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Status of revision of standards for liftsIts potential implications for SMEsSBS Seminar, November 3rd, 2020Esfandiar Gharibaan

Status of revision of standards for liftsContent

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1 Standardization landscape

2 European standardization (CEN/TC 10)

3 European Harmonised Standards (hENs)

4 New understanding for status of hENs

5 Future of main European standards for lifts

6 Summary

Standardization Landscape

Status of revision of standards for liftsMain standardization organisations for lifts

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• CEN/TC 10 Committee • Main focus areas

– Technical specification (prescriptive standards) – European harmonised standards

• Cooperation to committees to avoid redundant work• Developing EN ISO standards, for example

– EN ISO 14798– EN 25745-1/2/3

• ISO/TC 178 Committee • Main focus areas

– Process and procedure (performance-based codes) – Harmonisation of technical requirements

CEN or ISO Working GroupExamples: - CEN/TC 10/WG1- ISO/TC 178/WG4

National Standardization Body(e.g. BSI)

National Standardization Body(e.g. UNI)

National Standardization Body(e.g. DIN)

Membership

National experts representing industry, trade associations, government, professional institutions, certification bodies, consumers, academia, customers,...

•Developing national standards

•Adopting international standards as national standards

(e.g. UNI-EN 81-20)

International standards

(e.g. EN 81-20)

Membership Membership

DelegationApproval and adoption by the

National Standardization

Bodies

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Status of revision of standards for liftsNational and International Standardization

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Organizations in liaison or in cooperation

European Standardization (CEN/TC 10)

Status of revision of standards for liftsCEN/TC 10

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• CEN/TC 10, established in 1962, develops European standards for lifts and escalators

• Covering wide range of applications

• More than 150 experts are directly participating in the CEN/TC 10 working groups– In addition, experts at the National Standardization Bodies (estimated 400) actively contribute to the work

by providing comments and input during the standardization process

• Current work program includes 47 standard, of which 30 are European Harmonised Standards (hEN)

• CEN/TC 10 have cooperation with several non-European countries– Based on CEN cooperation agreements

Status of revision of standards for liftsCEN/TC 10 product coverage

8Red marked are European harmonized standards.

EscalatorsEN 115-1CEN/TR 115-3CEN/TS 115-4EN 115-2prEN 115-5EN 13015EN ISO 25745-1EN ISO 25745-3

EN 81-41prEN 81-42prEN 81-45prEN 81-46

Lifting PlatformsEN 81-40

StairliftsEN 81-43

Lifts in CranesprEN 81-44Lifts in Wind Turbines

EN 1570-2Lifting Tables

CEN/TS 81-11CEN/TR 81-12prCEN/TS 81-13EN 81-20

LiftsSupportingdocuments

CEN/TR 81-10EN ISO 14798

EN 81-21EN 81-28EN 81-50EN 81-58prCEN/TS 81-60EN 81-70EN 81-71EN 81-72EN 81-73EN 81-76EN 81-77EN 81-80

EN 81-82CEN/TS 81-83EN 12015EN 12016EN 12385-3EN 12385-5EN 13411-7 EN ISO 25745-1EN ISO 25745-2EN 12385-3EN 12385-5EN 13411-7

EN 81-3EN 81-31

Goods only lifts

EN 12158-1EN 12158-2EN 12159prEN 16179

Building HoistsEN 81-22

Inclined lifts

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Status of revision of standards for liftsCEN/TC 10 Work Program

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European Harmonised Standards (hENs)

Status of revision of standards for liftsImportance of Harmonised Standards (hENs)

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• A lift is a special product– A lift is a finished product only after its installation into a building – Every single lift is evaluated for its conformity with all relevant EU legislations before placing it on the

market– Safety components for lifts are considered as finished products in their own right

• Several EU Directives are applicable to lifts – Lifts Directive, Machinery Directive, Low Voltage Directive, EMC Directive, etc.– A typical lift must comply with more than 70 Essential Health and Safety Requirements (EHSRs) of the EU

legislations

• All Conformity Assessment Procedures (CAPs) of the Lifts Directive require intervention of a Notified Body– Third party certificates for the lift and its safety components are always required

Status of revision of standards for liftsImportance of Harmonised Standards (hENs)

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• hENs provide “presumption of conformity” to the legislative requirements (EHSRs)

• Importance of Presumption of Conformity– When applying hENs, the installer of lifts or manufacturer of safety components do not need to provide

proof of adequacy of their specification, reducing need for additional tests, etc.– Simplifies the Conformity Assessment Procedures (CAPs)

• In absence of hENs, a more complex, i.e. costly and time consuming, CAP module must be applied– Reduces costs and time of concept to market for lifts and safety components for lifts, especailly for SMEs

• hENs provide references for evaluating the adequacy of the (safety) specification for innovative solutions not yet covered by hENs– supporting innovations– maintaining a level playing field for all market players

• However, a hEN provides “presumption of Conformity” only if its reference is published (cited) in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU)

New understanding of status of hENs

Status of revision of standards for liftsNew understanding of status of hENs

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• On October 27th, 2016, when ruling on the James-Elliott case, the European Court of Justice decided that a hEN is a measure for implementing or applying an act of EU law, and therefore it forms a "part of EU law“

• Considering “hENs as part of EU law” has an impact on the European standardization

• As examples of the consequences– The European Commission to apply stronger evaluation of suitability and adequacy of hENs

– Making various changes to the standardisation procedures and the role of HAS Consultants

– hENs must, for example• Provide “legal certainty” in their application, e.g. avoid using terms such as “may” • Be “neutral”, e.g. not imposing any obligation on the market operators such as manufactures (those obligations are

covered by the legislation)• Avoid overlapping with the regulatory requirements, e.g. requirement to provide certain documents or information• Have structure where requirements unrelated to supporting the regulatory requirements are easily identified, e.g.

move such requirements to the annexes• Have a comprehensive and detailed Annex ZA, indicating correlation of EHSRs and the clauses of the standard

Status of revision of standards for liftsNew understanding of status of hENs

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• The new understanding and related rules are being implemented for all new and revised standards

• Consequently, many standards are subject to extensive revision

• Due to complexity and ambiguities of the rules, alignment of the standards has been extremely challenging

• As the result, citation of many new and revised hENs have been rejected

• Currently, 10 hENs for lifts are published but not yet cited

• The situation causing confusion about the status of the published standard versus its cited version (which one to apply)

• In order to ensure suitability of the standards for citation, EU Commission has provided a roadmap with 3 parts

Status of revision of standards for liftsImplementing EU Commission roadmap for citation

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• Part 11. EN 81-20:20202. EN 81-50:2020– Revised and partially aligned to the EU Commission requirements and approved for citation

• Part 21. EN 81-21:20182. EN 81-28:20183. EN 81-58:20184. EN 81-70:20185. EN 81-71:20186. EN 81-77:2018– Revised and partially aligned to the EU Commission requirements and are in CEN approval process– Publication is expected by Q2 2021 and citation by Q4 2021

• Revised and published which are being evaluated for citation1. EN 81-72:20202. EN 81-73:2020

• Part 3– All (14) hENs for lifts to be revised to be fully aligned to the EU Commission requirements – Publication is expected by Q4 2023 and citation by Q2 2024

Completed

In progress

To start in Q1 2021

Future of main European standards for lifts

Status of revision of standards for liftsTechnical harmonisation

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• Technical harmonization and convergence of technical requirements is one of the key objective for standardization

- 1995: ISO Technical Committee 178 (ISO/TC 178) established a project to develop a ”Global Prescriptive Standard” for lifts, inviting experts from all over the world joined the effort

- Approach was based on the convergence of existing standards, i.e. - Identify differences in main regional standards, i.e. EN 81-1, A17.1/B44 (North America) and BLSJ (Japan)- Propose common formulation for those differences (agreed upon points)- When convergence is completed, develop an ISO standard

- 2008: CEN invited ISO members to join the revision of EN 81-1/2 and creation of EN 81-20/50

- 2014: considering wide acceptance and use of EN 81-20/50 around the world, ISO decided not to develop a new ISO standard, but to adopt EN 81-20/50 as identical ISO standards

• 2019: ISO adopted EN 81-20/50 as an identical standard, ISO 8100-1/2

• Currently, CEN and ISO have a joint project to create EN ISO 8100-1/2, expected to be published in Q4 2023, superseding ISO 8100-1/2 and EN 81-20/50

Status of revision of standards for liftsFuture revision of CN/TC 10 standards

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• EN ISO 8100-1/2– Includes technical revision of EN 81-20/50, including

• Other suspension means, e.g. belts• Vertical sliding doors• Incorporation of interpretations and FAQ

– Expected publication Q4 2023• EN 81-20/50 to be withdrawn 24 month after publication of EN ISO 8100-1/2 (expected Q4 2025)

• All other relevant lift related standards to be aligned to EN ISO 8100-1/2 – At the same time, those standards to be aligned to EU Commission requirements for citation– Expected publication Q4 2023– Withdrawal of the old version of the standards by Q4 2025

• This is a biggest CEN/TC 10 project since publication of EN 81-20/50:2014

Status of revision of standards for liftsNew standards (examples)

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• CEN/TS 81-13, Safe access to the lift well for lifts in service– A Technical Specification (not an EN standard)– Explaining method of safe access to the lift well using safety provisions, e.g. stop button, provided by EN 81 standard– Provides a basis for instructions to be provided by the installer of the lift

• CEN/TS 81-60, Specification for means of determining compliance with EN 81-20– A Technical Specification (not an EN standard)– Includes a comprehensive check list which could be used for the inspection of the lift installation– Provides a basis for installers to developed a customized check list for their lifts

• EN 81-76, Evacuation of disabled persons using lifts – Converting the current CEN/TS 81-76 to an EN standard– Explaining method of evacuation of buildings using lifts– Includes automatic and remotely controlled evacuation

• EN 81-42, Vertical lifting appliance intended for use by persons, including persons with disability– Speed <= 0,15 m/s (under the Machinery Directive)– Fully enclosed carrier – Automatic control

Summary

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• There is increasing need for participation of experts into the standardization work

• User of the standards should expect many new or revised standards, especailly in the period of 2021-2024

• Avoiding parallel or duplicate work• Achieving higher technical harmonisation

Standardization work for lifts and escalators has intensified in the recent

years

• You are encouraged to participate in the standardization work or at least actively follow the developments

Many of the European standards are being revised for technical or regulatory

alignment reasons

Increasingly, standards are being developed in the International

standardization (ISO) environment

Standards have impact to all market players

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