Regulation enforcement

Although the product certification schemes of QSAE are voluntary in nature, on consideration of pubic health, safety, and consumer protection the Government of Ethiopian has enacted Regulation no. 13/1990, PDF 470 KB for the mandatory certification of some 104 products. Hence, one aspect of QSAE's mission is to enforce this Regulation in which different types of inspection and licensing schemes are employed and several companies are thus licensed.

FAIR MEASURES FOR ALL!

In order to ensure the fairness of weights and measures in trade transactions and protect the society form fraudulent weights and measures QSAE also enforces the weights & measures Regulation No. 431/1973, PDF 327 KB.

The regulatory service undertaken by QSAE is largely based on ISO/IEC Guide 28, which provides general rules for third party certification system of determining conformity with product standards through:

Initial testing and assessment of factory quality control system and its acceptance; and surveillance that takes into accounts the factory quality management system and the testing of samples from the factory and the open market.

QSAE operates a third-party certification program for products based on the following internationally-accepted certification systems as the circumstance may require:

1. Type testing;
2. Type testing followed by subsequent surveillance through audit testing of samples purchased on the open market;
3. Type testing followed by subsequent surveillance through audit testing of factory samples;
4. Type testing followed by subsequent surveillance through audit testing of samples from both the open market and factory;
5. Type testing and assessment of factory quality control and its acceptance followed by surveillance that takes into account the audit of factory quality control and the testing of samples from the factory and the open market;
6. Factory quality control assessment and its acceptance only;
7. Batch testing; and
8. 100% testing.

Among these certification systems the most widely and frequently used systems for certification of locally manufactured goods, imported and exported goods are systems number 5, 7, and 8.

The enforcement of the above mentioned Regulations is for import, export and locally produced and consumed /used products and materials. In the case of non-conformances, measures ranging from banning to downgrading of products in question are taken as per the provisions of the relevant Regulation and corresponding certification procedures.

The Quality Mark fees for inspection and licensing of products are as specified in the relevant Regulation (No. 13 & 431).

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Regulated products

The list of 104 regulated products is available thru the following links, where a license (permit) is required in Ethiopia to produce or sale the said items. Please click the appropriate number to go to the specific part of the list.

LIST OF REGULATED PRODUCTS ACCORDING TO REGULATION 13, PDF 470 KB.

ES 10 - ES 83
ES 84 - ES 122
ES 125 - ES 211
ES 234 - ES 316
ES 340 - ES 389

LIST OF REGULATED WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ACCORDING TO REGULATION 431, PDF 327 KB.

For more information, Tel: (251-11) 651 64 68, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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