in europe there is a published standard bs en 1570: 1998 + a2: 2009 safety requirements for lifting tables. standard en 1570-1 is now en 15701-1:2011+a1:2014. it is a type c standard and compliance with this standard confers conformity with the machinery directive, 2006/42/ec. work is already being undertaken to revise this standard and possibly split it into 3 parts. it specifies the criteria for the raising and lowering of goods and/or persons associated with the movement of goods carried by lifting tables.