prEN 81-76

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
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01-september-2022
Varnostna pravila za konstruiranje in vgradnjo dvigal (liftov) - Posebne izvedbe
osebnih in osebno-tovornih dvigal - 76. del: Uporaba osebnih dvigal za evakuacijo
invalidnih oseb
Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts - Particular applications for
passenger and goods passenger lifts - Part 76: Evacuation of persons with disabilities
using lifts
Sicherheitsregeln für Konstruktion und Einbau von Aufzügen - Besondere Anwendungen
für Personen- und Lastenaufzüge - Teil 76: Personenaufzüge für die Evakuierung von
Personen mit Behinderungen
Règles de sécurité pour la construction et l'installation des élévateurs - Applications
particulières pour les ascenseurs et les ascenseurs de charge - Partie 76 : Évacuation
des personnes en situation de handicap au moyen d'ascenseurs
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 81-76
ICS:
91.140.90 Dvigala. Tekoče stopnice Lifts. Escalators
oSIST prEN 81-76:2022 en,fr,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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DRAFT
EUROPEAN STANDARD
prEN 81-76
NORME EUROPÉENNE

EUROPÄISCHE NORM

June 2022
ICS 91.140.90 Will supersede CEN/TS 81-76:2011
English Version

Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts -
Particular applications for passenger and goods passenger
lifts - Part 76: Evacuation of persons with disabilities using
lifts
Règles de sécurité pour la construction et l'installation Sicherheitsregeln für Konstruktion und Einbau von
des élévateurs - Applications particulières pour les Aufzügen - Besondere Anwendungen für Personen-
ascenseurs et les ascenseurs de charge - Partie 76 : und Lastenaufzüge - Teil 76: Personenaufzüge für die
Évacuation des personnes en situation de handicap au Evakuierung von Personen mit Behinderungen
moyen d'ascenseurs
This draft European Standard is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee
CEN/TC 10.

If this draft becomes a European Standard, CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations
which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.

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Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without
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Contents Page
European foreword . 4
Introduction . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 Normative references . 6
3 Terms and definitions . 7
4 List of significant hazards . 8
5 Safety requirements and/or protective measures .10
6 Verification of safety measures and/or protective devices .21
7 Information for use .23
Annex A (informative) Overview of the evacuation lift operations .24
Annex B (informative) Concept of the evacuation lift .26
B.1 General .26
B.1.1 Introduction .26
B.1.2 General building design .27
B.1.3 General building operation management .27
B.2 Automatic evacuation operation .27
B.2.1 Building design (automatic evacuation operation) .27
B.2.2 Building operation management (automatic evacuation operation) .28
B.3 Remote assisted evacuation operation .29
B.3.1 Building design (Remote assisted evacuation operation) .29
B.3.2 Building operation management (Remote assisted evacuation operation) .29
B.4 Driver assisted evacuation operation.30
B.4.1 Building design responsibilities .30
B.4.2 Building operation management responsibilities .30
Annex C (normative) Environmental conditions and building interface .32
Annex D (informative) Assumptions for implementing an evacuation lift .35
Annex E (informative) Maintenance requirements and checks .37
Annex F (informative) Essential building requirements .38
F.1 General .38
F.2 The size and number of lifts dedicated to evacuation and evacuation time .38
F.2.1 General .38
F.2.2 Safe area .39
F.2.3 Signs and signals .39
F.3 Power supplies .40
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F.4 Water management . 40
F.5 Measures to address the accumulation of water in the lift pit . 40
F.6 Smoke management . 41
Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the essential
requirements of Directive 2014/33/EU aimed to be covered . 42
Bibliography . 44

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European foreword
This document (prEN 81-76:2022) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 10 “Lifts,
escalators and moving walks”, the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR.
This document is currently submitted to the CEN Enquiry.
This document will supersede CEN/TS 81-76:2011.
This document is intended to be used in conjunction with other parts of EN 81 series of standards. The
structure of the EN 81 series of standards is described in CEN/TR 81-10:2008.
This document has been prepared under a Standardization Request given to CEN by the European
Commission and the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU
Directive(s) / Regulation(s).
For relationship with EU Directive(s) / Regulation(s), see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part
of this document.
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Introduction
This document is a type-C standard as stated in EN ISO 12100.
This document is of relevance, in particular, for the following stakeholder groups representing the market
players with regard to machinery safety:
— machine manufacturers (small, medium and large enterprises);
— health and safety bodies (regulators, accident prevention organizations, market surveillance, etc.).
Others can be affected by the level of machinery safety achieved with the means of the document by the
above-mentioned stakeholder groups:
— machine users/employers (small, medium and large enterprises);
— machine users/employees (e.g. trade unions, organizations for people with special needs);
— service providers, e.g. for maintenance (small, medium and large enterprises);
— consumers (in case of machinery intended for use by consumers).
The above-mentioned stakeholder groups have been given the possibility to participate in the drafting
process of this document.
The lifts concerned and the extent to which hazards, hazardous situations or hazardous events are
covered are indicated in the Scope of this document.
When requirements of this type-C standard are different from those which are stated in type-A or type-B
standards, the requirements of this type-C standard take precedence over the requirements of the other
standards for machines that have been designed and built according to the requirements of this type-C
standard.
This document specifies a lift to be used for the evacuation of persons with disabilities and persons with
disabled mobility automatically or under driver control. Annex B provides a concept for the use of an
evacuation lift.
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1 Scope
This document specifies the additional requirements to EN 81-20:2020 for passenger and goods
passenger lifts, which can be used to support faster evacuation of persons with disabilities and persons
with walking difficulties, including in case of fire alarm.
This document does not apply to:
— lifts installed into buildings which are not in accordance with Annex C;
— lifts for evacuation due to circumstances which introduce other hazards such as explosion threat,
chemical or biological attack, flooding, storm damage, or earthquake. In these cases, this document
can be used as a basis with further measures as required from risk assessment.
The following significant hazards are out of the scope of this document (see Table 2):
— fire or smoke in the evacuation lift well, safe areas or machinery spaces;
— ingress of water to the lift well during evacuation process;
— insufficient or incorrectly located evacuation lifts;
— insufficient evacuation capacity;
— entrapment in waiting area (safe area) due to absence of lift service or adjacent stairs;
— structural collapse or failure of building services (including public supply network, lighting,
ventilation) before the evacuation using lifts has been completed;
— presence of harmful gases, potentially explosive atmosphere, extreme climate conditions, transport
of dangerous goods.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
EN 81-20:2020, Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts — Lifts for the transport of persons
and goods — Part 20: Passenger and goods passenger lifts
EN 81-28:2003, Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts — Lifts for the transport of persons
and goods — Part 28: Remote alarm on passenger and goods passenger lifts
EN 81-70:2003, Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts — Particular applications for
passenger and goods passenger lift — Part 70: Accessibility to lifts for persons including persons with
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disability
EN 81-71:2005+A1:2006, Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts — Particular
applications to passenger lifts and goods passenger lifts — Part 71: Vandal resistant lifts

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As impacted by EN 81 70:2003/A1:2004.
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EN 81-72:2020, Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts — Particular applications for
passenger and goods passenger lifts — Part 72: Firefighters lifts
EN 81-73:2020, Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts — Particular applications for
passenger and goods passenger lifts — Part 73: Behaviour of lifts in the event of fire
EN 81-77:2018, Safety rules for the construction and installations of lifts — Particular applications for
passenger and goods passenger lifts — Part 77: Lifts subject to seismic conditions
EN 131-1:2015+A1:2019, Ladders — Part 1: Terms, types, functional sizes
EN ISO 12100:2010, Safety of machinery — General principles for design — Risk assessment and risk
reduction (ISO 12100:2010)
IEC 60417:2002, Graphical symbols for use on equipment (available at: https://www.graphical-
symbols.info/equipment)
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in EN ISO 12100:2010 and
EN 81-20:2020 and the following apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at https://www.iso.org/obp
— IEC Electropedia: available at https://www.electropedia.org/
3.1
evacuation lift
lift designed to be used for the evacuation of persons with disabilities, in automatic mode or under the
direction of building management, trained evacuation assistant or rescue services
3.2
person with disabilities
person who, due to any temporary or permanent disability, impaired mobility or walking difficulty, is
unable to use stairs safely
3.3
evacuation assistant
person appointed to assist in the evacuation process
3.4
driver
evacuation assistant (3.3) appointed to operate the evacuation lift from inside the car
3.5
evacuation lift switch
manual device to activate the evacuation operation(s)
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3.6
evacuation exit floor
EEF
destination floor(s) for evacuating the building using lift(s) determined by the evacuation plan and which
has a safe area(s)
Note 1 to entry: It is assumed that the evacuation exit floors have safe and accessible routes out of the building.
3.7
safe area
refuge, refuge area, lobby or fire protected lobby, provided with a safe route to the lift and a safe exit, that
will remain safe for persons for the duration of evacuation operations and is both separated from a fire
by suitable fire resisting construction and kept free from dangerous temperatures and the effects of
smoke
Note 1 to entry: The term “place of relative safety” defined in EN 17210:2021, 3.36, has the similar meaning as safe
area.
3.8
building management system
BMS
system capable of making decisions based on information sent to it
[SOURCE: EN 81-73:2020, 3.2]
3.9
suspend service signal
signal to suspend the evacuation operation
3.10
evacuation recall signal
signal to switch the lift to phase 1 evacuation operation (including the recall to active EEF)
4 List of significant hazards
4.1 Significant hazards related to the evacuation lift
This clause contains all the significant hazards, hazardous situations and events, as far as they are dealt
with in this standard, identified by risk assessment as significant for this type of machinery and which
require action to eliminate or reduce the risk (see Table 1).
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Table 1 — List of significant hazards and hazardous situations – Evacuation lift
No. Hazards Requirements and clauses in
this document
as listed in EN ISO 12100:2010, Annex B
1 General hazards for lifts 5.3.1
2 Trapping hazard, entrapment 5.3.1, 5.3.4, 5.3.5, 5.5.2 i), 5.10,
5.11
3 Lift is not used correctly for evacuation 5.4, 5.5, 7.1, 7.2
4 Lift is not accessible to persons with disabilities 5.3.1, 5.3.2, 5.5.3, 5.6.3.1,
5.6.3.3, 5.7.3.1
5 Lift not available when needed 5.3.2, 5.3.3, 5.3.4, 5.3.7, 5.4.3
6 Hazards to maintenance personnel 5.3.1, 5.4.1, 7.1, 7.2
7 Inadequate design, location or identification of manual controls 5.3.1, 5.6, 5.7.3.1
8 Inadequate communications during evacuation 5.5.3.3.1, 5.6.2, 5.7, 5.10
9 Inadequate marking, difficulty in recognizing the evacuation lift 5.5.2, 5.5.3.1, 5.5.3.2.1, 5.6.3.3,
5.6.4

4.2 Significant hazards related to environment and conditions
Table 2 shows significant hazards related to environment and conditions of the evacuation lift, which are
outside the scope but dealt with by this document.
Table 2 — List of significant hazards and hazardous situations – Environment and conditions
No. Significant Hazards and Hazardous situations - Environment Information in this
document
1 Fire/heat/smoke into a lift well/machinery space/safe area 5.3.6, 5.5.4, Annex C, Annex D,
F.2.2, F.6
2 Lift not useable long enough for evacuation of persons with 5.3.3, 5.10, 5.11, C.9, F.3
disabilities
3 Flow of water into the lift well C.12, F.4, F.5
4 Not having enough or correctly located evacuation lifts to 5.3.2, F.2
evacuate all persons with disabilities requiring evacuation
within adequate time
5 Failure of the power supply 5.10, 5.11, F.3, C.5, C.7, C.9,
C.10
6 Inadequate lighting 5.10, C.5, C.9
7 Interruption of a connection between the lift and the building 5.4.3, 5.5.3.3.3, 5.5.4
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5 Safety requirements and/or protective measures
5.1 General
Passenger and goods passenger lifts shall comply with the safety requirements and/or protective/risk
reduction measures of this clause. In addition, the passenger and goods passenger lifts shall be designed
according to the principles of EN ISO 12100:2010 for relevant but not significant hazards which are not
dealt with by this document.
5.2 Environmental conditions, building interface and assumptions for implementing an
evacuation lift
Annex C, Annex D and Annex F give requirements and guidance on environmental conditions, building
interface and assumptions for implementing an evacuation lift, which are essential for the
implementation and safe use of an evacuation lift.
5.3 Fundamental evacuation lift requirements
5.3.1 The evacuation lift shall be designed in conformity with EN 81-20:2020 and provided with
additional protection, controls and signals.
5.3.2 The minimum evacuation lift car size shall be of a type 2 according to EN 81-70:2003, Table 3. See
also F.2.1.
5.3.3 The lift shall be designed to operate during whole evacuation operation period (see C.9 and F.2).
5.3.4 Any ambient temperature sensor shall not stop, or prevent the start, of the evacuation operation.
5.3.5 The evacuation lift shall have an emergency trap door according to EN 81-20:2020, 5.4.6 except
for its size, which shall be according to EN 81-72:2020, 5.4.1.1. When the distance between consecutive
landing doorsills exceeds 7 m, intermediate emergency doors shall be provided, such that the distance
between sills is not more than 7 m.
Portable/movable 6 m long ladders according to EN 131-1:2015+A1:2019 without stabilizer shall be
provided and stored in the vicinity of the evacuation lift. The use and storing of the ladders shall be
described in the instructions.
NOTE The trap door is intended to provide a way to give support into the car.
5.3.6 An evacuation lift shall be provided with a means to suspend evacuation operation, see 5.5.4.
NOTE The suspend service signal allows a building management system (BMS) to suspend evacuation
operation, e.g. if smoke or fire is detected in the lift spaces, safe areas.
5.3.7 No electrical fault on any other lift located in the same lift group as the evacuation lift shall affect
the operation of the evacuation lift.
5.3.8 When on evacuation operation, the evacuation lift door shall open only where there is a safe area
in front of the landing door.
5.3.9 In the case of lifts with more than one car door, no more than one car door shall open at a time
during evacuation operation.
5.3.10 All EEFs shall have the required equipment for the selected lift configuration and the selected
operation modes according this document.
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5.3.11 The landing and car doors shall be automatic power operated horizontally sliding doors.
5.4 Control system requirements
5.4.1 General
Evacuation operations shall not override any of the following:
— any electric safety devices;
— the suspend service signal (see 5.5.4);
— the inspection operation (see EN 81-20:2020, 5.12.1.5);
— the emergency electrical operation (see EN 81-20:2020, 5.12.1.6);
— the firefighters lift switch (see EN 81-72:2020, 5.8), if applicable;
— the behaviour of the lift in seismic mode (EN 81-77:2018, 5.10.4), if applicable;
— the remote alarm system (EN 81-28:2003, 4.1);
— any maintenance control.
NOTE Maintenance controls include, but are not limited to, the following functions:
— prevention of movement of lift after the opening of any door providing access to the pit
(EN 81-20:2020, 5.2.6.4.4.1 d));
— prevention of movement of lift after return to normal operation of the lift from pit inspection station
(EN 81-20:2020, 5.12.1.5.2.2);
— protection for maintenance operations (EN 81-20:2020, 5.12.1.7); or
— landing and car door bypass device(s) (EN 81-20:2020, 5.12.1.8).
5.4.2 Evacuation control signals, functions and signal priorities
Evacuation control signals, functions and priorities of signals shall be provided according to Table 3. At
least one of the optional evacuation operations (5.5.3.2, 5.5.3.3, 5.5.3.4) shall be provided.
Evacuation control signals shall be provided either by an evacuation lift switch, if provided, or provided
automatically.
NOTE Selection of appropriate evacuation operation(s) is based on evacuation strategy.
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Table 3 — Summary of evacuation controls, functions and priorities
a
Control name Function name Clause Requirement
Signal priority
The suspend service Suspend service 1 (Highest) 5.5.4 Mandatory
signal
The driver assisted Driver assisted 2 5.5.3.4 Optional
evacuation signal evacuation operation
The remote assisted Remote assisted 3 5.5.3.3 Optional
evacuation signal evacuation operation
The automatic Automatic evacuation 4 5.5.3.2 Optional
evacuation signal operation
The evacuation recall Evacuation recall 5 (Lowest) 5.5.2 Mandatory
signal (Phase 1)
a
The priority of a control signal does not confer any preference for the use of the relative evacuation operation.

For changing the evacuation operation from one to another, see 5.5.2, 5.5.3.2.2, 5.5.3.3.3 and 5.5.3.4.3.
See Annex A for the evacuation control functionalities and priorities.
5.4.3 Availability and diagnostics
Interruption of a connection to the lift control system shall be treated as in Table 4.
Table 4 — Signal connection interruption reaction
Connection interruption of: The lift control system shall
consider the signal as:
the suspend service signal active (see 5.5.4)
the driver assisted evacuation signal active (see 5.5.3.4.2)
the remote assisted evacuation signal inactive (see 5.5.3.3.3)
the remote assisted evacuation control panel communication panel inactive (see 5.5.3.3.3)
(including audio and/or video communication connection) for
more than 30 s
the automatic evacuation signal inactive (see 5.5.3.2.2)
the evacuation recall signal active

NOTE In case of any evacuation operation signal comes to inactive state due to failure, the lift is prevented from
unintentionally returning to normal operation by keeping the evacuation recall signal active during the evacuation
operation. See also C.4.
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5.5 Evacuation operation
5.5.1 General
An evacuation recall signal shall be provided either by an evacuation lift switch, if provided, or provided
automatically. See C.4.
5.5.2 Evacuation recall (Phase 1)
On activation of the evacuation recall signal or on deactivation of any evacuation operation (Phase 2) (see
also Table 3 and Table 4), the lift shall behave as described as follows:
a) all registered car and landing calls shall be cancelled and no new calls shall be registered;
b) visual indication that the lift has been switched to evacuation operation shall be given in the car
operating panel;
c) door re-open button (EN 81-20:2020, 5.3.6.3), door close button (where provided), door protective
device (EN 81-20:2020, 5.3.6.2.2.1 b)), door reopening device (EN 81-20:2020, 5.3.6.2.2.1 d)) and
remote alarm system shall remain operative;
d) a car parked at a landing, shall close the doors and travel nonstop to the active EEF. When the door
is not closed after 20 s, the protective device according to EN 81-20:2020 5.3.6.2.2.1 b) shall be made
inactive and the doors shall attempt to close as defined in EN 81-20:2020, 5.3.6.2.2.1 b) 4). An audible
signal shall sound in the car until the doors are closed.
e) a car travelling away from the active EEF shall make a normal stop latest at the nearest possible
landing without opening the doors, make an audible speech message such as “evacuation” and
reverse its direction and return to the active EEF;
f) a car travelling towards the active EEF shall continue its travel nonstop to the active EEF. If the lift
has already started stopping at a level, it is acceptable to make a normal stop and without opening
doors, make an audible speech message such as “evacuation”, and to continue to the active EEF;
g) on arriving at the active EEF, the car shall open its door and shall make audible speech message and
a visual indication informing the user(s) to leave the evacuation lift. The audible signal shall be
according to EN 81-70:2003, 5.1.3. The visual indication shall be located within or above the car
operating panel or above the car door/s;
h) when the door is not closed at the active EEF after 20 s, the protective device according to
EN 81-20:2020 5.3.6.2.2.1 b) shall be made inactive, the doors shall attempt to close as defined in
EN 81-20:2020, 5.3.6.2.2.1 b) 4) and an audible signal shall sound in the car until the doors are closed.
i) to enable the fire and rescue service to check whether the car is present and persons are not trapped
at the active EEF, any landing call at the active EEF shall initiate opening of the doors;
j) when any evacuation operation is not active, after deactivation of the evacuation recall signal and
when the lift is at the active EEF, the car shall return to normal operation and visual indication (see
5.5.2 b)) s
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