FprEN 115-5

• Abstract:

  This European Standard specifies the safety rules for new escalators/moving walks replacing existing escalators/moving walks ; installed in existing buildings where, due to limitations enforced by building constraints, certain requirements of EN 115-1:2017 cannot ; be fully met.; This standard shall only be used when replacing existing escalators/moving walks where structural constraints within an existing ; building make the installation of fully EN115-1:2017 compliant escalators/moving walks impossible. The escalator/moving walk ; installer must liaise with the customer and recommend altering the building structure in the first instance and deviations from EN115-1 ; should only be considered as a last resort.; This standard addresses a number of these constraints, gives requirements for alternative solutions; and covers:;  the replacement of an existing escalator/moving walk by a new one in an existing building.; This standard does not cover:;  construction and installation of a new escalator / moving walk in;  an existing building, which is not replacing an existing escalator/moving walk;;  replacement or modifications of some parts of existing escalator/moving walk, e.g. intruss modernization; ;  major modifications of existing escalator/moving walk, e.g. change of the location (see EN 115-1:2017, Annex L);;  other applications outside of the scope of EN 115-1:2017

• Status: Not Published
• Publication Date: 20-Jan-2027
• ICS: 91.140.90 - Lifts. Escalators
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 10 - Passenger, goods and service lifts
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 10/WG 2 - Escalators and passenger conveyors
• Current Stage: 4599 - Dispatch of FV draft to CMC - Finalization for Vote
• Start Date: 29-Jul-2026
• Due Date: 30-Jul-2025
• Completion Date: 29-Jul-2026
• Directive: Harmonized Standard2006/42/EC - Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on machinery, and amending Directive 95/16/EC (recast)
• Directive:

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  Not Harmonized2023/1230 - Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2023 on machinery and repealing Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Directive 73/361/EEC (Text with EEA relevance)
• Directive:

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  Not Harmonized2023/1230 - Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2023 on machinery and repealing Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Directive 73/361/EEC (Text with EEA relevance)
• Directive:

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  Not Harmonized2023/1230 - Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2023 on machinery and repealing Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Directive 73/361/EEC (Text with EEA relevance)
• Directive:

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  Not Harmonized2023/1230 - Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2023 on machinery and repealing Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Directive 73/361/EEC (Text with EEA relevance)
• Directive:

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  Not Harmonized2023/1230 - Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2023 on machinery and repealing Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Directive 73/361/EEC (Text with EEA relevance)
• Directive:

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  Not Harmonized2023/1230 - Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2023 on machinery and repealing Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Directive 73/361/EEC (Text with EEA relevance)
• Mandate: M/396 - Mandate to CEN and Cenelec for standardisation in the field of machinery
• Mandate: M/605 - COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION of 20.1.2025 on a standardisation request to the European Committee for Standardization and to the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization as regards machinery and related products in support of Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 of the European Parliament and of the Council
• Ref Project: oSIST prEN 115-5:2025 - Safety of escalators and moving walks - Part 5: Replacement of existing escalators/moving walks in existing buildings

Overview

FprEN 115-5:2025 is a European Standard developed by CEN within the EN 115 series, specifically addressing the safety of escalators and moving walks when replacing existing units in existing buildings. This part responds to scenarios where structural constraints of a building make it impossible to meet all requirements outlined in EN 115-1:2017. The standard provides safety rules and alternative solutions to ensure that new escalators and moving walks installed as replacements offer a high level of safety, even where full compliance with the latest construction and installation standards cannot be achieved.

Key Topics

• Scope of Application: FprEN 115-5 is intended solely for replacement of existing escalators or moving walks in buildings where achieving full compliance with EN 115-1:2017 is impossible due to structural limitations.
• Building Constraints: The standard acknowledges challenges imposed by existing architecture and allows for specific deviations when justified, with a preference to alter the building as a primary solution.
• Safety Requirements: Outlines alternative safety measures for critical aspects such as:
  • Clear height reductions
  • Reduced machinery space access
  • Unrestricted area for passengers
  • Escalator inclination and rise adjustments
  • Emergency stop device provision
• Risk Management: Identifies significant hazards related to deviations from EN 115-1, including mechanical, electrical, ergonomic, and operational risks, with methods for risk reduction.
• Verification and Documentation: Details the inspection, testing, measurement, and documentation processes necessary to verify conformity to safety requirements under real-world constraints.

Applications

FprEN 115-5 is essential for:

• Escalator and Moving Walk Installers: Assists companies tasked with modernization projects in existing buildings where space or structural limitations prevent full standard compliance.
• Building Owners and Operators: Provides guidance for ensuring continued safety and regulatory compliance during escalator/moving walk replacement projects without major building reconstruction.
• Regulatory Authorities: Offers a harmonized approach within the EU for evaluating replacement works within the legal framework of the Machinery Directive (2006/42/EC) and the new Regulation (EU) 2023/1230.
• Maintenance and Safety Professionals: Supplies information on safe operation, emergency procedures, and maintenance in constrained environments.
• Architects and Building Engineers: Helps assess implications of structural variations and assists in planning compliant infrastructure upgrades.

Typical application scenarios include:

• Replacement of aging escalators in shopping centers, airports, or transit hubs.
• Upgrades in buildings with restrictive ceiling clearances, narrow machinery spaces, or limited passenger areas.
• Projects where building preservation or retrofit limits the scope of civil works.

Related Standards

• EN 115-1:2017: Safety of escalators and moving walks - Part 1: Construction and installation (main reference standard for new equipment).
• EN ISO 12100:2010: Safety of machinery - General principles for design - Risk assessment and risk reduction.
• EN 115-2: Rules for the improvement of safety of existing escalators and moving walks.
• Relevant EU Legislation:
  • Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC
  • Regulation (EU) 2023/1230

FprEN 115-5 works in direct conjunction with the broader EN 115 series and is referenced by regulatory authorities in the Official Journal of the European Union for conformity assessment. It ensures escalator and moving walk upgrades in existing buildings prioritize public and operator safety even when full standard compliance is infeasible.

Practical Value

By specifying practical, alternative engineering solutions for constrained environments, FprEN 115-5 enables the safe, legal, and efficient modernization of passenger transport infrastructure across Europe. This enhances the lifecycle management of escalators and moving walks, supporting building owners, installers, and public safety.

Keywords: FprEN 115-5, escalator safety, moving walk replacement, existing buildings, EN 115-1, European standard, machinery safety, building constraints, modernization, risk reduction, public transport infrastructure.

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-oktober-2025
Varnost tekočih stopnic in tekočih stez - 5. del: Zamenjava obstoječih tekočih
stopnic/tekočih stez v obstoječih stavbah
Safety of escalators and moving walks - Part 5: Replacement of existing
escalators/moving walks in existing buildings
Sicherheit von Fahrtreppen und Fahrsteigen - Teil 5: Austausch von bestehenden
Fahrtreppen/Fahrsteigen in bestehenden Bauwerke
Sécurité des escaliers mécaniques et trottoirs roulants - Partie 5 : Remplacement des
escaliers mécaniques/trottoirs roulants existants dans les bâtiments existants
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 115-5
ICS:
91.140.90 Dvigala. Tekoče stopnice Lifts. Escalators
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

DRAFT
EUROPEAN STANDARD
prEN 115-5
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
August 2025
ICS
English Version
Safety of escalators and moving walks - Part 5:
Replacement of existing escalators/moving walks in
existing buildings
Sécurité des escaliers méchanique et trottoirs roulants Sicherheit von Fahrtreppen und Fahrsteigen - Teil 5:
- Partie 5 : Remplacement d´escaliers Austausch von bestehenden Fahrtreppen/Fahrsteigen
mécaniques/trottoirs roulants existants dans des in bestehenden Bauwerke
bâtiments existants
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prEN 115-5:2025(E)
Contents Page
European foreword . 3
Introduction . 4
1 Scope . 5
2 Normative references . 5
3 Terms and definitions . 6
4 Safety Requirements . 6
4.1 General. 6
4.2 Clear Height . 6
4.3 Reduced standing area in machinery spaces, driving station and return station . 6
4.4 Escalators with 35° inclination and more than 6 m rise . 8
4.5 Reduced unrestricted area for escalators/moving walks . 8
4.6 Reduced horizontal step run at lower landing . 8
5 Verification of the safety requirements and/or protective measures . 8
6 Information for use . 9
Annex A (informative) Significant hazards related to deviations from EN 115-1 . 10
A.1 General. 10
A.2 Mechanical hazards . 10
A.3 Electric hazards . 10
A.4 Hazards generated by neglecting ergonomic principles in machinery design . 10
A.5 Hazard generated by failure of control circuit . 10
A.6 Slipping, tripping and falling hazards . 10
A.7 Hazards specific for this type of machine . 11
Annex B (normative) Information on the building related conditions in which the
escalator/moving walk is installed . 12
B.1 Reduced unrestricted area for escalators/moving walks without shopping trolleys
................................................................................................................................................................... 12
B.2 Clear Height . 13
Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the essential
requirements of Directive 2006/42/EC aimed to be covered . 14
Annex ZB (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the essential
requirements of Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 aimed to be covered . 16
Bibliography . 18

prEN 115-5:2025 (E)
European foreword
This document (prEN 115-5:2025) 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 is intended to be used in conjunction with the EN 115-1:2017, which gives the basic
requirements for escalators and moving walks.
This document has been prepared under a standardization request addressed to CEN by the European
Commission. The Standing Committee of the EFTA States subsequently approves these requests for its
Member States.
For the relationship with EU Legislation, see informative Annex ZA and ZB, which are integral parts of
this document.
This document is part of the EN 115 series of standards: “Safety of escalators and moving walks”.
EN 115 is currently composed with the following parts:
— Part 1: Construction and installation;
— Part 2: Rules for the improvement of safety of existing escalators and moving walks;
— Part 3: Correlation between EN 115:1995 and its amendments and EN 115-1:2008 [Technical
Report];
— Part 4: Interpretations related to EN 115 family of standards [Technical Specification];
— Part 5: Replacement of existing escalators/moving walks in existing buildings [the present
document].
prEN 115-5:2025(E)
Introduction
This document is a type-C standard as stated in EN ISO 12100:2010.
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 the case of machinery intended for use by consumers).
The above-mentioned stakeholder groups have been given the possibility to participate at the drafting
process of this document.
The machinery concerned and the extent to which hazards, hazardous situations or hazardous events are
covered are indicated in the scope of this document.
Where one or several requirements in EN 115-1:2017 cannot be fulfilled, due to reasons such as the
constraints of the structure of the existing building, the corresponding requirements in this document
apply.
prEN 115-5:2025 (E)
1 Scope
This document specifies the safety rules for new escalators/moving walks replacing existing
escalators/moving walks installed in existing buildings where, due to limitations enforced by building
constraints, certain requirements of EN 115-1:2017 cannot be fully met.
This document only applies when replacing existing escalators/moving walks where structural
constraints within an existing building make the installation of fully EN 115-1:2017 compliant
escalators/moving walks impossible.
This document addresses a number of these constraints, gives safety requirements for alternative
solutions and covers:
— the replacement of an existing escalator/moving walk by a new one in an existing building.
This document does not cover:
— construction and installation of a new escalator / moving walk in an existing building, which is not
replacing an existing escalator/moving walk;
— replacement or modifications of some parts of existing escalator/moving walk, e.g. intruss
modernization;
— major modifications of existing escalator/moving walk, e.g. change of the location
(see EN 115-1:2017, Annex L);
— other applications outside of the scope of EN 115-1:2017.
The significant hazards for the protective/risk reduction measures dealt with in this document are listed
in Annex A “List of significant hazards”.
This document is not applicable to escalator/moving walk manufactured before the date of its
publication.
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 ISO 12100:2010, Safety of machinery - General principles for design - Risk assessment and risk reduction
(ISO 12100:2010)
EN 115-1:2017, Safety of escalators and moving walks - Part 1: Construction and installation
prEN 115-5:2025(E)
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in EN ISO 12100:2010, EN 115-1:2017
and the following apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminology 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
existing building
building, which is used or was already used before the order for the escalator/moving walk was placed
Note 1 to entry: A building whose internal structure is completely renewed is considered as a new building.
3.2
existing escalator/moving walk
escalator/moving walk which is used or was already used
4 Safety Requirements
4.1 General
Escalators/ moving walks replacing existing escalators/moving walks installed in existing buildings shall
comply with the requirements of EN 115-1:2017, as far as not modified or replaced by the safety
requirements of this document. In addition, escalators and moving walks shall be designed according to
the principles of EN ISO 12100:2010 for relevant but not significant hazards, which are not dealt with
within this document.
4.2 Clear Height
Where it is not possible to fulfil the requirements for the clear height according to EN 115-1:2017,
A.2.1/A.2.2 a reduction of h to 2,1 m and/or a reduction of h to 2 m is permitted if the following
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requirement and Annex B.2 are fulfilled:
The nominal speed of the escalator/moving walk shall be limited to 0,50 m/s.
4.3 Reduced standing area in machinery spaces, driving station and return station
When it is not possible to fulfil the requirements for the machine spaces according to EN 115-1:2017,
5.8.2, it is permitted to reduce the standing area if all of the following requirements are fulfilled.
4.3.1 In case a standing area is required, the size of the standing area shall be a rectangular area
2 2
of 0,12 m with a minimum side dimension of 300 mm. The rectangular area shall be extended to 0,22 m
(580 mm x 380 mm) from the knee level (600 mm above the free-standing area) to the lower level of the
arm (800 mm above the free-standing area), (see Figure 1).
A standing area is not required in cases where all operations (maintenance and inspection) can be
undertaken without the need to enter the driving or return station.
prEN 115-5:2025 (E)
Figure 1 — Reduced standing area
4.3.2 A device shall be provided to detect a person within or entering the reduced standing area. The
device shall be enabled in inspection mode. When this device detects a person in or entering the reduced
standing area it shall prevent restarting. This device shall be according to EN 115-1:2017, 5.12.2.6.1 or
5.12.2.6.2 or 5.12.2.6.3 (SIL 2). Failure lock function according to 5.12.2.8 shall be provided.
4.3.3 The instruction handbook (see also EN 115-
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