Policies / Policies from 2003

Policies from 2003

Policies with publication year 2003.

Proclamation to Provide for a Warehouse Receipts System

Council of Ministers/trade and industry

Ethiopia2003Trade, Industry And InvestmentOther

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".

Basel Protocol Ratification

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Ethiopia2003Foreign AffairsOther

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.

Condominium Proclamation

Council of Ministers/Urban Development and Construction

Ethiopia2003Infrastructure And ConstructionOther

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.

Cartegena Protocol on Biosafety Ratification Proclamation

Council of Ministers/Environmental Protection Authority

Ethiopia2003National DevelopmentOther

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.

Bamako Convention Ratification Proclamation

Council of Ministers/Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Ethiopia2003Foreign AffairsOther

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.

Rural Electrification Fund Establishment Proclamation

Council of Ministers/Ministry of Finance

Ethiopia2003FinanceOther

The Rural Electrification Fund is established as a permanent financial source under a 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.

Authentication and Registration of Documents Proclamation

Council of Ministers/Council of Ministers

Ethiopia2003Foreign AffairsOther

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 International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture ratification Proclamation

Council of Ministers/Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources

Ethiopia2003Agriculture And Rural DevelopmentOther

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.

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