Published
This document specifies the special provisions and safety rules describing the behaviour of lifts in the event of fire in a building, on the basis of a recall signal(s) to the lift(s) control system.
This document applies to new passenger lifts and goods passenger lifts with all types of drives. However, it may be used as a basis to improve the safety of existing passenger and goods passenger lifts.
This document does not apply to:
- lifts that remain in use in the event of fire, e.g. firefighters lifts as defined in EN 81-72:2020,
- lifts used for the evacuation of a building.
Legislation related to this standard
Directive 2014/33/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to lifts and safety components for lifts (recast)
Harmonised Standard / Cited in the Official Journal
WITHDRAWN
EN 81-73:2016
PUBLISHED
EN 81-73:2020
90.92
Standard to be revised
Jun 19, 2025
IN_DEVELOPMENT
prEN 81-73 rev
