2014年2月26日，欧盟颁布新电梯指令Lift directive 2014/33/EU，新指令将于2016年4月20日完全替代现行电梯指令95/16/EC。现阶段申请电梯CE认证仍需依据95/16/EC，新法规执行后需要及时更新证书。

Lifts provide an essential means of comfortable and safe access to modern buildings. The provision of lifts in new buildings and the installation of lifts in many existing buildings have an increasingly important role to play in an ageing society giving growing priority to the social integration of people with special needs.

The Lifts Directive 95/16/EC has the double aim of permitting the free circulation of lifts and its safety components within the internal EU market and ensuring a high level of safety for lift users and maintenance staff.

While the harmonised European legislation governing the design, manufacturer and installation of lifts is mainly addressed to lift installers and components manufacturers, it also has important implications for the owners and users of lifts.

The new  Lifts Directive 2014/33/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to lifts and safety components for lifts (recast) (all languages), aligned to the New Legislative Framework, will be applicable from 20 April 2016.