2. Regulations

2.1 Decrees and Orders

Decree no. 2004-964 of September 9, 2004, amended by Decree no. 2008-291 of March 20, 2008, on elevator safety, stipulates that 17 safety devices (reduced to 16 by Decree no. 2014-1230 of October 21, 2014) must be installed on elevators that are not equipped with them, in three periods up to 2018 (article R. 125-1-2 of the French Construction and Housing Code).

These systems cover both passenger and responder safety.

The decree of November 18, 2004, amended on several occasions by the decree of August 01, 2006, the decree of August 29, 2008, the decree of August 20, 2013 and the decree of December 10, 2014, on safety work to be carried out on elevator installations, specifies the requirements to be met by the...