CONTENTS

1 Searching
2. Search Ethiopian Standards Catalogue/Work Programme
3. Zero Hits
4. Replaced Standards
5. ICS
6. Technical Committee
7. Scope
8. Availability
9. Pages
10. Price code
11. Legislation
12. Certification
13. Search QSAE Testing Services

1. Searching

A search engine has been made available to make your job of searching our database of over 1 500 records on Ethiopian Standards and drafts as simple as possible. In addition, a search can be done on QSAE testing services (capabilities) that comprise of over 550 specific tests on various materials and products.

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2. Search Ethiopian Standards Catalogue/Work Programme

You can use the search facility in all pages except for searching testing capabilities of QSAE labs, which is located under the ''Testing'' section of this site. Ethiopian Standards catalogue/Work programme can be searched using the standards number or keywords fields.

a) Keywords

Enter word(s) in the keyword field: you can type more than one term - the search will find Ethiopian Standards and Drafts at all development stages that contain both words in the title or scope of the standards.

For example: Type 'air' to find all words containing 'air' - Examples: aircraft, airline, airship, air-drying

Entering two or more terms within the keywords field automatically creates an "AND" search.

A wildcard is added on the right and left hand sides of your search criteria, so the search will find any record that has the word you have entered anywhere in it.

b) Standard Number

Enter a number in the number field - the search will find Ethiopian Standards and Drafts at all development stages that contain that number in the document reference.

For example:

• Use '9000-1' to find document references containing '9000-1'
• Use '900' to find document references containing '900' such as 900-1, 9001-1, 4900, etc.

Standard number shall be entered without the preceding designator, i.e., simply type in the standard number (e.g., ES 525:2000 or 525).

In the cases of adopted (identical) international standards, enter the number of the international standard (e.g., 14014 for ES ISO 14014:2001, 45 for ES OIML R 45:2001).

A standard number usually, but not always, consists of a beginning alpha part, a middle alphanumeric part (often just numeric), and a final year date, e.g., ES 525:2000, ES OIML R 45:2001. For Working Drafts (WDs), Committee Drafts (CDs) and Draft Ethiopian Standards (DESs) the number is in the format WD, CD AND DES respectively, e.g., WD 5049, CD 5214 DES 4246, etc.

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3. Zero Hits

Please note that if you get 'No results' hits from a search ( e.g.,Your search for '50492' returned the following: No results), it is a valid answer for the search carried out. However, there may be one of two reasons for this. One is that your search criterion was incorrect, in which case check your search for errors. The other possibility is that the database does not contain a standard or draft on that topic.

Note: The format of document numbers has recently been changed. Previously numbers were written as ES S.J2.002:1990. Now the number is written as ES 122:1990. The engine recognizes only the current form of the document number.

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4. Replaced Standards

The search is only for current Ethiopian Standards and drafts. Details regarding status of withdrawn documents is found under the ''Withdrawn standards'' subsection of this site. It should be noted that in some cases, although a standard is withdrawn (with or without replacement), it can still be used for legislative purposes, e.g., mandatory product certification use.

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5. ICS

The International Classification for Standards (ICS) scheme is intended to serve as a structure for catalogues of international, regional, and national standards, other normative documents, magnetic and optical media. It is specially created for standards and is used by all standards bodies to classify their standards (and standards projects) into specific subject categories.

It is intended to facilitate the harmonization of information while helping you find the standards that you want. The numeric codes are in the hierarchical format NN.NNN.NN, e.g., 43.080.10. To search on a complete ICS code, enter the code in the form NN.NNN.NN. To search on part of an ICS code, enter the number followed by an asterisk '*'. e.g. searching on "67*", will find all the ICS codes beginning with "67".

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6. Technical Committee

The reference number of the QSAE technical committee that is responsible for the Ethiopian Standard is indicated in standards search results. The number takes the form QSAE/TC A/SC B, where A and B are numeric characters. The number directly after the 'TC' and 'SC' indicate the committee responsible for the development of the Ethiopian Standard.

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7. Scope

This field in a standards search contains the document abstract. The abstract is a brief summary of the document contents.

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8. Availability

Ethiopian Standards and other publications (catalogues etc) are available in two combinations:

Hardcopy Only	The document is available only for hardcopy purchase.
Electronic	Documents are available in electronic (PDF) format and also for purchase in hardcopy.

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9. Pages

The number of pages of the Ethiopian Standard and drafts is indicated in search results as calculated by QSAE. This number may not include leading or blank pages and so may be different than the number of pages displayed by viewing the document.

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10. Price code

This field in standards search results contains information concerning the price of standards.

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11. Legislation

For regulatory information (regulated product standards, etc), please go to the 'inspection and certification'' section of this site.

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12. Certification

Information regarding mandatory and voluntary certification carried out by QSAE is found under the 'inspection and certification'' section of this site, including standards enforced under the QSAE Product Marking and Certification Scheme.

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13. Search QSAE Testing Services

You can use the search facility located under the ''Testing'' section of this site to search QSAE testing services (capabilities) that comprise of over 550 specific tests on various materials and products can also be done.

Select options from the first, second, third and fourth boxes below as appropriate.
For example, To know the list of tests/characteristics and methods of test done by QSAE on LAUNDRY SOAPS select:

1. 'CHEMICAL TESTING' from the first box,
2. '7.59 DETERGENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS' from the second box,
3. '7.59.01 SOAPS' from the third box, and
4. 'LAUNDRY SOAPS' from the fourth box and hit 'GO'. The result of which is the following list.
   
   

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