Lifts: approximation of minimum requirements of security (repeal. Directives 84/528/EEC and 84/529/EEC)

Parliament approved the Commission proposal with 16 amendment to its text, seeking inter alia to: - extend the scope of the directive to lifts in constructions and designed for the transport of goods if the car was accessible and equipped with controls; - require the Member States to take measures to ensure lift maintenance; - prohibit reliance on the provisions of the directive to impede the placing on the market of lifts and to guarantee that the Member States regarded lifts bearing the CE marking as conforming to requirements; - improve the procedures to be followed, before placing the lift on the market and putting it in service, in order to obtain a declaration of conformity; - set at 31 December 1999 the date by which the Member States would have to require lifts already installed to comply with the safety requirements listed in Annex I of the directive; - enhance the safety of lifts through installations such as emergency lighting, emergency alarm mechanisms, means of communication with the emergency services etc.�