasnik RS 105/2024) (2024) — Rulebook on inspections of lifts in useMandatory · Law on technical requirements for products and conformity assessment · Ministry of Economy
- SRPS EN 81-20 (2020) — Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts - Part 20: Passenger and goods passenger liftsReferenced by law · Remedial measures in Annex 1 of Sl. glasnik RS 105/2024 refer to SRPS EN 81-20:2020 clauses · ISS / CEN
- SRPS ISO/IEC 17020 — Conformity assessment - Requirements for the operation of various types of bodies performing inspectionReferenced by law · Required of lift inspection bodies by Sl. glasnik RS 105/2024 · ISS / ISO / IEC
Lift associations and bodies
- Ministry of Economy (Sector for quality infrastructure / technical regulations)
- Institute for Standardization of Serbia (ISS)
Last verified 2026-10-17. Standards are copyrighted: we list which one applies and its legal status, not its text.