On August 12, 2024, the Argentine Institute of Standardization (IRAM), together with the Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security of Argentina, officially issued the New Regulations on Safety Management of Elevators and Escalators, which comprehensively upgraded the certification, safety control and operation management of elevator products in the Argentine market. The core contents include: First, upgrade the mandatory IRAM certification requirements, clarifying that all complete elevator machines and core safety components entering the Argentine market must comply with the latest IRAM standards and obtain a mandatory certification certificate, and uncertified products are prohibited from being imported and sold. Second, strengthen the full life cycle safety control of elevators, and clarify the full chain safety responsibilities of elevator manufacturers, installation units, maintenance units and user units. Third, mandatorily promote the elevator digital traceability system, and all newly installed elevators must be connected to the national elevator safety supervision platform of Argentina. Fourth, upgrade the maintenance management requirements, clarifying that elevator maintenance units must obtain the official qualification license of Argentina, and carry out at least one routine maintenance every month. Fifth, strengthen the emergency rescue requirements, clarifying that the elevator entrapment rescue must be handled on site within 30 minutes. The new regulation has a 6-month transition period and was officially implemented on February 12, 2025.