This part of ISO/TS 25740: — specifies global essential safety requirements (GESRs) for escalators and moving walks, their components and functions, and — establishes a system and provides methods for minimizing safety risks that might arise in the course of the operation and use of, or work on, escalators and moving walks. NOTE See Clause 5 regarding the use and application of this part of ISO/TS 25740. This part of ISO/TS 25740 is applicable to escalators and moving walks that are intended to carry persons. The escalators and moving walks to which this part of ISO/TS 25740 applies can: a) be located in any permanent and fixed structure or building; b) have any 1) rated load, size of load carrying unit (LCU) and speed, and 2) travel height; c) be affected by fire in the environment of the LCU and weather conditions; d) be misused. This part of ISO/TS 25740 does not specifically cover: — all needs of users with disabilities; — risks arising from work on escalators and moving walks under construction or during alterations and dismantling; vandalism; fire in the environment outside the LCU.