1. Latest standardisation measures for lifts
Impact on SMEs
Latest standardisation measures for lifts

2. Impact on SMEs Tools for maintenance and modernization
Safety level of the standards EN and 50
Design appraisal instead of a requirement of a standard
Writing standards

3. Impact on SMEs
Tools for maintenance, modernization or rescue in standard EN 81-20
When a special tool is for rescue, it must be available at installation site
Example : unlocking key greater than 0,20m
When a special tool is for maintenance or modernization, nothing is in the standard
Example : soft to acces parameters of the lift
The standards are safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts

4. Impact on SMEs Tools for maintenance or modernization
EFESME/SBS have asked that these tools must also be at the installation site
Answser of the TC10 WG1 : NO
Reason invoked by TC10 WG1 :
No sentence in the Annex 1 of the lift directive
ESSENTIAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS

5. Maintenance or modernization by
Impact on SMEs
Tools for maintenance or modernization
Is the lack of a special tool a safety risk ?
The answer is clearly YES
All the SMEs manufacturers give their tools
All the Majors refuses to give a tool to access all the parameters of their lifts
Maintenance or modernization by
Product of
Major as installer
Other Major
SMEs
Major
safe ?
Having tools for maintenance or modernization is not sufficient : you also need training

6. Impact on SMEs Why only the SMEs ask to get tools and training ?
The competition means that no elevator park is single brand
Majors should therefore meet the same problem as SMEs and demand the dissemination of tools and parameters without restriction
the reasons for this situation:
mutual assistance between companies, impossible in my opinion, given the administrative risks,
help between technicians without official agreement of companies, they can not ignore this situation, especially for tools,
technicians from other companies and bringing their knowledge, but lacking the tools,
other reason?

7. Impact on SMEs Situation in France WHY NOT IN EUROPE ?
The departement of housing heard the SMEs
The technical documentation
The specific tools and instructions for use necesary for
The maintenance
The repair
The return to service
must be provided without restriction of duration of service
At the request of the owner of the lift
Under conditions of reasonable price and time
WHY NOT IN EUROPE ?

8. Impact on SMEs Safety level of standards EN 81-20 and 50
Two ways to meet the essential health and safety requirements of the Lift Directive
The use of standards as presumption of conformity or
A design appraisal by NBL to obtain a certificate of design approval
The question is : are standards the minimum safety level to answer the requirements of the Lift Directive ?

9. Impact on SMEs If the answer is YES If the answer is NO
the lowest safety level for a requirement is the standard
All solution with a design approval has at least the same level of safety
If the answer is NO
We have no reference level
The risk is to have a solution with an insufficient level

10. Impact on SMEs Is the standard useful in the future ?
For the Lift directive 2014/33/ UE we have two standards to answer to a requirement
EN 81-1 during the transitional period
EN with a higher safety level more expensive
With a risks analysis to obtain a certificat of design approval, we can continue to use a cheaper solution, that of EN 81-1
Drift of the use of design appraisal
At the begining, it was for innovation
Now, it is for financial solution

11. Impact on SMEs Certificat of design approval
Certifies that a solution other than that of the standard is validated
The Lift Directive asks instructions for normal use, maintenance, inspection, repair, periodic checks and rescue operation
Does not fully describe the solution or environmental conditions
Difficulties for maintenance and also for all other stakeholders
Safety ?

12. Impact on SMEs Writing standard
Many references to other standards by their numbers
For exemple : This switch shall comply with the requirements of EN :2006, a) to d) and
This makes reading difficult for all
SMEs do not have all these standards
Are we sure that the other stakeholders have ?
No, so we have accident risks

13. Impact on SMEs Conclusion : How to solve this problems
Tools for maintenance and modernization
By a requirement in the annex 1 of the Lift Directive
Safety level of the standards EN and 50
By a precision in Lift Directive of the safety level of harmonized standards
Design appraisal instead of a requirement of a standard
The certificat must clearly indicates all the modifications and instructions to maintain the lift
Writing sandards
Include all the spécifications in the standards
the problem is not only that the competition is fair but also to have safe solutions

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Impact on SMEs
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