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 authorization of development, reallocation of land for public purposes, the right to obtain information regarding the status of the 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.

These regulations are an amendment to the Ethiopian meat and dairy technology institute establishment regulations of 2008. The amendment repeals and replaces articles 1 and 5, corresponding to objectives of the institute, and powers and duties of the institute respectively, of the previous regulations.

This amends the mining proclamation of 1993, under Article 55(I) of the Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. The amendment takes the form of article deletion, addition, and form change.

The proclamation amends the Ethiopian agricultural research organization establishment proclamation of 1997. The organization is to be accountable to the ministry of agriculture and rural development.

The Marine Proclamation relates to jurisdictional provisions, administration and control of “territorial waters, mercantile marine provisions, maritime domain and defence areas of the Empire” and fishing rights in those waters.

The GTP policy matric is a sub-set of the government’s Second Growth and Transformation Plan. It contains a series of benchmarks to aid the monitoring and evaluation of the various targets and priorities set in the main document.

A proclamation to ratify the Kyoto protocol on the reduction of greenhouse gases. The Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate change was adopted and ratified by the house of peoples’ representatives of Ethiopia.

The Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Regional State Agricultural Research Institute is established as an autonomous regional body of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Regional State. The institute shall be accountable to the regional agricultural research board and the regional rural development coordination bureau. The institute shall among other things generate, develop, and adapt agricultural technologies towards making the agricultural research system of regions more efficient.

The Geological Survey of Ethiopia is re-established as an autonomous federal government agency having its juridical personality. The survey shall be accountable to the Ministry of Mining and energy. “The objective of the Survey shall be to undertake studies and surveys about the earth’s crust and mineral contained in it, applying earth science techniques and to prospect for, explore, and, estimate and delineate mineral deposits”.

The constitution of the Federal Republic of Ethiopia grants the state and its people exclusive rights to the ownership and control of lands, as well as the empowerment to administer lands and other natural resources. This proclamation states the general provisions on land administration, contents of a land administration law, conditions of land administration, and miscellaneous provisions.

The Proclamation applies to documents authenticated and registered by organs of the Regional Government authorized by respective Regional laws; organs of the Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa City Governments authorized under this Proclamation; the Ministry of Foreign affairs, Ethiopian embassies and Consular Office; Commanders of divisions of the defence force; and heads of federal prisons.

The proclamation aims to bridge the gap of the absence of comprehensive legislation guiding the organization and management of cooperative societies. This is to ensure the maximization of the potential benefits accruable through the formation of cooperatives. The proclamation highlights the objectives of society, guiding principles, formation and registration, juridical personality and responsibility, among others.

This policy aims to complement and build on the already existing policies of the government geared at job creation. It has an overriding objective of mobilizing the rural population and creating decent job opportunities across all sectors. The policy also seeks to motivate and encourage job seekers to embrace entrepreneurship as a tool for job creation.

The regulations are an amendment to the waterworks design and supervision enterprise regulations of 1998. The enterprise conducts studies relating to developing master plans for hydraulics, dams, and general waterworks; offer consultancy services; carry out surveys and evaluation relating to waterworks.

The proclamation is premised on the need to revamp the current ineffective marketing structure of raw hides and skins; with its accompanied reduction in competitive levels in the leather industry. This proclamation thus seeks to bridge the identified gaps and facilitate the placement of an effective market structure along with collection, processing, storage, and transportation lines. The proclamation applies to all stakeholders in the raw hides and skins marketing industry.

These directives are subject to the biosafety proclamation. It contains details on transactions subject to the directives, as well as the procedures for storing and processing modified organisms.

The council of ministers regulations to provide for raw hides and skins marketing. The regulations are issued under the articles of the raw hides and skins proclamation of 2014. It highlights the raw hides and skins marketing procedure, number and distribution of marketing centres across different levels; with delineation of particulars and administration of the levels. It also discusses the obligations of the different actors in the marketing sphere.

These regulations are issued under the relevant articles and sections of the state forest and protective forests proclamation. It highlights pertinent issues, including; precautions regarding fire kindling, fire extinguishing, forest insects and diseases, other threatening damages, and relevant panels. This is to ensure the safeguarding of the country’s natural resources.

The council of ministers regulations establishing the national institute for control and eradication of tsetse fly and trypanosomosis, as an autonomous federal government organ, and accountable to the ministry of agriculture. The institute is charged with eradicating tsetse fly and trypanosomosis in areas witnessing the scourge, with the ultimate aim of improving the productivity levels of animals and crops.