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EN 81-76:2025 Standard

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  Keywords:

#evacuation #document #lift #lifts #hazards

  Directive

Lifts Directive (2014/33/EU)

  Last Official Journal reference

Tuesday 25th of November 2025

  Description:

Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts - Particular applications for passengers and goods passenger lifts - Part 76: Evacuation of persons with disabilities using lifts

  Purpose

This document specifies the additional requirements to EN 81 20:2020 for new passenger and goods passenger lifts, which can be used to support faster evacuation of persons with disabilities, including in case of fire alarm. This document does not apply to: -  lifts for evacuation due to circumstances which introduce other hazards such as explosion threat, chemical or biological attack, flooding, storm damage, or earthquake. In these cases, this document can be used as a basis with further measures as required from risk assessment; -  the provision of evacuation aids to assist when the evacuation lift is unavailable. The significant hazards covered by this document are listed in Annex D. The following significant hazards are out of the scope of this document: -  fire or smoke in the evacuation lift well, safe areas or machinery spaces; -  ingress of water to the lift well during evacuation process; -  insufficient or incorrectly located evacuation lifts; -  insufficient evacuation capacity; -  inability of users to understand the use of the lift in evacuation; -  entrapment in waiting area (safe area) due to absence of lift service or adjacent stairs; -  structural collapse or failure of building services (including public supply network, lighting, ventilation) before the evacuation using lifts has been completed; -  presence of harmful gases, potentially explosive atmosphere, extreme climate conditions, transport of dangerous goods; -  unavailability of the evacuation lift. This document is not applicable to evacuation lifts manufactured before the date of its publication.

  Publication

Tuesday 25th of November 2025

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