The Ethiopian Agricultural Businesses Corporation is hereby established
as a Federal Government public Enterprise. The Corporation shall be governed by the Public Enterprises Proclamation of 1992. The corporation shall equally be supervised by the ministry of public enterprises. It contains details pertaining to capital, liability, duration, repealed regulations, and transfer of rights and liabilities. Among the objectives of the Corporation includes; to buy from domestic and international markets and supply agricultural inputs, process same; undertake agricultural inputs market price stabilization activities; to render agricultural mechanization services, agricultural and construction equipment repair services, and provide rental services of agricultural machineries and transport vehicles

The cooperative societies proclamation of 1998 is amended in the form of articles and sub articles addition, deletion, and form alterations.

The Privatization and Public Enterprises Authority is established as an autonomous federal government office having its own legal personality. The authority shall be accountable to the ministry of trade and industry. This is on the back of the resolve of the government to change the participation of the state in the economy, and give private sector players more reigns to contribute to economic development. The proclamation spells out the objectives, organization, and the powers of duties of the authority, among others.

The Rural Electrification Fund is established as a permanent financial source tobe deposited under Special Bank Account to be opened by the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development. The objectives of the fund are; To provide loan and technical services for Rural Electrification Projects carried out by private operators, cooperatives and local communities, and to encourage the utilization of electricity for production and social welfare purposes in rural areas.

The council of ministers regulations establsihing the Gumaro Tea Develop-
ment Enterprise as a public enterprise. The Enterprise shall be governed by the Public Enterprises Proclamation of 1992, and shall be supervised by a body, to be designated by the federal government. Its purposes lie in the area of development of tea plantations, preliminary processing of tea, and other related activities.

The active participation of members of the society has been deemed necessary to effectively implement the country’s health policy. The proclamation also points to the primary health care as a suitable approach to solve the health problems in the country. The proclamation establishes the health advisory board at the federal and regional level to aid effective implementation of the proclamation; it specifies the powers and duties of the board, as well as its meetings. It also highlights the powers and duties of inspectors charged with implementation of the proclamation. It spells out directives related to; food quality control, food standard requiremnts, water quality control, water handling and disposal, among others.

The proclamation recognises the important role agriculture can play, as a foundation for building the economy, and as a means of prosperity in the livelihoods of the masses. It also recognises the current challenges faced by farmers in boosting productivity levels; It points to the key role states can play in addressing these challenges through the establishment of large scae state farms. The proclamation thus establishes the authority as an autonomous public authority, with juridical personality; saddled with the responsibility of coordination and harmonisation of all activities of corporations.

It is deemed necessary to ensure active community participation to drive effective management of solid wastes, and the benefits accruable. The proclamation seeks to maximally reduce the adverse effects of solid waste on the environment, while ensuring the benefits obtainable are equally maximised. It discusses, among other things, the solid waste management planning, genereal obligations of urban administration, and inter-regional movement of solid wastes.

This serves as a revision to the 1997 charter proclamation. The charter strives to ensure the city of Addis Ababa becomes a suitable place to live and work by all modern measurable standards. This becomes quite important giving the city’s status as the capital city of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, the seat of the African Union and a number of international organizations. It highlights important details including; boundary, working language, rights of residence, elections, as well as the rights, objectives, organization, powers, and functions of the city government.

The fisheries development and utilization proclamation fills the void of absence of laws guiding the effective utilization of fisheries resources. The proclamation applies to all Ethiopian water bodies where fish are bred and fishing activities take place. The objectives of the proclamation include; conservation of fish biodiversity and increase in supply of safe fish for consumption.

The pre shipment inspection applies to all goods imported into the territory of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, except as stated under article 6 of this proclamation. It details the requirement of pre-shipment inspection, coverage of the inspection, exceptions, procedures for goods importation with or without the letter of credit. This is in a bid to create efficient conditions for trade activities.

In recognition of the need to increase agricultural productivity and production through the utilization of new plant varieties developed through reasearch. This proclamation seeks to facilitate this by granting rights to plant breeders. The proclamation details the protection of rights, the scope of plant breeder’s rights, exemptions, restrictions, licensing, duration, and application procedures, among others. This ultimately strives to ensure the provision of recognition and economic reward to those who contribute to these efforts.

The 2003 proclamation to provide for the ratification of the international treaty on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture. The International Treaty on plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture was adopted at the Thirty-first Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on the 3rd of November, 2001, and signed by Ethiopia.

The petroleum operations proclamation is in accordance with Article 5(6) of the Redefinition of Powers and Responsibilities of the provisional Military Administrative Council and the Council of Ministers proclamation of 1977. The proclamation governs all petroleum operations carried out by contractors within the territory of Ethiopia, and all agreements entered into prior to the effective date of this proclamation.

The proclamation to provide for the property mortgaged or pledged with banks. This is to address the issue regarding the longevity of the process of obtaining judgements for sale of property mortgaged or pledged with banks and to subsequently have it executed.

As a tool to promote households’ source of livelihood and subsequent commercialization of beekeeping ventures in areas positively disposed to the resources needed for the industry to thrive. This subsequently preserves the bio-diversity of bees, as well as drive contribution to the nation’s economy. The proclamation details apiculture resources development and protection, handling of beekeeping equipment, and information exchange.

The proclamation highlights the objectives of the society, guiding principles, formation and registration of the societies, amalgamation and division, as well as rights and duties, among other key issues. This is to facilitate the suitable conditions to enable rural dwellers come together to solve their economic and social problems.

This represents the proclamation to ratify the Animal Health Agreement between Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and
the Government of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, as signed in Algiers on the 15th day of March 2015. The ministry of livestock and fisheries is empowered to implement the agreement.

To ensure the success of policy formulations and interventions, it is quite important to ensure they’re backed and based by relevant, and updated statistical data. The importance of these data is also highlighted in monitoring and evaluation processes, at local,regional, and national levels. This proclamation subsequently establishes the commission, to be accountable to the council of ministers. The commission is charged with the holistic management and coordination of agricultural census activities at all government levels.

The proclamation to provide for urban planning applies to all urban centres throughout the country. It acknowledges the non comprehensive state of the current legislation on urban planning. “It provides for an authorization of development, reallocation of land for public purposes, the right to obtain information regarding the status of land, and the reservation of land for public purposes. It establishes a legal framework that sees to the promotion of planned and well developed urban centres.