This document identifies section and requirement numbers from ASME A17.1/CSA B44 or Japanese codes for requirements not included in ISO 8103-1. The content of the specific requirements is published in ASME A17.1/CSA B44 and Japanese codes.

This document is applicable for new escalators and moving walks (pallet or belt type) as defined in ISO/DIS 8103-1:—, Clause 3.

This document deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations, and events relevant to escalators and moving walks when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer (see Clause 4).

This document is not applicable to escalators and moving walks which were manufactured before the date of its publication. It is, however, expected that existing installations be adapted to this standard.