Lift and Elevator Codes and Standards in Togo
No Togolese law, decree or arrêté specific to lifts was found. The binding framework that reaches buildings is Décret n° 2016-043/PR of April 2016 regulating the issue of urban planning acts (Journal officiel, 20 June 2016): under its Art. 44, category B and C works must comply with the joint ministerial arrêté on fire and panic safety in ERP, high-rise buildings (IGH), classified installations and housing, and, where open to the public, with accessibility norms for people with reduced mobility set by joint arrêté. That fire arrêté is Arrêté interministériel n° 1726/MUHCV/MSPC of 21 December 2017 (FAOLEX record: issued under articles 24–25 of the decree, not repealed); its text was not read, so whether it contains lift provisions is unknown. Workplace safety is under the Labour Code (2021), which replaced the 2006 code; its labour inspectorate investigates occupational risks, but no lift provision was seen. A Code de l'urbanisme et de la construction has been in preparation since 2023 and was still being prepared in June 2026. In practice public projects specify European standards: the CNSS technical clauses for the new Saint-Pérégrin hospital in Lomé require the lift lot to comply with EN 81-1 and EN 81-70. No periodic inspection rule for lifts was found. A local firm, E2TV (Lomé, since 2013), sells, installs and maintains lifts.
Who regulates lifts
Not found for lifts. Building permits: local authorities with the directorate of urban planning and housing (Décret 2016-043/PR); fire/panic safety in ERP and IGH: ministries of urbanism and civil protection (arrêté 1726/MUHCV/MSPC); workplace safety: Inspection du travail
Periodic inspection
Not found
Installer and maintenance licensing
Not found
Laws, codes and standards
- Loi n° 2021-012 portant Code du travail (2021) — Labour Code of TogoMandatory · Law replacing Loi n° 2006-010 du 13 décembre 2006 portant Code du travail · National Assembly of Togo
- Loi relative à la protection sociale des personnes handicapées (nouvelle version, projet) (2010 draft) — Law on the social protection of persons with disabilities (new version, draft)Voluntary · Unnumbered draft ('LOI No ……', 'Fait à Lomé le …… 2010') replacing the 2004 law · Presidency of the Republic of Togo (draft)
- Arrêté interministériel n° 1726/MUHCV/MSPC (2017) — Interministerial order on safety against fire and panic risks in establishments open to the public (ERP), high-rise buildings (IGH), classified installations (ICPE) and housingMandatory · Issued under articles 24 and 25 of Décret n° 2016-043/PR (urban planning acts); Art. 44 of that decree makes compliance with this joint fire-safety arrêté a condition for category B and C building works · Ministry of Urbanism, Housing and Living Environment (MUHCV) and Ministry of Security and Civil Protection (MSPC)
- Décret n° 2016-043/PR (2016) — Decree regulating the issue of urban planning acts (building permits)Mandatory · Presidential decree published in the Journal officiel de la République togolaise, 20 June 2016 · President of the Republic (on the report of the Minister of Urbanism, Housing and Living Environment)
- EN 81-1 — Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts - electric liftsVoluntary · CEN
- EN 81-70 — Accessibility to lifts for persons including persons with disabilityVoluntary · CEN
Lift associations and bodies
- Togolese Standardisation Agency (ATN)
Last verified 2026-10-23. Standards are copyrighted: we list which one applies and its legal status, not its text.