(1)

In accordance with Article 14 of Directive 2014/33/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (2), lifts and safety components for lifts which are in conformity with harmonised standards, or parts thereof, the references of which have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union, are to be presumed to be in conformity with the essential health and safety requirements set out in Annex I of that Directive covered by those standards or parts thereof.

(2)

By Commission Implementing Decision C(2016) 5884 (3), the Commission made a request to European Committee for Standardization (CEN) for the drafting of harmonised standards by revising existing harmonised standards in support of Directive 2014/33/EU to ensure that they continue to reflect the generally acknowledged state of the art in order to meet the essential health and safety requirements set out in Annex I to Directive 2014/33/EU and, where relevant, with the essential health and safety requirements set out in Annex I to Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (4) as set out in point 1.1 of Annex I to Directive 2014/33/EU.

(3)

On the basis of the request set out in Commission Implementing Decision C(2016) 5884, CEN revised harmonised standards EN 81-21:2009 as amended by EN 81-21:2009+A1:2012, EN 81-28:2003, EN 81-58:2003, EN 81-70:2003 as amended by EN 81-70:2003/A1:2004 and harmonised standard EN 81-77:2013, the reference of which are published by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/76 (5). The revision was carried out to adapt those standards to the legal framework of Directive 2014/33/EU and to increase legal certainty and clarity by providing more precise information in Annex ZA of those standards and by dating normative references. As a result, CEN adopted the standards EN 81-21:2022 on new passenger and goods passenger lifts in existing building, EN 81-28:2022 on remote alarm on passenger and goods passenger lifts, EN 81-58:2022 on landing doors fire resistance test, EN 81-70:2021+A1:2022 on accessibility to lifts for persons including persons with disability, and harmonised standard EN 81-77:2022 on lifts subject to seismic conditions, but no substantive technical changes were made to these standards.

(4)

The Commission, together with CEN, has assessed whether harmonised standards EN 81-21:2022, EN 81-28:2022, EN 81-58:2022, EN 81-70:2021+A1:2022, and harmonised standard EN 81-77:2022 comply with the request set out in Implementing Decision C(2016) 5884.

(5)

Harmonised standards EN 81-21:2022, EN 81-28:2022, EN 81-58:2022, EN 81-70:2021+A1:2022, and EN 81-77:2022 satisfy the essential health and safety requirements which they aim to cover and which are set out in Directive 2014/33/EU. It is therefore appropriate to publish the references of those standards in the Official Journal of the European Union.

(6)

Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/76 provides in Annex I thereto the references of harmonised standards conferring a presumption of conformity with Directive 2014/33/EU. In order to ensure that the references of harmonised standards drafted in support of Directive 2014/33/EU are listed in one act, the references of harmonised standards EN 81-21:2022, EN 81-28:2022, EN 81-58:2022, EN 81-70:2021+A1:2022, and EN 81-77:2022 should be included in that Annex.

(7)

It is necessary to withdraw the references of harmonised standards EN 81-21:2009 as amended by EN 81-21:2009+A1:2012, EN 81-28:2003, EN 81-58:2003, EN 81-70:2003 as amended by EN 81-70:2003/A1:2004 and harmonised standard EN 81-77:2013 of the Official Journal of the European Union, given that those standards have been revised. It is therefore appropriate to delete those references from Annex I to Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/76.

(8)

Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/76 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(9)

In order to give manufacturers sufficient time to prepare for the application of the revised standards, it is necessary to defer the withdrawal of references of harmonised standards EN 81-21:2009 as amended by EN 81-21:2009+A1:2012, EN 81-28:2003, EN 81-58:2003, EN 81-70:2003 as amended by EN 81-70:2003/A1:2004 and harmonised standard EN 81-77:2013.

(10)

Compliance with a harmonised standard confers a presumption of conformity with the corresponding essential requirements set out in Union harmonisation legislation from the date of publication of the reference of such standard in the Official Journal of the European Union. This Decision should enter into force on the day of its publication,