This Directive shall not apply to:
(a) lifting appliances whose speed is not greater than 0,15 m/s;
(b) construction site hoists;
(c) cableways, including funicular railways;
(d) lifts specially designed and constructed for military or police purposes;
(e) lifting appliances from which work can be carried out;
(f) mine winding gear;
(g) lifting appliances intended for lifting performers during artistic performances;
(h) lifting appliances fitted in means of transport;
(i) lifting appliances connected to machinery and intended exclusively for access to workstations
including maintenance and inspection points on the machinery;
(j) rack and pinion trains;
(k) escalators and mechanical walkways.
Where, for lifts or safety components for lifts, the risks referred to in this Directive are wholly or partly
covered by specific Union law, this Directive shall not apply or shall cease to apply in the case of such
lifts or safety components for lifts and such risks as from the application of that specific Union law.
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