The micro-financing business shall see to the collection of deposits and issuance of credit to rural and urban farmers and people engaged in other similar activities as well as micro and small scale rural and urban entrepreneurs, the maximum amount of which may be determined by the National Bank. The proclamation also specifies other specific roles a micro-financing institution can take on. It contains other pertinent pointers ranging from licensing to operational and financial requirements and limitations.

The proclamation is to repeal the national research institute of health establishment proclamation of 1985. The proclamation transfers the rights and obligations of the institute to the Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute.

The proclamation ratifies the Agreement for the Conservation of African Eurasian Migratory Water Birds Agreement signed in Hague Netherlands on June 16th 1995. The Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority is saddled with the power of implementation.

This Proclamation shall apply to geothermal resources development activities within the territory of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. Its objectives include; promoting the use of grade II geothermal resources, encouraging a sustainable carbon-neutral Ethiopian economy, and ensuring the security of tenure of investors.

This Proclamation shall apply to any person directly or indirectly involved in live animals marketing within the country. The proclamation stipulates that the Marketing of live animals shall be carried out at the first level and the second level lives animals market centres under Article 5 and Article 6 of this Proclamation. It specifies details about the levels of market centres, live animals health control, transportation of live animals, as well as the duties and obligations of market actors.

The proclamation has the following objectives: to protect consumers’ rights and benefits; to ensure the suitableness of the supply of goods and services to human health and safety; ensuring that manufacturers, importers, service dispensers and persons engaged in commercial activities adhere to the required regulations; and preventing and eliminating trade practices that damage the interests and goodwill of business persons.

The proclamation defines a condominium as a “building for residential or another purpose with five or more separately owned units and common elements, in a high-rise building or a row of houses, and includes the landholding of the building”. It sets out registration and certificate procedures, ownership, an association of unit owners, and their powers and duties, sales and leases, and other provisions.

The proclamation defines the basic principles to be taken into consideration in the determination of the compensation to a person whose landholding has been expropriated to the government needs for the use of land for public services. It also defines the organs with the powers to determine the amount to be paid in compensation.

A proclamation to provide for the ratification of the Nagoya Protocol on access to genetic resources and fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from their utilization at the tenth meeting held on 29 October 2010, in Nagoya, Japan. The Institute of Biodiversity Conservation is equipped with the power of implementation.

These sets of guidelines push towards effectively driving and improving the general use of Anti-Retroviral drugs. They seek to complement other national implementation guidelines. The guidelines have an overall goal of improving general service deliveries at all levels.

The proclamation establishes a Maritime Affairs Authority as an autonomous public authority having its judicial personality. The powers and duties of the authority, the organization and management, and miscellaneous provisions are specified. The objectives of the authority include; “ensure that the transport operations and movement of goods in import and export of the country are economical; plan, coordinate and enforce such operation; reduce the transit time of import-export of goods, and coordinate the concerned Government bodies to care for goods at port”.

This Proclamation shall apply to all raw-hide and skin marketing participants. It highlights key pointers like the certificate of competence, processing and transportation of raw hides and skins, marketing, prohibitions, marketing information, and inspection and administrative measures.

The Authority is established as an autonomous federal government public institution, accountable to the office of the prime minister, and with powers and duties spelt out in this proclamation. The objective of the Authority is to “formulate policies, strategies, laws and standards, which foster social and economic development in a manner that enhance the welfare of humans and the safety of the environment sustainable, and to spearhead in ensuring the effectiveness of the process of their implementation”.

The proclamation is for the consolidation of peasant associations. “The Proclamation addresses; objectives, powers and duties of Peasant Associations, organization and method of work of Peasant Associations, membership. The Proclamation deals with judicial tribunals, the Revolution Defence Committee and the Permanent Secretariat.

The proclamation to ratify the Basel Protocol on Liability and Compensation Damage Resulting from transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and their disposal. The adoption of the protocol was held at the fifth meeting of the conference of the parties to the Basel Convention, on the 10th December 2000. The environmental protection agency is granted powers of implementation.

The proclamation to ratify the convention on migratory species of wild animals was adopted in Bonn, Germany, on 23 June 1979. The Ethiopian wildlife development and conservation authority are granted powers of implementation.

A proclamation to amend the commercial registration and business licensing proclamation of 1997, as a matter of necessity.

This Proclamation is under special laws and proclamations; all forms of transaction arising out of and in connection with contracts of warehousing. The relevant provisions of the 1960 Civil and Commercial Codes of Ethiopia shall complement this Proclamation. The proclamation shall strive to achieve the following objectives: “to enable any person store his goods and in particular, standardized agricultural products in warehouses, and borrow money upon delivery of the warehouse receipt as collateral, to establish a valid contract between the bailee and the bailor and to properly direct and administer the system, and to create an organized and efficient marketing system for agricultural products”.

This proclamation re-establishes the quality and standards authority of Ethiopia as an autonomous federal government organ, accountable to the office of the prime minister. It details the powers and duties of the authority, its organization structure, members of the board and their powers and duties, meetings, budget, books of accounts, as well as the objectives of the authority.

The youth revolving fund of Ethiopia is established to serve as a permanent source of finance to be used in furtherance of the objectives of the Fund. The objectives of the fund include; assisting youth to employ their capabilities in creating job opportunities; providing financial assistance for organized income-generating activities conducted by youth; ensure the all-rounded participation and benefit of youth. The creation of the fund is in recognition of the need for direct participation of youth in the economic activities of the country.