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.

The National Veterinary Institute is established by the council of ministers, as a public enterprise. It shall be governed by the Public Enterprise Proclamation of 1992. The Government shall designate a body to supervise the Institute. The purposes of the Institute shall centre around the production of vaccines, veterinary drugs, biologicals, and reagents and to sell such products locally and abroad.

The tea production and marketing enterprise is established as a public enterprise by the council of ministers. The enterprise shall be supervised by a designated federal body and governed by the public enterprise proclamation of 1992. It is tasked with the processing of tea, marketing of the processed tea, and other related activities crucial to attaining its purposes.

These Regulations are issued by the Council of Ministers under Article 4(2) of the Definition of Powers and duties of the Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers Proclamation of 1991. It details applications for licenses, issuance, exclusions, renewal, transfer, and revocation. It also contains the rights and obligations of licenses.

These regulations are issued by the council of Ministers under Article 5 of the definition of Powers and Duties of the Executive Organs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Proclamation of 1995 and article 59 of Cooperative Societies Proclamation of 1998. It provides for the implementation of the proclamations of 1998. It addresses the establishment of cooperative societies, unions, cooperative federations, and cooperative leagues. It also details the types and functions of these societies, among others.

This industrial roadmap serves as an overview of the industrial sector. The roadmap offers strategies and frameworks needed to move the sector forward in line with the GTP goals of 2035.

This is the council of ministers’ regulations establishing the Gumaro Tea Development 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 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 the 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 the implementation of the proclamation. It spells out directives related to; food quality control, food standard requirements, 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 scale 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.

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, solid waste management planning, general obligations of urban administration, and inter-regional movement of solid wastes.

This is 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 given the city’s status as the capital city of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, the seat of the African Union and several 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.