About the Lift Directive (2014/33/EU)

The UKCA (UK Conformity Assessment) mark is the new UK product marking that will be required for certain products being placed on the market in Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland). It covers most products that previously required the CE mark.

It will not be recognized in the EU market. Products that require CE marking will still need a CE marking to be sold in the EU.

If you’d like to know more – to ensure you’re fully aware of the requirements and the impact on your business – you can opt to take Market Access (inc CE, UKCA) Training Courses from BSI Training Academy.

Download a copy of our guide to UKCA marking.

UK Government information can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/using-the-ukca-mark-from-1-january-2021

BSI is a approved body for the recast Lift Directive 2014/33/EU and through our testing and certification you can be sure that your lift systems or components can deliver the best in safety and reliability.

The directive is the legal requirements that have been written by the European Parliament. Each member state is required to adopt the directive into their own National statute laws. Proof of compliance to the directive is indicated by placing the CE marking on the product.

Work with BSI as your partner of choice for market access and to affix the CE marking to the product.

The recast Lift Directive 2014/33/EU covers both safety components and whole lifts and covers the manufacture and installation of lifts. The directive applies to manufacturers, authorised representatives, importers, distributors, or economic operators as well as the installer who is placing the lift or safety component on the EU market.

The recast Lift Directive 2014/33/EU applies to lifts permanently serving buildings and constructions and intended for the transport of:

• people
• people and goods;
• goods alone if the carrier is accessible and a person may enter it without difficulty and it is fitted with controls inside the carrier or within reach of a person inside the carrier.

This Directive also applies to the safety components for lifts which are listed in Annex III of the Directive. They include:

• Devices for locking landing doors
• Devices to prevent falls referred to in point 3.2 of Annex I of the Directive to prevent the car from falling or uncontrolled movements
• Overspeed limitation devices
• Energy-accumulating buffers: non-linear, or with damping of the return movement

• Energy-dissipating buffers

• Safety devices fitted to jacks of hydraulic power circuits where these are used as devices to prevent falls
• Electric safety devices in the form of safety circuits containing electronic components

A lift can be defined as a lifting appliance serving specific levels, having a carrier moving along guides which are rigid and inclined at an angle of more than 15 degrees to the horizontal, or a lifting appliance moving along a fixed course even where it does not move along rigid guides.

As a leading provider of testing and certification solutions, we work in partnership with you so you can meet the requirements of the Directive and legally place products into the Europe market. This is one of the ways that BSI can enable you to access global markets, be compliant and grow your business internationally.

We have a global service with world-class expertise and BSI is leader in testing and certification. With more than 270 technical experts located in over 100 countries, we provide some of the most extensive and efficient testing services, accelerating time to market and giving you a head start of the competition.