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First Edition
2013

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Foreword

This Ethiopian Standard has been prepared under the direction of the Technical Committee for Water Quality
(TC 78) and published by the Ethiopian Standards Agency (ESA).
This Compulsory Ethiopian Standard cancels and replaces ES 261:2001.
Application of this standard is COMPULSORY with respect to clauses 4.1, 4.2.2 (Table 3), and 4.4 (Table 4).
A Compulsory Ethiopian Standard shall have the same meaning, interpretation and application of a "Technical
Regulation" as implied in the WTO-TBT Agreement.
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Implementation of this standard shall be effective as of 01 October 2013.

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The Ethiopian Standards Agency (ESA) is the national standards body of Ethiopia
established in 2010 based on regulation No. 193/2010.ESA is established due to the
restructuring o f Q uality a nd S tandards A uthority o f Ethiopia ( QSAE) w hich w as
established in 1998.

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 Develop Ethiopian standards and establish a system that enable to

Ethiopian Standards Agency
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