On November 8, 2024, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Housing of Portugal, together with the Portuguese Quality Institute, officially issued the Mandatory Specification for Safety Management and Renovation of Elevators and Escalators, which comprehensively upgraded the safety control, old renovation, responsibility division, and emergency rescue of elevators in Portugal. The core contents include: First, consolidate the main responsibility, clarifying that the elevator user unit is the legal first responsible person for elevator safety, and is fully responsible for the daily use, safety management and maintenance supervision of the elevator. For buildings without a clear user unit, the property owner shall bear the main responsibility. Second, clarify the scope and time limit for the transformation of old elevators. All in-use elevators in Portugal with a service life of more than 25 years must complete safety upgrading and transformation before 2030; among them, elevators with a service life of more than 35 years must complete the transformation before 2027, and elevators that have not completed the transformation on schedule are prohibited from continuing to operate. Third, formulate mandatory technical standards for transformation, clarifying that the transformation of old elevators must comply with the latest EU EN 81 series safety standards, focusing on upgrading the door system, braking system, safety protection device, and emergency rescue system, and must pass the official safety inspection after the transformation. Fourth, refine the maintenance management requirements, clarifying that passenger elevators carry out routine maintenance once every 14 days, and escalators carry out routine maintenance once every 10 days. The maintenance unit must obtain the official EU qualification license, maintenance personnel must work with certificates, and all maintenance records must be completely archived with a retention period of no less than 10 years. Fifth, upgrade the emergency rescue requirements, clarifying that the elevator entrapment rescue must be handled on site within 30 minutes. The maintenance unit must establish a 24-hour emergency rescue duty system and carry out at least 2 emergency rescue drills every year. Sixth, formulate violation punishment measures. For the responsible subjects who fail to carry out maintenance, inspection and transformation in accordance with the specifications, they will face an administrative fine of up to 40,000 euros, and the relevant qualifications will be revoked if the circumstances are serious. The new regulation has a 6-month transition period and was officially implemented on May 8, 2025.