Regulation 2014/33/EU on Lifts has been issued to ensure lifts are put into market in a way not to impose a health and safety risk for end-users. This regulation covers lifts and lift safety components used in buildings. The directive applies to manufacturers, authorized representatives, importers, distributors, or economic operators as well as the installer who is placing the lift or safety component on the EU market. This directive applies to permanently serving buildings and constructions and intended for the transport of:

• persons
• persons and goods;
• goods alone if the carrier is accessible and a person may enter it without difficulty and it is fitted with controls inside the carrier or within reach of a person inside the carrier.

This Directive also applies to the safety components for lifts which are listed in Annex III of the Directive. They include:

1. Devices for locking landing doors
2. Devices to prevent falls referred to in point 3.2 of Annex I of the Directive to prevent the car from falling or uncontrolled movements
3. Over speed limitation devices
4. 1. Energy-accumulating buffers:
      1. non-linear, or
      2. with damping of the return movement
   2. Energy-dissipating buffers
5. Safety devices fitted to jacks of hydraulic power circuits where these are used as devices to prevent falls
6. Electric safety devices in the form of safety circuits containing electronic components