OWNERS ARE NOT FORCED BY THE STANDARD TO HAVE THE LIFT REPAIRED
In the European Union there are 3 million lifts, about 70 percent of them do not comply with new technical standards. It means that lift safety issues are addressed in other countries as well. There is no regulation forcing lift operators, usually the block administrator or flat union or flat owners community, to have the faults removed at the owners’ expense. The reason is that if a lift meets the requirements determined by the old technical standard applicable at the time when the lift was put into operation, the technical inspection certificate is issued and the lift can be used for the following 6 years ...
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