1.1 This European Standard specifies the safety requirements for design, construction, installation, maintenance and testing of dock levellers and for safety components on dock levellers.With the exception of:a) dock levellers for marine and aircraft applications;b) lifting tables;c) vehicle mounted tail lifts.NOTE 1 Requirements for lifting tables are laid down in EN 1570.NOTE 2 Requirements for vehicle mounted tail lifts are laid down in EN 1756-1.1.2 This European Standard is applicable to dock levellers which are used by persons and/or manual or power driven transport equipment (e. g. forklift trucks) as traffic paths between goods vehicles, both road v