CELEX: 31986L0312
Language: en
Date: 1986-06-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Directive 86/312/EEC of 18 June 1986 adapting to technical progress Council Directive 84/529/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to electrically operated lifts

No L 196/ 56                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                 18 . 7. 86
                                                 COMMISSION DIRECTIVE
                                                       of 18 June 1986
                adapting to technical progress Council Directive 84/529/EEC on the approxima­
                  tion of the laws of the Member States relating to electrically operated lifts
                                                           (86/312/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE :
                                                                                            Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                 Annex I to Directive 84/529/ EEC is replaced by the
                                                                    Annex to this Directive .
Having regard to Council Directive 84/ 529/EEC of 17
September 1984 on the approximation of the laws of the                                      Article 2
Member States relating to electrically operated lifts ('), and
in particular Article 5 thereof,                                    1 . The Member States shall put into force the laws,
                                                                    regulations and administrative provisions needed in order
                                                                    to comply with this Directive before 27 September 1986,
Whereas technical progress, and in particular the altera­           and shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
tion of standard EN 81-1 in its December 1985 version to
take account of modifications made by the Council makes             2.   The    Member   States  shall  communicate     to   the
possible a considerable simplification of the technical             Commission the text of the provisions of national law
Annex to Directive 84/529/EEC and thereby simplifies                which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
the task of transposition by Member States ;
                                                                                            Article 3
Whereas the time-scale for putting this Directive into              This Directive is addressed to the Member States .
effect must be in accordance wijth that of Directive
84/529/ EEC in order to achieve the desired goal ;
                                                                    Done at Brussels, 18 June 1986.
Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are
in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on the                                         For the Commission
Adaptation to Technical Progress of the Directives Envis­                                          COCKFIELD
aging the Elimination of Technical Barriers to Trade in
the Lifting and Mechanical Handling Appliances Sector,                                             Vice-President
 (') OJ No L 300, 19. 11 . 1984, p. 86.
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                                                                 ANNEX
                                                           ■    'ANNEX I
           1.    The appliances referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ) must, with the exception of the sections referred to in para­
                 graph 2 below, comply with Standard EN 81-1 (edition December 1985), as adopted by the European
                 Committee for Standardization (CEN) :
                 "Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts and service lifts — Part 1 . Electric lifts."
           2.    This standard shall apply subject to the following modifications :
           2.1 . Section 12.4.2.1
                 Replace the last sentence by the following :
                 "However, until 26 September 1991 , Member States shall remain free to decide whether or not to
                 impose this requirement."
           24. Section 13.1.1.4
                 Replace by the following :
                 "The electrical installations for lifts must :
                 (a) comply with the requirements stated in the Cenelec harmonized documents accepted by the
                     national electro-technical committees of the EEC Member States ;
                 (b) where no harmonized documents on electrical installations as referred to in (a) exist, comply with
                     the requirements of the national rules of the country in which the lift is installed."
           2.3 . Section 13.1.2
                 Replace by the following :
                 "In the machine and pulley rooms, protection against direct contact by means of casings providing a
                 degree of protection of at least IP 2 X is necessary."
           2.4. Section F.O.I.6
                 Add the following :
                 "... in accordance with Article 13 (2) of Directive 84/528/EEC.'