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 The Swedish Lift Association is generally positive that the Swedish Maritime Administration's regulations and general advice on passenger lifts, goods passenger lifts and small goods lifts on Swedish ships (SJÖFS 2003:17) are repealed and replaced by the Swedish Transport Agency's collection of statutes (TSFS) with revised and updated rules and references. References to standards However, we object to the collection of statutes containing must-requirements through direct references to the ISO 8383:1985 standard. Our […]

The Swedish Elevator Association's position regarding the National Board of Housing, Building and Planning's proposal for regulations on requirements for the use of motor-driven devices.

A large part of the activities of the members of the Swedish Elevator Association consist of various types of service activities where elevators and escalators are maintained and renovated. The work often generates small amounts of hazardous waste such as oil spills, electrical equipment and light sources. A service technician typically visits several different customers on the same day with accompanying internal transport. This means that the administrative […]

The Swedish Elevator Association is the Swedish trade association for companies in the elevator and escalator industry. We work to ensure that all buildings in Sweden are safe, accessible and sustainable when it comes to elevators and vertical transport, to promote accessibility for everyone regardless of physical ability. We are therefore critical of the Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning's proposal to ease the building requirements for student housing when it […]

You can read more about the Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning's regulations and general advice (2011:12) on lifts and certain other motor-driven devices here.