Standards and Guidelines for the Conformity of Motorised Gates and Automatic Doors
The design, construction and marketing of motorised gates and doors is regulated by a set of Technical Standards, Directives and Regulations published by the European CEN. These regulatory instruments guarantee the safety of installations and legal compliance in all member states of the European Union.
Regulations
European Regulations are legislative acts that are immediately binding in all member states, do not require national transposition and have the force of law. One example is the (EU) Construction Products Regulation 2024/3110, which regulates the CE marking for construction products, including certain types of doors and gates.
Directives
European Directives set general safety, health and performance objectives. Each member state is obliged to transpose them into national law to ensure that products placed on the market comply with the laws in force, for example: The Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC.
Technical Standards
Technical Standards provide the practical and construction criteria for meeting the requirements of Directives or Regulations. They are not mandatory, but their application guarantees presumption of conformity. Among the most important in the sector are EN 12453 (safety in use) and EN 12604 (mechanical requirements).
Directives, Regulations and Standards relating to automatic doors,
gates, industrial doors, barriers
Main Directives
2006/42/EC - Machinery Directive
(It will be replaced by the New Machinery Regulation)2014/35/EU - Low Voltage Directive LVD2014/30/EU - Electromagnetic Compatibility EMC2014/53/EU - Radio Equipment Directive RED2011/65/EC - RoHS II Directive - Restriction of the use of hazardous substances
2006/42/EC - Machinery Directive
(It will be replaced by the New Machinery Regulation)
2014/30/EU - Electromagnetic Compatibility EMC
2014/53/EU - Radio Equipment Directive RED
2011/65/EC - RoHS II Directive - Restriction of the use of hazardous substances
Main Regulations
(EU) Regulation 2024/3110 - Construction Products Regulation
(EU) Regulation 2023/1230 - Machinery
Regulation
(EU) Regulation 2024/3110 - Construction Products Regulation
(EU) Regulation 2023/1230 - Machinery
Regulation
Technical Standards
EN 12453 - Industrial, commercial and garage
doors and gates - Safety in use of motorised doors, Requirements and test
methods
EN 60335-2-95 - Particular requirements for vertical
moving garage doors for residential use
EN 16005 - Motorised pedestrian doors - Safety
in use, Requirements and test methodsEN 12978 - Industrial, commercial and garage doors and gates - Safety
devices, Requirements and test methods
EN 12100 - Safety of machinery - General
principles for design - Risk assessment and risk reduction
EN 13854 - Safety of machinery - Minimum gaps
to avoid crushing of parts of the human body
EN 13857 - Safety of machinery - Safety
distances to prevent hazardous areas being reached by upper and lower limbs
EN 13849-1 - Safety of machinery -
Safety-related parts of control systems, Part 1: General principles for design
EN 13856-2 - Safety of machinery - Pressure-sensitive
devices, Part 2 General principles for design
EN 12453 - Industrial, commercial and garage
doors and gates - Safety in use of motorised doors, Requirements and test
methods
EN 60335-2-95 - Particular requirements for vertical
moving garage doors for residential use
EN 16005 - Motorised pedestrian doors - Safety
in use, Requirements and test methods
EN 12978 - Industrial, commercial and garage doors and gates - Safety
devices, Requirements and test methods
EN 12100 - Safety of machinery - General
principles for design - Risk assessment and risk reduction
EN 13854 - Safety of machinery - Minimum gaps
to avoid crushing of parts of the human body
EN 13857 - Safety of machinery - Safety
distances to prevent hazardous areas being reached by upper and lower limbs
EN 13849-1 - Safety of machinery -
Safety-related parts of control systems, Part 1: General principles for design
EN 13856-2 - Safety of machinery - Pressure-sensitive
devices, Part 2 General principles for design
Product Standards - Doors and Gates
EN 13241- Industrial, commercial and garage
doors and gates –Performance characteristics
EN 12604 - Industrial, commercial and garage
doors and gates - Mechanical aspects - Requirements and test methods
EN 12433-1 - Industrial, commercial, and garage
doors and gates. Terminology, Types of doors
EN 12433-2 - Industrial, commercial, and garage doors and gates.
Terminology, Parts of doors
EN 12424 - Industrial, commercial
and garage doors and gates - Resistance to wind load – Classification
EN 12444
- Industrial, commercial and garage doors and
gates - Resistance to wind load - Testing and calculation
EN 12425
- Industrial, commercial and garage doors and
gates - Resistance to water penetration – Classification
EN 12489 - Industrial, commercial and garage doors and gates - Resistance to water
penetration, Test method
EN 12426 - Industrial, commercial and garage doors and gates. Air permeability,
Classification
EN 12427 - Industrial, commercial and garage doors and gates - Air permeability -
Test method
EN 12428 - Industrial, commercial and garage doors - Thermal transmittance -
Requirements for the calculation
EN 16034
- Pedestrian doorsets, industrial, commercial,
garage doors - Performance characteristics and Fire resisting and/or smoke
control characteristics
EN 16361 - Power operated pedestrian
doors - Product standard, performance characteristics - Pedestrian doorsets,
other than swing type, initially designed for installation with power operation
EN 13241- Industrial, commercial and garage
doors and gates –Performance characteristics
EN 12604 - Industrial, commercial and garage
doors and gates - Mechanical aspects - Requirements and test methods
EN 12433-1 - Industrial, commercial, and garage
doors and gates. Terminology, Types of doors
EN 12433-2 - Industrial, commercial, and garage doors and gates.
Terminology, Parts of doors
EN 12424 - Industrial, commercial
and garage doors and gates - Resistance to wind load – Classification
EN 12444
- Industrial, commercial and garage doors and
gates - Resistance to wind load - Testing and calculation
EN 12425
- Industrial, commercial and garage doors and
gates - Resistance to water penetration – Classification
EN 12489 - Industrial, commercial and garage doors and gates - Resistance to water
penetration, Test method
EN 12426 - Industrial, commercial and garage doors and gates. Air permeability,
Classification
EN 12427 - Industrial, commercial and garage doors and gates - Air permeability -
Test method
EN 12428 - Industrial, commercial and garage doors - Thermal transmittance -
Requirements for the calculation
EN 16034
- Pedestrian doorsets, industrial, commercial,
garage doors - Performance characteristics and Fire resisting and/or smoke
control characteristics
EN 16361 - Power operated pedestrian
doors - Product standard, performance characteristics - Pedestrian doorsets,
other than swing type, initially designed for installation with power operation