Council Approves 52 Standards

Jun 20 , 2020


The Ethiopian National Standardisation Council has approved 52 standards brought forward by the Ethiopian Standards Agency (ESA). Of the total, 31 of the standards are new, four of them are revisions of previous standards and the remaining 17 are reaffirmed measures that were already in place. The approved standards fall under the e Environment Health and Safety Engineering sector, including regulations in the chemicals, chemical products, basic and general categories. Under the Environment Health and Safety Engineering sector, there are 32 standards, of which 22 are new, one is revised and 12 are reaffirmed. For chemicals and chemical products, five are new and five are reaffirmed standards. Moreover, for the basic and general categories, four standards are new and three are revised.


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