BRITISH STANDARD Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts — Part 1: Electric lifts ‘The Buropean Standard EN 81-1:1988 has the status of a Boitish Standard NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAW _ BS EN 81-1:1998 Incorporating Corrigendum No. 1BS EN 81-1:1998 This British Standard, having ddecton af the Engneerns tuner the authors of the Stanfards Committee and comes faves I Novennber 18 © pst 2000 National foreword ‘This British Standard is the English language version of EN 81-:1008, including corrigendum September 1994. It supersedes BS 5655-1:1986, which will be declared obsolescent from 1 July 1999, when the EU Lift Directive is implemented. Until 1 July 1949, new lft installations can conform to either this British Standard or to BS 5655-1:1986, After 1 July 1999, BS 5655-1:1986, together with BS'5655-11:1989, will apply only for modernization of existing lif installations and for all new installations this British Standard will apply. The UK panicipation in ks preparation was entrusted to Technical Corunittee MHF, Lifts, hoists and escalators, which has the responsibility to: — aid enquirers to understand the tex; — present Lo the responsible Buropean committee any enquiries on the Jnterpretation, or proposals for chaxige, and keep the UK interesis informed; — monitor related international and European developments and promulgate yer in the UK. A It of onmanizations represented on this commitiee can be obtained on request t0 its secretary. Cross-references ‘The Brtish Standards which implement international or Europeant publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Standards Catalogue under the ‘section entitled “International Standards Correspondence Index”, or by using the Find” facilay of the BSI Standards Electronic Catalogte. |A British Standard does not purzort to include all the necessary provisions of a contract, Users of British Standards are responsible foe their correct application. Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal obligations. Summary of pages ‘This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the EN title page, pages to 114, an inside hac caver and a back cover. The BSI copyright notice displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued. Amendments issued since publication Amd.No, | Date [Text affected 10809 March 2000 | Indicated by a sid ~ Corr. No. 1EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 81-1 NORME EUROPEENNE EUROPAISCHE NORM August 1008 Descriptors: lifts, goods lifts, electric equipment, building codes, safety requirements, accident prevention, lift cars, landing doors, if shaft, mechanieal extersion wires, shock absorbers, machine rooms, electrical installabon, sopping devices, locking devices name plates, instructions, maintenance, conformity tesis, certification English version Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts — Part 1: Electric lifts bales de sécurité pour la construction et Sicherheitsregeln flir die Konstruktion und den installation des ascenseurs — Partie 1: Ascenseurs Einbau von Aufigen — Teil 1: Elektrisch Alectriques betriebene Personen- und Lastenaufztige This European Standard was approved by CEN on 21 February 1998. CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Intemal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the stats of a national standard without any alteration. Upto-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the Central Secretariat or to any CEN member. This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of @ CEN member into its own language and notified to the Central Secretariat has the same status as the official versions. CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom. CEN European Committee for Standardization Comité Européen de Normalisation Europaisches Komitee flr Normung Central Secretariat: rne de Stassart 36, B-1050 Brussels © 1908 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CEN national Members.