Passenger lifts

Name, definition and whether the equipment is subject to technical inspection

A passenger lift is a machine used for the vertical transport of persons and is electrically or hydraulically powered; transported persons are located in a cabin travelling along stiff vertical guides (or slightly inclined to the vertical), usually in a lift shaft; the lift stops at selected floors.

Common name: lift.

All passenger lifts are subject to technical inspection.

Required technical documentation

In accordance with Section 24(2) of the Regulation of the Minister for Development of 3 June 2016 on the essential requirements for lifts and safety components for lifts, documentation in Polish should include at least:

• an operating manual, containing drawings and diagrams necessary to correctly operate the lift, providing information on the maintenance, inspection, repair, periodic checks and rescue operations;
• an EC declaration of conformity.

Section 4(1) to (3) of the Regulation of the Minister for Entrepreneurship and Technology of 30 October 2018 on the technical inspection conditions for the operation, repair and upgrading of handling equipment:

1. When reporting handling equipment to the competent technical inspection authority, the operator shall enclose two copies of the documentation referred to in paragraph 2.

2. Unless the conformity assessment requirements set out in separate provisions or technical specifications agreed with the competent technical inspection authority provide otherwise, the documentation shall include in particular:

1. the identification and general description of the handling equipment, taking into account allowable operation configurations;

2. an overall drawing;

3. an operating manual;

4. electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic diagrams, if applicable;

5. a diagram of cable systems in drive systems;

6. the supporting documentation referred to in paragraph 3 for handling equipment installed on site;

7. a document certifying that the equipment has been correctly installed in an explosion hazard zone, if applicable.

The supporting documentation shall include:

1. a layout drawing of the assembled handling equipment, taking into account, in particular, the actual distance, not indicated in the overall drawing, between the handling equipment and its surroundings, passages, accessways and protective components, if any;

2. the handling equipment’s power supply diagrams, indicating, in particular, accessories, the type and size of safety components, and the type and kind of power cords;

3. a document certifying that assembly and tests have been correctly performed, except for lifts and their safety components, which are to meet the conformity assessment requirements set out in separate provisions;

4. records of measurements of the insulation resistance of electric circuits, earthing and lightning protection, and electric shock protection of the handling equipment installation, approved by a person that meets the qualification requirements for a supervisory position referred to in the provisions issued under Article 54(6) of the Energy Law Act of 10 April 1997;

5. a document certifying the correct performance of the part of construction work related to the handling equipment, if applicable.