Questions
General Questions
- Are platform lifts covered by the Lifts Directive?
- What is the maximum speed at which they can travel?
- When did the new, amended, Machinery Directive become law?
- Are platform lifts still under the Machinery Directive after 29 December 2009?
- What is an essential safety and health requirement?
- Can other national laws be used instead of the Machinery Directive?
- What is the maximum travel height that is allowed for a platform lift?
- Are there any extra checks needed other than by the manufacturer?
- Who does any extra checks needed when the travel height is over 3 metres?
- How do I know that a platform lift or stairlift is safe?
- Can an EU national authority refuse to allow platform lifts to be supplied?
- What does an EU national authority have to do if it wants to restrict the supply of any product?
- Can national authorities take any other action?