This proclamation applies to all Geospatial information, except Geospatial information related to military and National security. The government of Ethiopia recognises the importance of geospatial information in driving the sustainable development of the country. The proclamation thus establishes the Ethiopian Geospatial Information Agency as an autonomous Federal Government Office having its legal personality. The Agency shall be accountable to the National Planning commission. It details the core objectives of the agency, the powers and duties of the commission, and organization structure, among others. The agency is to coordinate and harmonise all geospatial activities and act as a central archive for all geospatial data, imagery, and other geospatial information.

The business mortgage proclamation of 1998 specifies that To mortgage a business, the business must be registered and given a business license by the appropriate Federal or Regional authority. The proclamation sets out procedures for keeping a register, application for registration, selling of business mortgage by auction, as well as other miscellaneous provisions.

The proclamation establishes the Ethiopian valleys development studies authority as an autonomous public authority. The Authority shall be accountable to the chairman of the council of ministers. The Authority is charged with conducting research and surveys on the natural resources of the country, preparing development master plans, as well as carrying out surveys on transboundary rivers and the general environment.

This proclamation establishes the southern, nations, nationalities, and peoples’ regional state food security and pastoral development coordination office as an autonomous office. The office shall be the rallying point for the implementation of all activities pertinent to improving food security. It spells out the powers and duties of the office.

This Proclamation establishes the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange Authority as an autonomous public institution of the Federal Government. The authority is accountable to the office of the prime minister. The general objective of the Authority shall be to ensure the development of an efficient and modern (agricultural) commodities marketing system. The Authority may grant recognition to Clearing Institutions and Exchange Actors and recognize Exchange Actors Associations. The Act also provides rules relative to trading in commodities and requires Commodity Exchanges to set up a Settlement Guarantee Fund”.”””

The proclamation to ratify the Bamako Convention. The Bamako Convention on the Ban of the Import into Africa and the Control of Transboundary movements and management of Hazardous Wastes Within Africa was adopted on 30 January 1991. The environmental protection authority is charged with the implementation of the convention.

This Proclamation provides for the necessary framework to implement the Montreal Protocol concerning a system for licensing the import and export of controlled substances listed in the Annexes to the Protocol. “The Proclamation specifies powers and duties of the Authority and requires federal or regional government organ empowered by law to issue a business license or to control imports to refuse, grant, renew, suspend or cancel trade licenses in tandem with the decision of the Authority to refuse, grant, renew, suspend or cancel authorization.

The Proclamation shall apply to any person, directly or indirectly involved in transactions of Ethiopian coffee quality control and marketing. It details the coffee quality control and transaction process, obligations of transacting actors, as well as other miscellaneous provisions.

The government of Ethiopia acknowledges the need to primarily prevent and control animal diseases to maximise their benefits. The becomes quite crucial owing to their wide range of use as draft power for agriculture, source of food, raw materials for industries, and foreign exchange. It details the necessary procedures for the prevention and control, powers and duties of animal health officers, movement of animals, animal products, animal by-products, and other miscellaneous provisions.

This poverty analysis report hopes to update the poverty index of the country, national, regionally as well as locally. The study uses data obtained from the Household Income Consumption and Expenditure (HICE) Survey and Welfare Monitoring Systems (WMS) in 2015/2016.

This serves as the proclamation to ratify the protocol to the African Charter on human and peoples’ rights on the rights of women in Africa. The protocol was adopted in Maputo, Mozambique on 11 July 2003. The Ministry of Women and Children Affairs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia is given the responsibility to cooperate with other relevant organs to implement and follow-up the Protocol. It contains several reservations and declarations on the protocol.

These regulations are to establish the Ethiopian Environment and Forest Research Institute as an autonomous federal government office having its legal personality. The Institute shall be accountable to the ministry of environment and forest. It shall, among other things: Identity, import, adapt, utilize, and generate technologies that significantly contribute to forest development; coordinate the environment and forest research activities carried out by environment and forest research centres or higher education institutes. The institute shall also work towards mitigating environmental degradation, desertification, and extinction of species, among other things.

This is a Law to provide for the nationality and registration of ships in Ethiopia, the use of Ethiopian ships, and navigation in Ethiopian waters. The proclamation details Shipowners, managers and the master; Regulation of maritime employment; Contracts relating to the use of the ship; Maritime collisions, assistance, and salvage; Participation in general average; Insurance; Penal provisions; and Miscellaneous articles.

The Proclamation provides for the establishment of the Water Resources Development Fund, detailing its objectives, resources of the Fund, and administration of the Fund.

This Proclamation establishes the Ethiopian Wildlife Development and Conservation Authority as an autonomous public agency of the federal government. The Authority shall be accountable to the ministry of culture and tourism. The authority shall, among other things; coordinate all activities relating to policies and laws drafting, to drive the development, conservation, and utilization of wildlife resources; develop and administer wildlife conservation areas; issue hunting permits to foreign tourists.

This proclamation is a re-amendment to the Ethiopia commodity exchange establishment proclamation of 2007 (as amended). The ministry of trade and industry acts as the supervisory body.

The proclamation is to amend the Definition of Powers and Duties of the Executive Organs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Proclamation of 2015.

The objective of this Proclamation is to ensure that the country and its communities obtain a fair and equitable share from the benefits arising out of the use of genetic resources to promote the conservation and sustainable utilization of the country’s biodiversity resources”. The Proclamation applies to access to genetic resources found in situ or ex-situ conditions and community knowledge.”

This Proclamation applies to any prescribed seed specified by the Agency, without prejudice to Sub-Article (I) of this Article, the provisions of this Proclamation shall not apply to a seed produced by a farmer, and sold directly to another farmer; However; this Proclamation shall apply on any producer or farmer, processor, distributor and retailer who advertised seed to engage in a sale of seeds; Unless the seed is used for planting purpose, the provisions of this Proclamation shall not apply to seeds of plants intended for other purposes. This proclamation arises as a need to designate governmental bodies which support, advise and control individuals and organizations engaged in the production, processing, import, export, sale, and distribution of quality seeds.

A proclamation to ratify the Cartegena protocol on biosafety. The protocol was adopted on the 20th day of January 2000. The Environmental Protection Authority is authorized to take, in cooperation with the appropriate Federal, Regional and city government organs, actions necessary to implement the Protocol.