SNEL (Safety Norm for Existing
Lifts)
General Information
1) Guidelines* :
- Guidelines
PDF : EN - Annexes
1. EN 81-80 (draft) (Safety rules on existing lifts)
PDF : EN
2. 95/216/EC (10 recommendations)
PDF : EN
3. 89/655/EC - 95/63/EC - 2001/45/EC (UWEC)
PDF : EN
4. 85/374/EC (Product Liability)
PDF : EN
5. 2001/95/EC (Product Safety)
PDF : EN
6. 89/391/EC (Improvement workers)
PDF : EN
*You can obtain the complete binder via your national
lift association or by
ordering it from ELA at a cost price of EUR 50, which covers our production costs.
2) EC Opinion :
- EC opinion on the applicable standard for existing lifts
PDF : EN
3) Status in Europe:
- Greek new legislation EN81-80
PDF : EN
- Status of EN81-80 "SNEL" in the different EU member-states
last update (v46 - February 2007)
PDF : EN
- Status of EN81-80 "SNEL" in EU - Summary table
last update (v6 - February 2007)
PDF : EN
- Poland: "draft SNEL implementation"
PDF: PL/EN
- Norway legislation
PDF: NO EN
4) Illustrations :
5) DVD :
- The French press on accident (2002 - 2003)
SNEL: Other links
1) General Information
2) Status Central Europe October 2005 (Conf. Interlift)
3) Forum June 2004
4) Forum January 2004
5) legislative-documents