The Lifts Regulations 1997

B.    EC type-examination of lifts

(1) EC type-examination is the procedure whereby a notified body ascertains and certifies that a model lift, or that a lift for which there is no provision for an extension or variant, satisfies the requirements of the Directive.

(2) The application for EC type-examination must be lodged by the installer of the lift with a notified body of his choice.

The application must include:

• the name and address of the installer of the lift,

• a written declaration that the same application has not been lodged with any other notified body,

• a technical dossier,

• details of the place where the model lift can be examined. The model lift submitted for examination must include the terminal parts and be capable of serving at least three levels (top, middle and bottom).

(3) The technical dossier must allow an assessment of the conformity of the lift with the provisions of the Directive and an understanding of the design and operation of the lift.

In so far as is necessary for the purpose of assessing conformity, the technical dossier should include the following:

• a general description of the representative model of the lift. The technical dossier should indicate clearly all possible extensions to the representative model of the lift under examination (see Article 1 (4)),

• design and manufacturing drawings or diagrams,

• essential requirements taken into consideration and the means adopted to satisfy them (e.g. a harmonised standard),

• a copy of the EC declarations of conformity of the safety components used in the manufacture of the lift,

• results of any tests or calculations performed or subcontracted by the manufacturer,

• a copy of the lift instruction manual,

• steps taken at the installation stage to ensure that the series-produced lift conforms to the provisions of the Directive.

(4) The notified body must:

• examine the technical dossier to assess how far it can meet the desired aims,

• examine the representative model of the lift to check that it has been manufactured in accordance with the technical dossier,

• perform or have performed the appropriate checks and tests necessary to check that the solutions adopted by the installer of the lift meet the requirements of the Directive and allow the lift to comply with them.

(5) If the model lift complies with the provisions of the Directive applicable to it, the notified body must issue an EC type-examination certificate to the applicant. The certificate must contain the name and address of the lift installer, the conclusions of the check, any conditions of validity of the certificate and the particulars necessary to identify the approved type.

The Commission, the Member States and the other notified bodies may obtain a copy of the certificate and, on a reasoned request, a copy of the technical dossier and reports of examinations, calculations and tests carried out.

If the notified body refuses to issue an EC type-examination certificate to the manufacturer, it must state the detailed grounds for refusal. Provision must be made for an appeal procedure.

(6) The installer of the lift must inform the notified body of any alterations, even of a minor nature, which he has made or plans to make to the approved lift, including new extensions or variants not specified in the original technical dossier (see the first indent of Section 3). The notified body must examine the alterations and inform the applicant whether the EC type-examination certificate remains valid(1).

(7) Each notified body must communicate to the Member States the relevant information concerning:

• EC type-examination certificates issued,

• EC type-examination certificates withdrawn.

Each notified body must also communicate to the other notified bodies the relevant information concerning the EC type-examination certificates it has withdrawn.

(8) EC type-examination certificates and the dossiers and correspondence relating to EC type-examination procedures must be drawn up in one of the official languages of the Member State where the notified body is established or in a language acceptable to it.

(9) The installer of the lift must keep with the technical documentation copies of EC type-examination certificates and their additions for a period of at least 10 years after the last lift has been manufactured in conformity with the representative model of the lift.