Trade Practice and Consumers’ Protection Proclamation No. 685/2010

1. SHORT TITLE YH xêJ '' yNGD x\‰Rና የሸማቾች ጥበቃ xêJ q$_R 6)'5¼2ሺ2'' tBlÖ l!-qS This Proclamation may be cited as “Trade YC§LÝÝ Practice and Consumers’ Protection Proclamation No. 685/2010.”

2. T R Ù » 2. DEFINITIONS y”l# xgÆB l@§ TRg#M y¸Ãs-W In this Proclamation, unless the context otherwise µLçn bStqR በz!H xêJ ውስጥ፡- requires: 1/ "m\r¬êE yNGD :” wYM xgLGlÖT" 1/ “Basic Goods or Services” mean goods or ¥lT bgbà §Y X_rT bmf-„ services related to the daily need of MKNÃT tgb! ÃLçn yNGD |‰ l!ÃSk consumers, the shortage of which in the TL y¸CL k¹¥ቾች yy:lT F§gÖT UR market may lead to unfair trade practice; ytgÂß የንግድ :” wYM xgLGlÖT nW፤ 2/ “m\r¬êE ግልጋlÖT” ¥lT XNd 2/ “Basic Public Utilities” means utilities such as yW¦½ ymB‰T `YL½ ySLK X water, electricity, telephone and the like; ¾SdcK ግልጋሎት nW፤ 3/ "ባለሥልጣን" ¥lT bz!H xêJ 3/ “Authority” means Trade Practice and bxNq{ "1 m\rT ¾}ssS የንግድ Consumers Protection Authority established አሰራርና የሸማቾች ጥበቃ ባለሥልጣን pursuant to Article 31 of this Proclamation; nW፤ 4/ "ሸማች" ማለት Ków]ካ ¨ÃU SMf 4/ “Consumer” means a natural person who buys goods and services for his personal or family KSgØ dÃJ” ዋጋዉን ራሱ ወይም ሌላ consumption, where the price is being paid ሰዉ የሚከፍልለት ሆኖ ለራሱ ወይም by him or another person and not for ለቤተሰቡ ፍጆታ የሚሆን የንግድ ዕቃ manufacture or resale; ወይም አገልግሎት የሚገዛ የተፈጥሮ ሰው ነው፤ 5/ “Business Person” means any person who 5/ "ነጋዴ" ማለት የሙያ ሥራው አድርጎ professionally and for gain carries on any of ጥቅም ለማግኘት ሲል በንግድ ሕጉ the activities specified under Article 5 of the አንቀፅ 5 የተዘረዘሩትን ሥራዎች Commercial Code, or who dispenses የሚሠራ ወይም አገልግሎት የሚሰጥ services, or who carries on those commercial ወይም የን ግድ ሥራ ነው ተብሎ በሕግ activities designated as such by law; የሚወሰነውን ሥራ የሚሰራ ማንኛውም ሰው ነው፤ 6/ "የንግድ ሥራ" ማለት በዚህ አንቀጽ ንዑስ 6/ “Commercial Activity” means any activity አንቀጽ /5/ በተተረጎመው መሠረት carried on by a business person as defined ነጋዴ የሚሠራው ሥራ ነው፤ under sub article (5) of this Article; 7/ “Essential Facility” means an infrastructure or 7/ “ተፈላጊ GB›T” ¥lT :”ãCN resource that cannot easily or reasonably be xgLGlÖèCN ldNb®ÒcW b¥QrB found, and which is very important to rgD ltwÄĶãC bÈM xSf§g! competitors in order to supply their goods yçn“ bq§l# wYM XNdLB l!g" and services to their customers; y¥YCL m\rተ L¥T wYM hBT nW፤ gA 5¹þ4)%4 ØÁ‰L ነU¶T Uz¤È qÜ_R $9 ነሐሴ 0 q N 2ሺ 2 ›.M Federal Negarit Gazeta No. 6 16th August , 2010…. page 5464 8/ "yNGD :”ãC" ¥lT k¥ናቸWM ›YnT 8/ “Goods“ means movable commodities that gNzBና gNzBnT µ§cW snìC bStqR are being purchased or sold or leased or by ¥ናቸWM የሚገዙ ወይም yሚ¹-# ወይም which any commercial activity is conducted yሚk‰† wYM bl@§ h#n@¬ bsãC mµkL between persons except monies in any form yNGD |‰ yሚkÂwንÆcW y¸Nqúqs# and securities; :”ãC ¥lT nW፤ 9/ "¸n!St&R" wYM "¸n!STR" ¥lT 9/ “Minister” or “Ministry” means the Minister yNGD x!NÇST¶ ¸n!St&R wYM or the Ministry of Trade and Industry; ¸n!STR nW፤ 0/ “sW” ¥lT ytf_é sW wYM b?G 10/ “Person” means any natural or juridical per ysWnT mBT yts-W xµL nW፤ son; 01/ "xgLGlÖT" ¥lT dmwZ wYM 11/ “Service” means any commercial dispensing yqN ÑÃt¾ KFà ÃLçn½ gb! of service for consideration other than salary y¸ÃSg" ¥N¾WM xgLGlÖT or wages; ymS-T NGD |‰ nW፤ 02/ "ተገቢ ያልሆነ የንግድ ሥራ" ማለት 12/ “Unfair Trade Practice” means any act in ንግድን የሚመለከ~ ¾ሕግ ድንጋ violation of provisions of trade related Laws; ጌዎችን የሚጥስ T”—¬U ድርጊት ነው፤ 03/ "ቢሮ" ማለት የክልል ንግድና ኢንዱ 13/ “Bureau” means regional state trade and ስትሪ ቢሮ ወይም ሌላ የሚመለከተው industry bureau or another appropriate ቢሮ ነው፤ bureau; 04/ "አስመጪ" ማለት የንግድ ዕቃዎችን 14/ “Importer” means any person who imports በየብስ ወይም በባህር ወይም በአየር goods from abroad via land or sea or air into ከውጭ ሀገር ወደ ኢትዮጵያ የሚያስ Ethiopia; መጣ ሰው ነው፤ 05/ "ላኪ" ማለት የንግድ ዕቃዎችን በየብስ 15/ “Exporter” means any person who exports ወይም በባህር ወይም በአየር ከኢትዮ goods abroad via land or air or sea from ጵያ ወደ ውጭ ሀገር የሚልክ ሰው ነው፤ Ethiopia; 06/ "የጅምላ ሻጭ" ማለት የንግድ ዕቃዎችን ከአምራች ወይም ከአስመጪ ገዝቶ 16/ “Wholesaler” means any person who sells ለቸርቻሪ የሚሸጥ ማንኛውም ሰው goods to a retailer after buying them from a ሲሆን አምራች ወይም አስመጪ የንግድ manufacturer or an importer, or when a ዕቃዎችን ለቸርቻሪ ወይም ለጅምላ manufacturer or an importer sells goods to a ሻጭ ሲሸጥ በጅምላ ንግድ ውስጥ retailer or to a wholesaler is considered to እንደተሳተፈ ይቆጠራል፤ have been engaged in wholesale business. 07/ "የችርቻሮ ሻጭ" ማለት የንግድ ዕቃ ዎችን ከጅምላ ሻጭ ወይም ከአምራች 17/ “Retailer” means any person who sells goods ወይም ከአስመጪ ገዝቶ ለሸማች ወይም to consumers or users after buying them from a wholesaler or a manufacturer or an ለተጠቃሚ የሚሸጥ ማንኛውም ሰው importer, or when a wholesaler or a ሲሆን ጅምላ ሻጭ ወይም አምራች manufacturer or an importer sells goods to ወይም አስመጪ የንግድ ዕቃዎችን consumers or users is considered to have ለሸማች ወይም ለተጠቃሚ ሲሸጥ been engaged in retail business; የችርቻሮ ንግድ ውስጥ እንደተሳተፈ ይቆጠራል፤ gA 5¹þ4)%5 ØÁ‰L ነU¶T Uz¤È qÜ_R $9 ነሐሴ 0 q N 2ሺ 2 ›.M Federal Negarit Gazeta No. 6 16th August , 2010…. page 5465 08/ "ፀረ ውድድር ወይም የገበያ ውድድርን 18/ “Anti Competitive or Acts Restricting Market የሚገድቡ ተግባራት" ማለት ዋጋ በመቀነስ Competition” means acts limiting the ተመሳሳይ የንግድ ዕቃ ወይም አገልግሎት competitive capacity of other business የሚሸጡ ነጋዴዎችን ኪሣራ ላይ በመጣል persons in commercial activities through acts ወይም በተመሳሳይ የንግድ ሥራ ላይ of putting business persons engaged in የተሰማሩ ነጋዴዎችንና ቴክኖሎጂዎችን selling similar goods and services at loss by በመጠቅለል ወይም ሌሎች ነጋዴዎች ወደ reduction of prices or through acts of taking ንግድ እንዳይገቡ በመከልከል ወይም over of businesses and technologies of የንግድ ዕቃዎች እና አገልግሎቶች ሻጮች business persons engaged in similar የሚሸጡበትን ዋጋ እንዳይወስኑ በመከልከል businesses or through act of restricting the ወይም የሸማቾችን ወይም የተጠቃሚዎችን ምርጫ በመገደብ የንግድ ዕቃዎችን ወይም entry of other business persons in to market የአገልግሎቶች ሽያጭን ከሌሎች ተመሳሳይ or through acts of restricting the suppliers of ካልሆኑ የንግድ ዕቃዎች ወይም goods and services from determining their አገልግሎቶች ሽያጭ ጋር በማያያዝ በንግድ selling prices or through the tying of the sale ሥራ ውስጥ የሌሎች ነጋዴዎችን የመወ of certain goods and services with the sale of ዳደር አቅም የሚገድቡ ተግባራት ወይም other unlike goods and services by limiting በዚህ አዋጅ አንቀጽ 5፣ 01፣ 05 እና !1 the choices of consumers or users or are the የተከለከሉት ተግባራት እና የመሳሰሉት acts prohibited under Articles 5, 11, 15 and ናቸው፤ 21 of this Proclamation and the like; 09/ "የማምረት ሥራ" ማለት በኢንዱስትሪ 19/ “Manufacturing Activity” includes any የሚከናወን የመቀመም፣ የመለወጥ፣ formulation, alteration, and assembling and የመገጣጠምና የማሰናዳትን ሥራ prefabrication activity carried on by an ይጨምራል፤ industry; !/ "ደንብ" ማለት ይህን አዋጅ ለማስፈጸም 20/ “Regulation” means regulation issued to የሚወጣ ደንብ ነው፤ implement this Proclamation; !1/ "የመንግሥት yL¥T DRJT" ¥lT 21/ “Public Enterprise” means an enterprise established in accordance with Public bመንግሥት የልማት ድርጅቶች xêJ Enterprises Proclamation № 25/1992 or a q$_R !5¼09)'4 m\rT ytÌÌm business organization whose shares are DRJT wYM h#l#M xKs!×ñc$ totally owned by the federal government or bፌዴራል mNG|T ytÃz yNGD public enterprise established by a regional tÌM ወይም በክልል መንግሥት state; የሚቋቋም የልማት ድርጅት nW፤ 22/ any expression in the masculine gender !2/ በዚህ አዋጅ ውስጥ በወንድ ጾታ includes the feminine. የተÑKìው የሴትንም ጾታ ያካትታል፡፡

3. OBJECTIVES 3. › § ¥ ã C This Proclamation has the objectives of: YH xêJ፡- 1/ የሸማቾችን መብትና ጥቅም የማስጠበቅ፤ 1/ protecting consumers rights and benefits; 2/ የንግድ ዕቃ እና አገልግሎት አቅርቦት ለሰው ጤናና ደህንነት ተeማሚ ሆኖ 2/ ensuring the suitableness of the supply of goods እንዲገኝ የክትትል ስርአት የመዘርጋት፤ and services to human health and safety and installing a system of follow up; 3/ አምራቾች ፣ አስመጪዎች፣ አገልግሎት ሰጪዎች እና በአጠቃላይ በንግድ ሥራ 3/ ensuring that manufacturers, importers, service የተሰማሩ ነጋዴዎች በተጠያቂነት እንዲ dispensers and persons engaged in commercial activities in general carry on ሰሩ የማድረግ፤ their activities in a responsible way; gA 5¹þ4)%6 ØÁ‰L ነU¶T Uz¤È qÜ_R $9 ነሐሴ 0 q N 2ሺ 2 ›.M Federal Negarit Gazeta No. 6 16th August , 2010…. page 5466 4/ የነጋዴዎችን _QM mLµM Z y¸ 4/ preventing and eliminating trade practices that gÖÇ yNGD x\‰éCN ymk§kL damage the interests and goodwill of y¥SwgD፤ business persons; 5/ የኢኮኖሚ ልማትን የማፋጠን፤ 5/ accelerating economic development. ዓላማዎች አሉት፡፡

4. SCOPE OF APPLICATION 4. ytfɸnT wsN 1¼ YH xêJ bx!T×ùà ØÁ‰§êE Ä!ä 1/ This Proclamation shall apply to all persons K‰s!ÃêE ሪፐBl!K WS_ yNግድ carrying on commercial activities and to any |‰ b¸ÃµÿÇ sãCና በማናቸውም transaction in goods and services within the የዕቃ ወይም ¾አገልግሎት ግብይት §Y Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. tfɸ YçÂLÝÝ 2/ This Proclamation shall apply to a commercial 2¼ yNGD |‰W kx!T×ùà ØÁ‰§êE activity even though conducted outside the Ä!äK‰s!ÃêE ሪፐBl!K W+ y¸k Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia if ÂwN b!çNM½ W-@t$ bx!T×ùà its out come has effect in Ethiopia. WS_ t}:ñ ÃlW kçn xê° tfɸnT YñrêLÝÝ 3/ This Proclamation shall not, however, apply 3¼ çñM xê° b¸ktl#T §Y tfÉ to: ¸nT xYñrWMÝ( h¼ የmNG|ት yL¥T ድርጅቶችን úY a) the sovereign act of the state which is =MR½ mNG|T l#›§êE yçn tG Æ„N l¥kÂwN b¸f}¥cW tGÆ exclusive of public enterprises; ‰T §Y፤ l¼ በm\r¬êE ግልጋlÖèC §Y፤ b) basic utilities; /¼ b¸n!STéC MKR b@T Wún@ yêU q$__R b¸drGÆcW c) basic goods and services subject to m\r¬êE yNGD :”ãC decision of the Council of Ministers to xgLGlÖèC §Y፤ price regulation; m¼ የአሰሪና ሠራተኛ ግንኙነትን b¸ mlkt$ y?BrT SMMnèC d) collective agreements applying to §Y፡፡ employer and employee relationships. 4/ የዚህ አንቀጽ ንዑስ አንቀጽ /3/ ድንጋጌዎች እንደተጠበቁ ሆነው የዚሁ ንዑስ አንቀጽ 4/ Without prejudice to the provision of sub /3/ለ/ እና /ሐ/ን በተመለከተ የተቀመጠው article (3) of this Article, the limitations of ¾}ðíT>’ƒ ¨c” ÑÅw በዚህ አዋጅ ውስጥ scope of application provided for under this ሸማቾችን በተመለከተ ከተደነገጉት ጋር sub article (3)(b) and (c) shall not apply to በተያያዘ ተፈፃሚነት አይኖረውም፡፡ matters stated in this Proclamation in connection with consumers. 5/ የዚህ አዋጅ አፈፃፀም በማናቸውም ሁኔታ ሸማቾች በፍትሐብሔር ሕግ ከውል ውጭ 5/ The application of this Proclamation shall not ኃላፊነትን በተመለከተ ሊያቀርቡ የሚችሉትን in any way prevent civil actions consumers ክስ አይከለክልም፡፡ may file on matters of extra contractual liabilities under the civil code. gA 5¹þ4)%7 ØÁ‰L ነU¶T Uz¤È qÜ_R $9 ነሐሴ 0 q N 2ሺ 2 ›.M Federal Negarit Gazeta No. 6 16th August , 2010…. page 5467 6/ የንግድ አሰራርና የሸማቾች ጥበቃ 6/ Without prejudice to the adjudicatory power ባለስልጣን የዳኝነት ስልጣን እና of Trade Practice and Consumers Protection የሚኒስቴሩና የቢሮዎች የአስፈፃሚነት Authority and the enforcement power of the ስልጣን እንደተጠበቀ ሆኖ የዚህ አዋጅ Ministry and the bureaus, the provisions of ድንጋጌዎች ስለምግብ፣ መድሃኒትና this Proclamation may not apply to matters ጤና ክብካቤ አስተዳደርና ቁጥጥር with regard to supervisory activities and በወጣው አዋጅ ቁጥር 6)%1/2ሺ2 measures undertaken in accordance with the Food, Medicine and Health Care መሠረት ከሚካሔዱ የቁጥጥር ስራዎች Administration and Control Proclamation No. እና ከሚወሰዱ እርምጃዎች ጋር 661/2009. በተያያዘ ተፈፃሚነት አይኖራቸውም፡፡ KFL h#lT PART TWO የንግድ አሰራር TRADE PRACTICES ምዕራፍ አንድ CHAPTER ONE bb§YnT ytÃzN gbà xlxGÆB m-qM ABUSE OF MARKET DOMINANCE

5. S`Q 5. PRINCIPLE ¥N¾WM ነጋዴ bGl#M çn kl@lÖC UR No business person, either by himself or acting bmçN bb§YnT yÃzWN gbà bGL}M together with others, may carry on commercial çn bSWR xlxGÆB bm-qM yNGD activity by openly or dubiously abusing the |‰ ¥µÿD xYCLም፡፡ dominant position he has in the market.

6. TRg#M 6. DEFINITION ¥N¾WM ነጋዴ bGl# wYM kl@lÖC UR A business person either by himself or acting bmçN bxND ygbà KLL WS_ êUN together with others in a relevant market, is wYM l@lÖC yNGD DRDR h#n@¬ãCN deemed to have a dominant market position, if he ymöÈ-R wYM WDDRN y¥_ÍT has the actual capacity to control prices or other wYM bGL} ymgdB ytrUg- አቅም conditions of commercial negotiations or eliminate ÃlW çñ ktgß gbÃWN bb§YnT Y²*L or utterly restrain competition in the relevant YƧLÝÝ market. 7. yb§YnTN Sl¥rUg_ 7. ASSESSMENT OF DOMINANCE 1¼ xND gbà bb§YnT mÃz#N l¥rUg_ 1) A dominant position in a certain market may ነጋዴው bgbÃW WS_ ÃlW DRš be assessed by taking in to account the wYM l@lÖC wd gbÃW XNÄYgb# business person’s share in the market or his lmkLkL ÃlW xQM wYM capacity to set barriers against the entry of አግባብነት ያላቸው l@lÖC mmz¾ãC others into the market or other factors as may wYM ymmz¾ãc$ _MrT GMT be appropriate or a combination of these WS_ y¸gb# g#Ä×C ÂcWÝÝ factors. 2¼ bxND gbà WS_ yb§YnT xl l¥ 2) The market relevant for the assessment of a lT y¸ÒlW¿ ytÆlW gbà twÄĶ dominant position is the market that l!çn# y¸Cl# wYM y¸tµk# የንግድ comprises goods or services that actually ዕቃዎችንና xgLGlÖèCN yÃz s!çN compete with each other or fungible goods or nWÝÝ services that can be replaced by one another. gA 5¹þ4)%8 ØÁ‰L ነU¶T Uz¤È qÜ_R $9 ነሐሴ 0 q N 2ሺ 2 ›.M Federal Negarit Gazeta No. 6 16th August , 2010…. page 5468 3¼ yz!h# gbà መልክአ ምድራዊ KLL 3) The geographic area of this market is the area yWDDR h#n@¬ãC bbqE h#n@¬ in which the conditions of competition are xND ›YnT yçn#bT X bxgÖ‰ÆC sufficiently homogeneous and can be gbÃãC k¸¬†T yWDDR h#n@¬ãC distinguished from the conditions of y¸l†bT nWÝÝ competition in neighboring areas. 4/ የሚኒስትሮች ምክር ቤት በአኃዝ የሚገለጽ 4) The Council of Ministers may determine by የገበያ የበላይነትን መጠን በደንብ ሊወስን regulation the numerical expression of the ይችላል፡፡ degree of market dominance. 8. yb§YnTN xlxGÆB ym-qM DRg!èC 8. ACTS OF ABUSE OF DOMINANCE btlYM y¸ktl#T bb§YnT ytÃzN ገበያ The following acts shall, in particular, be xlxGÆB ym-qM DRg!èC ÂcWÝ- considered acts of abuse of market dominance: 1¼ MRTN mgdB½ yNGD :”ãCN 1) limiting production, hoarding or diverting or ማከማቸት ወይም mdbQ wYM preventing or withholding goods from being bmdb¾W yNGD m|mR XNÄY¹-# sold in regular channels of trade; ¥DrG ወይም mÃZ፤ 2) with the view to restrain or eliminate 2¼ yNGD WDDRN lmgdB wYM l¥ competition, doing directly or indirectly such _ÍT b¥sB k¥MrÒ êU b¬C የm harmful acts, aimed at a competitor, as ¹_ ወይም ytwÄĶN wጪ የ¥údG selling at a price below cost of production, ወይም GB›èCN wYM ySR+T mS causing the escalation of the costs of a méCN qDä uSÁ´ twÄĶ §Y competitor, preempt inputs or distribution ÃnÈ-r gÖ©! DRg!T bq_¬ wYM channels; btzêê¶ mNgD መፈፀም፤ 3¼ bq_¬ wYM btzêê¶ mNgD ፍት 3) directly or indirectly imposing unfair selling ሐዊ ያልሆነ ym¹Å êU wYM ym price or unfair purchase price; GÏ êU m-yQ፤ 4¼ ግልፅና ወቅታዊ የሆነ የገበያ አሠራርን 4) contrary to the clearly prevalent trade በሚቃረን መልኩ gbÃN bb§YnT yà practice refuse to deal with others on terms zW ነጋዴ bL¥D y¸ÃdRgWN wYM the dominant business person customarily or l!ÃdRgW y¸ClWN XNd¥YClW possibly could employ as though the terms ሆኖ lmd‰dR f”d¾ xlmçN፤ are not economically feasible to him; 5¼ xú¥" x!÷ñ¸ÃêE MKNÃT úYñR½ 5) without justifiable economic reasons, gbÃN bb§YnT bÃz ነጋዴ q$__R denying access by a competitor or a potential |R ÃlN ተፈላጊ GB›T twÄĶ lçn competitor to an essential facility controlled wYM l!çN l¸CL ነጋዴ mkLkL፤ by the dominant business person; 6¼ yNGD WDDRN lmgdB wYM 6) with a view to restrain or eliminate l¥_ÍT b¥sB b:”ãC xgLGlÖ competition, impose discrimination between èC xQRïT G¢E §Y bደንበኞች mµ customers, in prices and other conditions in kL bêU bl@lÖC h#n@¬ãC L†nT the supply and purchase of goods and mF-R፤ services; 7¼ xú¥"nT bl@lW h#n@¬Â yNGD 7) without any justifiable cause and with the WDDRN lmgdB wYM l¥_ÍT view to restrain or eliminate competition: b¥sB፡- gA 5¹þ4)%9 ØÁ‰L ነU¶T Uz¤È qÜ_R $9 ነሐሴ 0 q N 2ሺ 2 ›.M Federal Negarit Gazeta No. 6 16th August , 2010…. page 5469 h¼ yxNDN yNGD :” wYM xgLGlÖT a) making the supply of particular goods or xQRïT½ l@§ twÄĶ yçnN wYM services dependent on the acceptance of ÃLçnN yNGD :” wYM xgLGlÖT competitive or non competitive goods or kmqbL UR XNÄ!gÂ" ¥DrG wYM services or imposing restrictions on the l@§ twÄĶ yçnWN yNGD :” wYM xgLGlÖT b¥kÍfL wYM distribution or manufacture of competing b¥MrT §Y gdB mÈL½ wYM goods or services or making the supply bገዥው k¸flgW yNGD :” wYM dependent on the purchase of other xgLGlÖT UR GNß#nT kl@lW yNGD goods or services having no connection :” wYM xgLGlÖT G™ UR with the goods or services sought by the XNÄ!gÂ" ¥DrG፤ customer; l¼ yNGD :”ãCN xgLGlÖèCN b) in connection with the supply of goods xQRïT btmlkt yT ወይም or services, imposing such restrictions as l¥N ወይም bMN h#n@¬ wYM where or to whom or in what conditions m-N wYM bMN ÁIM êU or quantities or at what prices the goods XNdg SgØ wYM wd W+ or services shall be resold or exported. SL¡ ”ÇKuƒ gdïC” mÈL፡፡

9. M¿ G<’@­‹ 9. EXCEPTIONS tgb!nT ÃlWN yNGD ›§¥ kGB l¥D A business person who conducts business to rS bGD l!f}ማቸW y¸gቡ፣ bÆH¶ÃcW achieve legitimate business purposes, by ensuring wú" X bl@§ b¥ÂcWም mNgD l!úk# that acts he commits are indispensable, decisive y¥YCl# መሆኑን በማረጋገጥ የንግድ ሥራን by their nature and cannot be achieved in any other ways; in particular: የሚያከናዉን ነጋዴ፤ በተለይም፡- 1¼ yNGD :”ãCN yxgLGlÖèCN _‰ 1) maintenance of quality and safety of goods; T dHNnT m-bQ½ 2¼ l@§W twÄĶ ks-W êU wYM 2) leveling with prices or benefits offered by a _QM UR mStµkL½ እና competitor; and 3) achieving efficiency and competitiveness; 3¼ Bq$ twÄĶ çñ mgßTን½ shall not be considered as abusing market dominance. ከግብ ለማድረስ የፈፀመዉ ተግባር ገበያዉን ያለአግባብ ተቆጣጥሯል በሚል አያስጠይቅም፡፡

10. EXEMPTIONS 0. tfɸnTN Sl¥SqrT The Council of Ministers may specify by y¸n!STéC MKR b@T በዚህ ምዕራፍ regulation, those trade activities which shall አንድ ytmlkt$T DNUg@ãC tfɸ be exempted from the application of the y¥Yçn#ÆcWN L¥TN l¥Í-N Y- foregoing provisions of this Chapter One, Q¥l# y¸§cWN xNÄND የንግድ when it deems such activities are vital in ስራዎችን b¸ÃwÈW dNB XNÄ!wሰn# facilitating economic development. l!ÃdRG YC§LÝÝ gA 5¹þ4)& ØÁ‰L ነU¶T Uz¤È qÜ_R $9 ነሐሴ 0 q N 2ሺ 2 ›.M Federal Negarit Gazeta No. 6 16th August , 2010…. page 5470 ምዕራፍ ሁለት CHAPTER TWO SMMnèC½ bሕBrT y¸Ãz# xÌäC X AGREEMENTS, CONCERTED PRACTICES ነጋዴዎች AND DECISIONS OF ASSOCIATIONS OF b¥ህb‰cW x¥µ"nT y¸ÃúLÐcW BUSINESS PERSONS Wún@ãC 01. መ ር ሕ 11. PRINCIPLE Agreement or concerted practice or a decision by yNGD WDDRN y¸ÃGD½ y¸gDB an association is prohibited if it has the object or wYM y¸Ã²Æ ›§¥ wYM WጤT ÃlW effect of preventing, restricting or distorting SMMnT ¥DrG½ b^BrT xÌM mÃZ competition. wYM b¥^bR Wún@ ¥úlF ytklkl ’¬:: 02. ƒ`Ñ<U 12. DEFINITION 1) For the purpose of this chapter, the term 1¼ bz!H ምዕራፍ SMMnT y¸lW /rG agreement includes mutual understanding, b?G tfɸnT b!ñrWM ÆYñrWM written or oral contract and operational mGÆÆTN¿ b{/#F wYM b”L procedures, whether or not legally ytfim WLN X yxµÿD |R›TN enforceable. Y=M‰LÝÝ 2) For the purpose of this chapter concerted 2¼ bz!H ምዕራፍ b^BrT xÌM መያዝ practice means a unified or cooperative ¥lT SMMnT b¥YmSL h#n@¬ conduct of business persons depicted in a bነጋዴዎች mµkL bq_¬ wYM way that does not look like an agreement and btzêê¶ mNgD byGL y¸fiMN done to substitute individual activity. tGÆR lmtµT y¸drG y^BrT wYM yTBBR DRg!T nWÝÝ

13. ABSOLUTE PROHIBITION

03. Fi#M KLk§ 1) The following acts are absolutely prohibited: 1¼ y¸ktl#T F[#M ytklkl# DRg!èC ÂcWÝ- a) agreements or concerted practices or h¼ wdgÖN GNß#nT ƧcW ነጋዴዎች decisions by associations of business persons mµkL k¸ktl#T xNÇ ›YnT ›§¥ in a horizontal relationship and have the wYM W-@T ÃlW SMMnT ¥DrG object or effect of the following: ወይም b^BrT xÌM mÃZ wYM b¥^bR Wún@ ¥úlF፡- i. directly or indirectly fixing prices; i¼ bq_¬ wYM btzêê¶ መን gD êUN mwsN፤ ii. collusive tendering; ii¼ ተመሳጥሮ መጫረት፤ iii. allocating customers, or marketing iii¼ dNb®CN ወይም ygbà KLLN territories or production or sale by ወይም MRT >Ã+N b÷¬ quota; mmdB፤ l¼ GNß#n¬cW k§Y wd ¬C bç’< b) agreement between business persons in a ነጋዴዎች mµkL y¸fiM ›§¥W vertical relationship that has an object or wYM W-@t$ ZQt¾ yCRÒé êU effect of setting minimum retail price. mwsN yçn SMMnTÝÝ gA 5¹þ4)&1 ØÁ‰L ነU¶T Uz¤È qÜ_R $9 ነሐሴ 0 q N 2ሺ 2 ›.M Federal Negarit Gazeta No. 6 16th August , 2010…. page 5471 2¼ kz!H b§Y l\f„T DNUg@ãC የgÖN 2) For the purpose of the preceding provisions ዮሽ ytÆlW GNß#nT y¸ñrW bxND horizontal relationship is deemed to exist gbà WS_ Æl# twÄĶ ነጋዴዎች between competing business persons in a mµkL s!çN½ k§Y wd¬C ytÆlW certain market, whereas vertical relationship dGä bነጋዴዎች bdNb®C wYM is deemed to exist between business persons bxQ‰b!ãC wYM kh#lt$M UR and its customers or suppliers or both. y¸ñR GNß#nT nWÝÝ

04. L† h#n@¬ãC 14. EXCEPTIONS kz!H b§Y bxNq{ 03/1/ bðdL /h/ X /l/ It is possible for a business person accused of እንደtmlktW ፀረ WDDR tGÆR f}m¦L anticompetitive practice as provided for under tBlÖ ወይም ሌሎች የዚህን ምዕራፍ h#lT DNU Article 13(1) (a) and (b) above or other provisions g@ãC bmt§lF MKNÃT ytkss ’ÒÈ ytkl of this chapter, to prove that the technological or kl#T DRg!èC k¸ÃSkTl#T g#ÄT YLQ kS efficiency or other pro-competitive gains of the MMnt$ wYM k^BrT xÌÑ wYM k^Brt$ agreement or the concerted practice or the Wún@ ytgßW yt&KñlÖ©! ወይም yB”T wYM decision by association outweigh the detriments bl@§ h#n@¬ twÄĶ bmçN rgD ytgßW of the prohibited acts. _QM y¸ÃmZN mçn#N l¥SrÄT YC§LÝÝ ምዕራፍ ሦስት CHAPTER THREE የውህደƒ“ }Ñu= ÁMJ’< ¾”ÓÉ ¬ÉÉ` REGULATION OF MERGER AND UNFAIR }Óv^ƒ q$__R |R›T COMPETION 05. m R ? 15. PRINCIPLE 1/ ባለሥልጣኑ T”—¬U የውህደት DRg!T 1) The Authority shall prohibit the act of bgbà WDDR §Y kFt¾ t}:ñ merger, if it decides that it causes or is likely ›eŸƒLDM wYM l!ÃSkTL y¸CL to cause a significant restriction against ’¬ wYM ygbà WDDRN Ã-ÍL competition or eliminates competition. BlÖ kwsn ውህደቱ$ XNÄYfiM YklK§LÝÝ 2) The Authority shall immediately notify its 2/ ባለሥልጣኑ u²=I ›”kê ”®<e ›”kê decision under sub article (1) of this Article (1) SW[ƒ ¾}¨c’¬” ¬d’@ የንግድ to the body that conducts commercial ምዝገባ ለሚያከናውነው አካል ወዲያውኑ registration. Td¨p ›Kuƒ፡፡

06. T R g# M 16. DEFINITION 1¼ bz!H xêJ m\rT xND yውህደት tGÆR 1) Merger for the purpose of this Proclamation xl y¸ÆlW G§êE tÌMn¬cWN YzW is deemed to have occurred when two or Yñ„ ynb„ h#lT wYM kz!à b§Y yçn# more business organizations previously የንግድ ማህበራት s!êhÇ wYM Xnz!H having independent existence amalgamate or የንግድ ማህበራት xND ›§¥ ÃlW yNGD when such business organizations pool the |‰ l¥kÂwN h#l#NM wYM kðl#N whole or part of their resources to carry on a hB¬cWN s!Áq§ቅl# nWÝÝ certain business purpose. 2¼ ›”É c¬ ¨ÃU w²< sãC የንግድ 2) Merger also occurs by directly or indirectly ማህበር xKs!×ñC ወይም s@k#¶tEãC acquiring shares or securities or assets of a wYM NBrèC ወይም የሌላ ሰው business organization by a person or group of የንግድ መደብርን bG¢E wYM bl@§ persons jointly or the business of another b¥N¾WM mNgD bq_¬ wYM person through purchase or any other means. btzêê¶ h#n@¬ y‰S ¥DrGM yውህደት DRg!T YçÂLÝÝ gA 5¹þ4)&2 ØÁ‰L ነU¶T Uz¤È qÜ_R $9 ነሐሴ 0 q N 2ሺ 2 ›.M Federal Negarit Gazeta No. 6 16th August , 2010…. page 5472 3¼ ለዚህ አንቀጽ ንዑስ አንቀጽ /2/ ድንጋጌ 3) For the purpose of the implementation of sub አፈፃፀም xND sW wYM Bz# sãC article (2) of this Article, a person or a group bxND የንግድ ማህበር ወይም የንግድ of persons shall be deemed to have acquired መደብር g#Ä×C wYM xStÄd‰êE or to have taken control of a business |‰ãC §Y t}:ñ y¸ÃdRS Wún@ organization or a business where such person lmS-T kÒl# የንግድ ማህበሩን ወይም or group of persons could influence the decision making in the affairs or in the የንግድ መደብሩን XNdÃz# wYM XNdt administrative activities of a business öÈ-„ Yö-‰LÝÝ organization or a business. 07. ውህደትን Sl¥úwQ

17. NOTIFICATION OF MERGER 1/ የንግድ ምዝገባ የሚያከናውን የመንግሥት 1) A government office, which conducts መስሪያ ቤት በንግድ ምዝገባ ውስጥ commercial registration, shall inform the የሚካተቱ የንግድ ማህበራትን መዋሃድ Authority, the merger of business ወይም የአክሲዮኖች ወይም ሴኩሪቲዎች organizations or the transfer of shares or ወይም ንብረቶች ዝውውርን ከመመዝገቡ securities or assets which shall be entered in በፊት ለባለሥልጣኑ ማሳወቅ አለበት፡፡ the commercial register before registering the same. 2/ ማንኛውም የውህደት ዓላማ ያለው ቅንብር 2) Any person, who is concerned with an ወይም ስምምነት የሚመለከት ሰው agreement or arrangement that has the የውህደት ዓላማ ያለው ቅንብር ወይም purpose of merger, shall, inform the ስምምነት መደረጉን ወይም ለማድረግ Authority of the conclusion of an arrangement or agreement with the purpose ሙከራ መኖሩን ለባለሥልጣኑ ማሳወቅ of merger or an attempt to conclude the same. አለበት፡፡ 3) No merger arrangement shall be implemented 3/ የባለሥልጣኑ ፈቃድ ከመገኘቱ በፊት before the Authority grants permission. የውህደት ድርጊት በተግባር ላይ እንዲውል አይፈቀድም፡፡

18. REGULATING MERGER 08. ውህደትን ስለመቆጣጠር 1¼ ባለሥልጣኑ bNGD WDDR §Y g#LH 1) The Authority shall prohibit the acts of t}:ñ y¸ÃSkTL wYM l!ÃSkTL merger that cause or are likely to cause a y¸CL gdB y¸_L wYM yNGD significant restriction on competition or that WDDRN y¸Ã-ፋ yውህደት tGÆRN eliminate competition. YklK§LÝÝ 2¼ ባለሥልጣኑ የውህደት ¥S¬wqEà 2) The Authority, when a notification of merger s!qRBlT f”ÇN y¸s_ wYM is submitted to it, shall, immediately y¸klKL mçn#ን lxmLµc$ በተፋጠነ communicate to the applicant in writing of its ሁኔታ ¬d’@¬” b{/#F mGl{ decision either to grant or deny its xlbT፡፡ permission. 3¼ ባለሥልጣኑ Wún@ kmS-t$ bðT t= 3) If the Authority needs additional information ¥¶ mr©ãCN snìCN kxmLµc$ or documents, it shall communicate its y¸fLG kçn½ በአስቸኳይ እንዲቀርቡ decision to the applicant within a short period ዉሳኔዉን በአጭር ጊዜ lxmLµc$ ¥ú of time in order that the information and wQ xlbTÝÝ documents be submitted. 4¼ ባለሥልጣኑ xSf§g! çñ µgßW½ xmL 4) Where the Authority deems necessary, may notify the applicant how he shall amend the µc$ ውህደቱን XNÁT ¥ššL XNÄl merger and that it gives the permission on bT X bz!h# m\rT tš>lÖ kqrb condition of the submission of the f”Ç l!s_ XNd¸CL ¥S¬wQ amendment. YC§LÝÝ gA 5¹þ4)&3 ØÁ‰L ነU¶T Uz¤È qÜ_R $9 ነሐሴ 0 q N 2ሺ 2 ›.M Federal Negarit Gazeta No. 6 16th August , 2010…. page 5473 5/ የሚኒስትሮች ምክር ቤት ቁጥጥር 5/ The Council of Ministers may specify by የሚደረግባቸውን የውህደት ተግባራት regulation those acts of mergers that are ዝርዝር ጉዳዮች በደንብ ሊወሰን ይችላል፡፡ subject to supervision.

09. L† h#n@¬ãC 19. EXCEPTIONS The Authority may grant a permission to ውህደቱ ir WDDR W-@T ÃlW b!ç implement a merger in spite of the fact that it has NM bNGD WDDR §Y k¸ÃSkTlW an anticompetitive effect, where the applicant can g#ÄT YLQ kt&KñlÖ©!½ kB”T X justify the merger by proving that gains in this twÄĶ çñ kmgßT xNÉR y¸ÃSgßW respect cannot be obtained without restricting _QM y¸ÃmZN mçn#N“ ØpS< uT”— ¬U K?L ”ÓÉ” uTÃÑÉw S”ÑÉ K=ј competition and technology, efficiency and pro- ¾TËM SJ’<” xmLµc$ ¥SrÄT competitive gains resulting from the merger outweigh its anticompetitive effects. kÒl½ ባለሥልጣኑ f”D l!s_ YC§LÝÝ

20. EXEMPTIONS !. tfɸnTN Sl¥SqrT The Council of Ministers may specify by y¸n!STéC MKR b@T yM:‰F ሦስት regulation those trade activities it deems are vital DNUg@ãC tfɸ y¥Yçn#ÆcWN L¥TN in facilitating economic development to be l¥údG Y-Q¥l# y¸Æl# የንግድ exempted from the application of the provisions ስራዎችን bdNB lmwsN YC§LÝÝ of chapter three. !1. ተገቢ ያልሆ’ የውድድር ተግባ` ¡MŸL 21. PROHIBITION OF UNFAIR COMPETITION 1¼ bNGD |‰ £dT WS_ ¥N¾WM 1) Any act or practice carried out in the course hq¾ ÃLçn½ xúúC½ x¬§YnT of trade, which is dishonest, misleading, or ÃlbT X ytwÄĶN yNGD _QM deceptive and harms or is likely to harm the ygÖÄ wYM l!gÖÄ y¸CL DRg!T business interest of a competitor shall be wYM tGÆR btwÄĶ §Y ÃnÈ-r deemed to be an act of unfair competition. tgb! ÃLçn yNGD ውድድር XNdçn Yö-‰LÝÝ 2¼ btlYM y¸ktl#T tgb! ÃLçn# 2) In particular the following acts of unfair yNGD ውድድር ተግባራት የተከለከሉ competition shall be prohibited: ናቸው:- a) any act that causes or is likely to cause h¼ bl@§W ነጋዴ wYM በነጋዴው tG confusion with respect to another ÆéC btlYM ነጋዴው k¸ÃqR business person or its activities, in bW የንግድ ዕቃ wYM xgLGlÖT particular, the goods or services offered UR btgÂß h#n@¬ ¥dÂgRN ÃSk by such business person; tl wYM l!ÃSkTL y¸CL ¥Âc WM DRg!T፤ b) any act of disclosure, possession or use l¼ ÆlmBT kçnW ymr©W Ælb@T of information, without the consent of ነጋዴ f”D Wጪ khq¾ yNGD the rightful owner of that information, in x\‰R tɉ¶ bçn h#n@¬ yl@§WN mr© y¥WÈT½ ymÃZ wYM a manner contrary to honest commercial ym-qM ¥ÂcWM DRg!T፤ practice; /¼ yl@§WN ነጋዴ ወይም የነጋዴውን c) any false or unjustifiable allegation that tGÆራት btlYM ነጋዴው k¸Ã discredits, or is likely to discredit another business person or its activities, qRbW የንግድ ዕቃ wYM xgL in particular the products or services GlÖT UR btgÂß h#n@¬ ¬¥" offered by such business person; nTN ÃúÈ wYM l!ÃúÈ y¸ CL ¥ÂcWM hsT yçn wYM ¥rUgÅ yl@lW xg§l{፤ gA 5¹þ4)&4 ØÁ‰L ነU¶T Uz¤È qÜ_R $9 ነሐሴ 0 q N 2ሺ 2 ›.M Federal Negarit Gazeta No. 6 16th August , 2010…. page 5474 m¼ bንግድ ¥StêwQ |‰ £dT d) comparing goods and services falsely or የንግድ :”ãCN wYM xgL equivocally in the process of commercial GlÖèCN bhsT wYM bt²Æ advertisement; h#n@¬ ¥nÉiR፤ \/ ከንግድ :”ãC wYM kxgLGlÖ e) with a view to acquire an unfair èC êU ወይም Æ?ሪ ወይም advantage, disseminating to consumers xm‰rT wYM k¥MrÒ ï¬ or users, false or equivocal information ወይም kYzT ወይም kx-”qM including the source of which is not known, in connection with the prices or Mc$nT wYM k_‰T UR nature or system of manufacturing or btgÂß½ tgb! ÃLçn _QM manufacturing place or content or l¥GßT b¥sB MNŒ ÃL¬wqWN =Mé l¹¥ÓC suitableness for use or quality of goods ወይም ለተጠቃሚዎች hst¾ and services; wYM yt²Æ mr© ¥\‰=T፤ f) obtaining or attempting to obtain ረ/ ሚስጥራዊ የሆኑ የሌላ ነጋዴ confidential business information of የንግድ መረጃዎችን በቀድሞ another business person through his ex- ተቀጣሪዎቹ አማካኝነት ማግኘት employee or obtaining the information to ወይም ለማግኘት መሞከር ወይም pirate his customers or to use for መረጃዎቹን በማግኘት የነጋዴውን purposes that minimize his ደንበኞች ለማስኮብለል ወይም ሌላ competitiveness. ተወዳዳሪነቱን ለሚቀንስ ዓላማ መጠቀም፡፡ ክፍል ሦስት PART THREE PROTECTION OF CONSUMERS የሸማŒች ጥበቃ

22. THE RIGHT OF CONSUMER !2. የሸማች መብት Any consumer shall have the right to: ማንኛውም ሸማች፡- 1) get sufficient and accurate information or 1/ ስለሚገዛው ዕቃ ወይም አገልግሎት explanation on the quality and type of goods ጥራትና አይነት በቂና ትክክለኛ መረጃ and services he purchases; ወይም መግለጫ የማግኘት፤ 2/ ዕቃዎችን ወይም አገልግሎቶችን አማርጦ 2) selectively buy goods or services; የመግዛት፤ 3/ የዕቃዎችን ወይም አገልግሎቶችን ጥራት 3) not to be obliged to buy for the reasons that he looked into quality or options of goods ወይም አማራጮችን በማየቱ ወይም and services or he made price bargain; የዋጋ ድርድር በማድረጉ ምክንያት እንዲገዛ ያለመገደድ፤ 4) be received humbly and respectfully by any 4/ በማንኛውም ነጋዴ በትህትናና በአክብሮት business person and to be protected from የመስተናገድ እና በነጋዴው ከሚደርስበት such acts of the business person as insult, የስድብ፣ የዛቻ፣ የማስፈራራት እና የስም threat, frustration and defamation; ማጥፋት ተግባር የመጠበቅ፤ 5/ በዚህ አዋጅ መሠረት ለንግድ አሠራርና 5) submit his complaints to the Trade Practice ለሸማቾች ጥበቃ ባለሥልጣን ቅሬታውን and Consumers Protection Authority for ለዳኝነት የማቅረብ፤ እና adjudication; and gA 5¹þ4)&5 ØÁ‰L ነU¶T Uz¤È qÜ_R $9 ነሐሴ 0 q N 2ሺ 2 ›.M Federal Negarit Gazeta No. 6 16th August , 2010…. page 5475 6/ በንግድ ዕቃዎችና አገልግሎቶች ግብይት 6) be compensated for damages he suffers ምክንያት ለሚደርስበት ጉዳት በዚህ አዋጅ because of transactions in goods and services. መሠረት የመካስ፤ መብት አለው፡፡ !3. የንግድ ዕቃዎችንና አገልግሎቶችን ዋጋ ስለማ

23. DISPLAY OF PRICE OF GOODS AND መልከት SERVICES 1/ ማንኛውም ነጋዴ የንግድ ዕቃዎቹንና 1) Any business person shall, display price of የአገልግሎቶቹን የዋጋ ዝርዝር በንግድ his goods and services by posting such list in ቤቱ በግልጽ በሚታይ ቦታ ማመልከት a conspicuous place in his business premise ወይም በንግድ ዕቃዎቹ ላይ መለጠፍ or by affixing price tags on the goods. አለበት፡፡ 2) The price of goods and services shall be 2/ የዕቃው ወይም የአገልግሎቱ ዋጋ ቀረጥ፣ inclusive of customs duties, taxes and other ታክስ ወይም ሌላ ሕጋዊ ክፍያ ያካተተ lawful fees. መሆን አለበት፡፡

24. LABELS OF GOODS !4. ስለንግድ ዕቃዎች መግለጫ 1/ ማንኛውም ነጋዴ በሚሸጣቸው የንግድ 1) Any business person shall, affix labels on the ዕቃዎች ላይ መግለጫ መለጠፍ ወይም goods he sells or provide them to the በተለየ ወረቀት ላይ ጽፎ ለሸማቹ መስጠት consumer on a separate paper. አለበት፡፡ 2) Labels affixed on goods shall indicate the 2/ በንግድ ዕቃዎች ላይ የሚKÖõ መግለጫ following particulars as may be appropriate: እንደአግባቡ የሚከተሉትን ዝርዝሮች የሚ ያመለክት መሆን አለበት፡- a) the name of the goods; ሀ/ የንግድ ዕቃው ስም፣ K/ የንግድ ዕቃው የተሠራበትን ወይም b) country of manufacturing or export of የመጣበትን አገር፣ the goods; N/ የንግድ ዕቃውን ÖpLL“ የተጣራ c) the gross and net weight, volume, and ክብደት፣ መጠን እና ብዛት፣ quantity of the goods; d) quality of the goods; መ/ የንግድ ዕቃውን ጥራት፣ e) statement of materials used to ሠ/ የንግድ ዕቃው ከምን እንደተመረተ manufacture the goods; የሚያሳይ ዝርዝር፣ f) technical specification of the goods and ረ/ የንግድ ዕቃውን የቴክኒክ ዝርዝሮች፣ their operational or utilization methods; የአሠራር ወይም የአጠቃቀም ዘዴ፣ ሰ/ በንግድ ዕቃው አጠቃቀም ወቅት g) safety measures to be considered during ሊወሰዱ የሚገባቸውን የጥንቃቄ the use of the goods; `UÍዎች፣ h) a warranty of the service of the goods to ሸ/ ነጋዴው ስለንግድ ዕቃው አገልግሎት be provided by the business person; ለገዢው የሚሰጠውን ዋስትና፣ gA 5¹þ4)&6 ØÁ‰L ነU¶T Uz¤È qÜ_R $9 ነሐሴ 0 q N 2ሺ 2 ›.M Federal Negarit Gazeta No. 6 16th August , 2010…. page 5476 k/ የፋብሪካው፣ የአሻጊው እና የአስ i) the name and address of the factory, መጪው ስምና አድራሻ፣ packer and the importer; u/ የንግድ ዕቃው አገልግሎት መስጠት j) expiry date of the goods; የሚያበቃበትን ጊዜ፣ }/ የንግድ ዕቃው የተመረተበትን ቀን፣ k) manufacturing date of the goods; †/ በኢትዮጵያ ደረጃዎች የተመለከቱትን l) indication that the goods have fulfilled መስፈርቶች ያሟላ መሆኑ፣ እና requirements set in Ethiopian standards; and ’/ የኀብረተሰቡን ጥቅም ለመጠበቅ አስፈ m) other details published in public notices ላጊ ሆኖ ሲገኝ ሚኒስቴሩ በሕዝብ by the Ministry when deemed necessary ማስታወቂያ የሚያወጣቸውን ሌሎች to safeguard public interest. ዝርዝሮች፡፡ 3) Labels to be posted on goods shall be posted 3/ በንግድ ዕቃዎች ላይ የሚለጠፍ መግለጫ or printed on the good or its pack, being not በቀላሉ የማይላቀቅ ሆኖ በራሱ በዕቃው easily detachable and shall be written at least ላይ ወይም በመያዣው ላይ መለጠፍ in the Amharic or English language. ወይም መታተም የሚገባው ሲሆን ቢያንስ በአማርኛ ወይም በእንግሊዝኛ ቋንቋ መፃፍ አለበት፡፡ !5. ደረሰኞችን ስለመስጠትና ቀሪዎችን ስለመያዝ 25. ISSUING RECEIPTS AND KEEPING THEIR PADS 1/ ማንኛውም ነጋዴ ለሸጠው ዕቃ ወይም 1) Any business person shall have the obligation አገልግሎት ደረሰኝ የመስጠት ግዴታ to issue receipts to the consumer in respect of አለበት፡፡ goods or services sold. 2/ በዚህ አንቀጽ ንዑስ አንቀጽ (1) መሠረት 2) The business person shall keep pads of ነጋዴው ለሸጣቸው ዕቃዎች ወይም receipts issued in respects of goods and አገልግሎቶች የሰጣቸውን የደረሰኝ ቀሪዎች services he sold pursuant to sub article (1) of ወይም ለሽያጭ ለገዛቸው የንግድ ዕቃዎች this Article or receipts obtained in respect ወይም አገልግሎቶች የተቀበላቸውን goods and services he bought for sale, for ten ደረሰኞች ለአስር /0/ ዓመት መያዝ (10) years. አለበት፡፡ !6. ራስን ስለመግለጽ 26. SELF DISCLOSING 1/ ማንኛዉም ነጋዴ የንግድ ስሙን በግልጽ 1) Any business person shall display his trade በሚታይ ቦታ መለጠፍ አለበት፡፡ name in an overt place. 2/ ማንኛውም ነጋዴ ከሚሸጠው የንግድ እቃ 2) Any business person, shall, upon a request by ወይም አገልግሎት ጋር በተያያዘ ሸማቹ a consumer relating to goods or services he በሚያቀርብለት ጥያቄ መሠረት በአጥጋቢ sell, satisfactorily disclose himself and let the ሁኔታ እራሱን መግለፅና ሸማቹ consumer take the information he wants. የሚፈልገውን መረጃ እንዲወስድ መፍቀድ አለበት፡፡ gA 5¹þ4)&7 ØÁ‰L ነU¶T Uz¤È qÜ_R $9 ነሐሴ 0 q N 2ሺ 2 ›.M Federal Negarit Gazeta No. 6 16th August , 2010…. page 5477 !7 .ስለንግድ ማስታወቂያ 27. COMMERCIAL ADVERTISEMENTS በማንኛውም የሚገለጹ ስለንግድ ዕቃዎችና Commercial advertisements about goods and አገልግሎቶች የሚወጡ የንግድ ማስታወቂያ services announced by any one shall not be false or misleading in any manner particularly on: ዎች በማንኛውም ሁኔታ በተለይም፡- 1) the nature, components and quantity of the 1/ የዕቃውን ባህርይ፣ ውሁድ እና goods; or ብዛት፤ወይም 2) the source, weights, volume, method of 2/ የዕቃውን ምንጭ፣ ክብደት፣ መጠን፣የአመ manufacturing, date of manufacturing, expiry ራረት ዘዴ፣ የማምረቻ ቀን፣ አገልግሎት date of the goods and how it is used; or የሚያበቃበት ጊዜ እና ስለአጠቃቀሙ፤ ወይም 3/ የዕቃውን አምራች ወይም የአገልግሎ 3) the manufacturer or the supplier of the goods ቱን አቅራቢ፤ወይም or services; or 4/ አገልግሎትን በተመለከተ አገልግሎቱ 4) the place of delivery, basic nature, the use የሚሰጥበትን ቦታ፣ መሠረታዊ ባህርይ፣ and on how to use it, as far as services is የአገልግሎቱን ጥቅም እና ስለአገልግሎቱ concerned; or አጠቃቀም፤ወይም 5/ የዕቃው ወይም የአገልግሎቱ የግዢ 5) conditions of purchase, warranty and services ሁኔታ፣ ከግዢ በኋላ ስለሚሰጥ አገልግሎ after purchase, conditions of payment and ትና ዋስትና፣ ስለክፍያ ሁኔታ እና prices of the goods and services; or ዋጋ፤ወይም 6/ የጥራት ምልክቶችን፤ወይም 6) quality marks; or 7/ የንግድ ምልክትን እና አርማን፤ወይም 7) trade mark and emblem; or 8/ ዕቃውን ወይም አገልግሎቱን በመጠ 8) results expected by using the goods or ቀም የሚጠበቅ ውጤትን፤ services. በተመለከተ ሀሰተኛ ወይም አሳሳች መሆን የለባቸውም፡፡ !8. በንግድ ዕቃዎችና አገልግሎቶች ላይ ስለሚገኙ

28. DEFECTS FOUND IN GOODS AND ጉድለቶች SERVICES 1/ ማንኛውም ሸማች በገዛው የንግድ ዕቃ 1) Any consumer may report defects in goods ወይም አገልግሎት ላይ ያገኛቸውን and services purchased and the damage the ጉድለቶችና ጉድለቶቹ ሊያስከትሉ defects may cause, to the Ministry or the ስለሚችሉት ጉዳት ለሚኒስቴሩ ወይም bureau. ለቢሮው ማሳወቅ ይችላል፡፡ 2/ ለሸማቹ የበለጠ የሚጠቅሙ ስለ ንግድ ዕቃው የተሰጡ ዋስትናዎች ወይም 2) Without prejudice to warranties on goods or የሕግ ወይም የውል ድንጋጌዎች legal or contractual provisions more advantageous to the consumer, where the እንደተጠበቁ ሆነው ሸማቹ የንግድ consumer finds defect in the good, he may ዕቃው ላይ ጉድለት ያገኘበት እንደሆነ demand the replacement of the good or a የንግድ ዕቃውን ከገዛበት ቀን ጀምሮ refund within fifteen days from the date of በአስራ አምስት ቀን ውስጥ የንግድ purchase of the goods. ዕቃው እንዲለወጥለት ወይም ዋጋው እንዲመለስለት መጠየቅ ይችላል፡፡ gA 5¹þ4)&8 ØÁ‰L ነU¶T Uz¤È qÜ_R $9 ነሐሴ 0 q N 2ሺ 2 ›.M Federal Negarit Gazeta No. 6 16th August , 2010…. page 5478 3/ ሸማቹ የገዛው አገልግሎት ጉድለት ያለበት 3) Where the service purchased by the ከሆነ ›ÑMÓKA~ን ከገዛበት ቀን ጀምሮ consumer is defective, the business person, በአስራ አምስት ቀን ውስጥ በሸማቹ shall, by the choice of the consumer, deliver ምርጫ ነጋዴው አገልግሎቱን ለሸማቹ the service again to the consumer free of በድጋT> ያለ ክፍያ ይሰጠዋል ወይም charge or refund the consumer the fee he paid ነጋዴው ለአገልግሎቱ የተቀበለውን ዋጋ for the service within fifteen days from the ለሸማቹ ይመልሳል፡- date of the purchase of the service: ሀ/ በአገልግሎት አሰጣጡ ወቅት በሸ a) the written contract between the service ማቹ ንብረት ላይ ለደረሰ Ñ<ǃ provider and the consumer shall apply አገልግሎት ሰጪውና ሸማቹ በጽ for damages happening to the property of ሑፍ የገቡት ውል }ðíT> ይሆ the consumer during the delivery of the ናል፤ service. ለ/ የጽሑፍ ውል በሌለ ጊዜ አገል b) where there is no written contract, the service provider shall replace the entire ግሎት ሰጪው ጉዳት የደረሰበ or part of the damaged property. ትን ንብረት በሙሉ ወይም የተ ወሰነ ክፍሉን ይተካል፡፡ !9. በውል ግዴታን ስለማስቀረት 29. WAIVING OBLIGATIONS THROUGH CONTRACT በሸማችና በነጋዴ መካከል የሚደረጉ የውል ግዴታዎች በዚህ አዋጅ ነጋዴው የተጣለበትን The contract shall be of no effect, where the ግዴታ የሚያስቀሩ ወይም ሸማቹ በህግ provisions of the contract made between a ያሉትን መብቶች እንዳይጠቀም የሚከለክሉት consumer and a business person, waive legal ከሆነ ውሉ ªÒ ›Mv ነው:: obligations imposed on the business person by this Proclamation or prevent the consumer from exercising his rights under the law. ". }Ñu= ÁMJ’<“ ›dd‹ }Óv^ƒ

30. UNFAIR AND MISLEADING ACTS ¾T>Ÿ}K<ƒ” }Ñu= ÁMJ’<ና ›dd‹ }Óv The following unfair and misleading acts are ^ƒ መፈፀም ለማንኛውም ሰው ወይም ነጋዴ prohibited from being committed by any person የተከለከለ ነው፡- or business person: 1/ የንግድ ዕቃዎችና አገልግሎቶች ስላላቸው 1) issuing misleading information on quality or ጥራት ወይም መጠን ወይም ብዛት ወይም quantity or volume or acceptance or source or ተቀባይነት ወይም ምንጭ ወይም ባህርይ nature or component or use of goods and ወይም ውሑድ ወይም ጥቅም የተሳሳተ service may have; መረጃ መስጠት፤ 2/ የንግድ ዕቃዎች ስለአዲስነታቸው ወይም 2) failing to disclose correctly the newness or ስለሞዴላቸው ወይም አገልግሎታቸው የቀነሰ model or the decrease in service or the ወይም የተለወጡ ወይም እንደገና የተሰሩ change in or re-fabrication or the recall by ወይም በአምራቹ እንዲሰበሰቡ የተባሉ ወይም the manufacturer or the second hand ያገለገሉ ስለመሆናቸው በትክክል አለመግለጽ፤ condition of goods; 3/ የሌላውን ነጋዴ የንግድ ዕቃዎችና አገል 3) describing the goods and services of another ግሎቶች በአሳሳች ሁኔታ መግለጽሀ፤ business person in a misleading way; 4/ የንግድ ዕቃዎችና አገልግሎቶችን በማስታወቂያ 4) failing to sell goods and services as እንደተነገረላቸው አለመሸጥ ወይም ማስታወ advertised or advertising goods or services ቂያው የመጠን ውሱንነት መኖሩን ካልገለፀ with intent not to supply in quantity በስተቀር ሸማቾች በሚፈልጉት መጠን ልክ consumers demand, unless the advertisement ላለማቅረብ ወስኖ ማስታወቂያ መስራት፤ discloses a limitation of quantity; gA 5¹þ4)&9 ØÁ‰L ነU¶T Uz¤È qÜ_R $9 ነሐሴ 0 q N 2ሺ 2 ›.M Federal Negarit Gazeta No. 6 16th August , 2010…. page 5479 5/ ስለዋጋ ቅናሽ ሐሰተኛ ወይም የተሳሳተ 5) making false or misleading statements of መረጃ ማስተላለፍ፤ price reduction; 6/ አንድ ሸማች አንድን የንግድ ዕቃ ወይም 6) applying or attempting to apply a pyramid አገልግሎት በመግዛቱ ወይም የገንዘብ scheme of sale by describing that a consumer መዋጮ በማድረጉ ተጨማሪ የገንዘብ will get a reward in cash or in kind by ወይም የአይነት ጥቅም እንደሚያገኝ purchasing a good or service or by making a በመግለጽ በሸማቹ አሻሻጭነት ከእሱ ቀጥሎ financial contribution and which describes ሌሎች ሸማቾች የንግድ ዕቃውን ወይም that the consumer will get additional reward አገልግሎቱን የሚገዙ ወይም የገንዘብ in cash or in kind where other consumers መዋጮ የሚያደርጉ ከሆነ ወይም በሽያጭ through his salesmanship purchase the good ስልቱ ውስጥ የሚገቡ ከሆነ በሸማቾቹ or service or make financial contribution or ቁጥር ልክ ተጨማሪ የገንዘብ ወይም enter into the sales scheme, based on the የአይነት ጥቅም እንደሚያገኝ የሚገልጽ number of consumers; የፒራሚድ የሽያጭ ስልት ተግባራዊ ማድረግ ወይም ተግባራዊ ለማድረግ መሞከር፤ 7/ ከንግድ ዕቃዎችና አገልግሎቶች ሽያጭ 7) failing to meet warranty obligation entered in ጋር በተያያዘ የተገቡ የዋስትና ግዴታ connection with the sale of goods and ዎችን አለመወጣት፤ services, 8/ የንግድ ዕቃዎች የሚያስፈልጓቸው ዕድ ሳት ወይም ጥገና ወይም የሚተኩ ክፍ 8) misrepresenting the need for repair or ሎቻቸው እንደማያስፈልጋቸው አድርጎ replacements of parts to be made to goods as though not needed; ማቅረብ፤ 9/ በንግድ ዕቃዎች ወይም በማይንቀሳቀሱ 9) delivering services of repairing or replacing ንብረቶች ላይ የሚሰጡ የዕድሳት የጥገና parts of goods or immovable properties or ወይም የተወሰኑ አካላቶቻቸውን የመተካት delivering the service of making or building ወይም የማይንቀሳቀሱ ንብረቶችን የመስ immovable properties or delivering any other ራት ወይም የመገንባት አገልግሎቶችን services below the standard recognized in the ወይም ሌላ ማንኛውም አገልግሎት የመስ ጠት ሥራን ከሚጠበቀውና ወይም በንግድ business or with deficiency; ሥራው ከታወቀው ደረጃ በታች ወይም ባልተሟላ ሁኔታ መስጠት፤ 0/ ለሰው ጤናና ደህንነት አደገኛ የሆኑ ወይም 10) preparing or making available for sale or ምንጫቸው ያልታወቀ ወይም የጥራት selling goods or services that are dangerous ደረጃቸው ከተቀመጡላቸው ደረጃዎች የወ to human health and safety or those source of ረዱ ወይም የተመረዙ ወይም የአገልግሎት which is not known or whose quality is ጊዜያቸው ያKð ወይም ከባእድ ነገሮች ጋር below standards set in advance or are የተደባለቁ የንግድ ዕቃዎችን ወይም poisoned or have expired or are adulterated; አገልግሎቶችን ማዘጋጀት ወይም ለሸያጭ ማቅረብ ወይም መሸጥ፤ 01/ በንግድ ዕቃዎችና አገልግሎቶች ግብ 11) doing any act of cheating or confusing in any ይት ማንኛውንም የማጭበርበር ወይም transaction of goods and services; የማደናገር ተግባር መፈፀም፤ 12) refusing to sell goods and services for 02/ የሸማቹን መብት የሚጠብቅ ባልሆነ reasons that are not protecting the rights of ምክንያት የንግድ ዕቃዎችን ወይም the consumer; አገልግሎቶችን አልሸጥም ማለት፤ gA 5¹þ4)' ØÁ‰L ነU¶T Uz¤È qÜ_R $9 ነሐሴ 0 q N 2ሺ 2 ›.M Federal Negarit Gazeta No. 6 16th August , 2010…. page 5480 03/ የደረጃ ማህተም የሚያስፈልጋቸውን 13) making available for sale or selling goods or የንግድ ዕቃዎችን ወይም አገልግሎ services without standard marks for which ቶችን ያለደረጃ ማህተም ለሽያጭ the standard mark is needed; ማቅረብ ወይም መሸጥ፤ 04/ የንግድ ዕቃዎችን ወይም አገልግሎቶችን 14) selling goods or services at a price above the በንግድ ዕቃዎቹ ላይ ወይም በንግድ price affixed to the goods or the price posted መደብሩ ውስጥ ከተለጠፈው ዋጋ in the business premise; አስበልጦ መሸጥ፣ 05/ የንግድ ዕቃዎች የተሰሩበትን ሀገር 15) describing the country of the making of አሳስቶ መግለጽ፣ goods falsely; 06/ በሸማቾች መካከል ተገቢ ያልሆነ 16) unduly favoring one consumer over the other; አድልዎ መፈጸም፣ 07/ አንድን የንግድ ዕቃ ወይም አገልግሎት 17) subjecting the consumer to purchase a good or service not desired in order to sell another ለመሸጥ ሸማቹ ያልፈለገውን ሌላ good or service; የንግድ ዕቃ ወይም አገልግሎት አብሮ እንዲገዛ ማስገደድ፣ 08/ ህጋዊ ከሆነው ውጪ በሚዛን ወይም 18) cheating in balance or measurements or any በመስፈሪያ ወይም በሌላ መለኪያ other measurement contrary to the lawful መሳሪያ ማጭበርበር፡፡ ones. KFL አራት PART FOUR SlNGD አሰራርና የሸማቾች ጥበቃ TRADE PRACTICE AND CONSUMERS ባለሥልጣን PROTECTION AUTHORITY "1. SlmÌÌM 31. ESTABLISHMENT 1/ የንግድ አሰራርና የሸማቾች ጥበቃ ባለ 1) Trade Practice and Consumers Protection Authority, (hereinafter referred to as “the ሥልጣን /ከዚህ በኋላ “ባለሥልጣን” Authority”), is hereby established as an XytÆl y¸-‰/ ራሱን የቻለ የህግ autonomous federal government organ ሰውነት ያለው የፌዴራል መንግሥት having its own legal personality. አካል ሆኖ በዚህ አዋጅ ተቋቁሟል፡፡ 2/ ¾ባለሥልጣኑ }Ö]’ƒ ለሚኒስቴሩ 2) The Authority shall be accountable to the ÃJ“ል፡፡ Ministry. 3/ ባለሥልጣኑ u²=I ›ªÏ SW[ƒ 3) The Authority shall be governed by this Ã}ÇÅ^M:: Proclamation. "2. ዋና መሥሪያ ቤት 32. HEAD OFFICE ¾ባለሥልጣኑ ዋና መሥሪያ ቤት በአዲስ The Authority shall have its head office in Addis አበባ ከተማ J• ”Åአስፈላጊ’~ uK?KA‹ Ababa and may establish branch offices x­‹ ቅርንጫፍ ጽሕፈት ቤቶችን ሊያቋ elsewhere as may be necessary. ቁም ይችላል፡፡ gA 5¹þ4)'1 ØÁ‰L ነU¶T Uz¤È qÜ_R $9 ነሐሴ 0 q N 2ሺ 2 ›.M Federal Negarit Gazeta No. 6 16th August , 2010…. page 5481 "3. Slባለሥልጣኑ yx\‰R nÉnT 33. INDEPENDENCE OF THE AUTHORITY ባለሥልጣኑ ዳኝነት ከሚያይባቸው g#Ä×C The Authority shall be free from any interference UR btgÂß k¥N¾WM sW ÈL”gBnT or direction by any person with regard to the wYM xm‰R nÉ nWÝÝ cases it adjudicates.

34. POWERS AND DUTIES OFTHE "4. yባለሥልጣኑ |LÈN tGÆR AUTHORITY ባለሥልጣኑ y¸ktl#T |LÈN tGƉT The Authority shall have the following powers Yñ„¬LÝ- and duties: 1/ ygbÃN GL}nT l¥údG tgb!nT ç 1) takes appropriate measures to increase cWN እRM©ãC YwስÄL፤ market transparency; 2/ yz!H xêJ DNUg@ãC እና አፈፃፀም 2) takes appropriate measures to develop b?ZB zND b¸gÆ XNÄ!¬wq$ tg public awareness on the provisions of this b!nT çcWN XRM©ãC YwስÄL፤ proclamation and implementation; 3/ bz!H xêJ መሠረት የውህደት DRg!T 3) receives and decides on merger ¥S¬wqEÃãCN Yqb§L½ ውሳኔ ይሰ notifications; ÈL፤ 4/ kNGD WDDR X k¹¥ÓC _QM 4) makes study and research in connection እና መብት UR btgÂß _ÂT X with commercial competition and MRMR õ£ÄL፤ consumer interests and rights; 5/ ለፍጆታና ለሽያጭ እንዳይውሉ በመንግ ሥት ወይም በአለም አቀፍ ደረጃ የተከ 5) regularly announces to consumers goods banned by government or internationally ለከሉ የንግድ ዕቃዎችን እየተከታተለ from being consumed or sold; በየጊዜው ለሸማቾች ያሳውቃል፤ 6/ የሸማቾችን ግንዛቤ ለማዳበር የተለያዩ 6) organizes various education and training የትምህርትና የYMÖ“ መድረኰችን fora and provides education and training ያደራጃል፣ ትምህርትና YMÖ“U in order to enhance the awareness of ይሰጣል፤ consumers; 7/ ከጤናና ደህንነት መስፈርቶች ወይም 7) ban advertisements of goods and services ከዚህ አዋጅ ጋር የማይጣጣሙ የንግድ which are inconsistent with health and ዕቃዎችንና አገልግሎቶችን ማስታወቂ safety requirements or with this ያዎችን ራሱ ሲደርስባቸው ወይም Proclamation when it is aware of them by ከማንኛውም ሰው ጥቆማ ሲደርሰው itself or when it is reported to it by any person, and order the issuance of ያግዳል፣ ለእንደነዚህ ዓይነቶቹ ማስታ announcements of corrections for such ወቂያዎች ማስታወቂያዎቹ እንዲወ advertisements, in the methods the ጡለት ባደረገው ሰው ወጪ መጀመሪያ advertisements were made at the expense በተገለጹበት ዘዴ ማረሚያዎች of the person in whose interest they were እንዲወጡ ያደርጋል፤ made; 8/ የሸማቾች ፍላጐት ተገቢውን ትኩረት 8) ensure that the interests of consumers ያገኘ መሆኑን ያረጋግጣል፤ have got proper attention; gA 5¹þ4)'2 ØÁ‰L ነU¶T Uz¤È qÜ_R $9 ነሐሴ 0 q N 2ሺ 2 ›.M Federal Negarit Gazeta No. 6 16th August , 2010…. page 5482 9/ ነጋዴዎች በሸማቾች ላይ አግባብነት 9) protect consumers from unfair activities የጐደለው ተግባር እንዳይፈጽሙና of business persons and from unfair ምክንያታዊ ያልሆነ ትርፍ ለማግኘት prices of goods and services aimed at ሲሉ በሸማቾች ላይ ተገቢ ያልሆነ obtaining unjustifiable profit; የንግድ ዕቃዎችና አገልግሎቶች ዋጋ እንዳይጥሉ ይከላከላል፤ 10) take administrative and civil measures 0/ የዚህን አዋጅ ድንጋጌ በሚተላለፉ against business persons or other persons ነጋዴዎች ወይም ሌሎች ሰዎች ላይ on violation of this Proclamation; አስተዳደራዊ እና ፍትሐ ብሔራዊ እርምጃዎችን ይወስዳል፤ 11) give necessary advice and support to 01/ l¸ÌÌÑ QRNÅF ጽሕፈት b@èC branch offices to be established; xSf§g!WN MKR DUF YsÈL፤ 12) establish relationship and cooperation 02/ tmúúY ›§¥ µ§cW B/@‰êE½ xH with national, continental and g#‰êE እ ›lM xqÍêE tÌ¥T international bodies having similar UR GNß#nT TBBR Ym\R¬L፤ objectives; 13) own property, enter into contracts, sue 03/ yNBrT Ælb@T YçÂL½ WL Yê and be sued in its own name; ê§L½ bSÑ YkúL½ YksúL፤ 14) perform such other duties as may be 04/ b?G y¸s-#TN X ›§¥WN kGB defined by law and undertakes other l¥DrS y¸rÇTN l@lÖC tGÆ activities necessary for the attainment of ‰T ÃkÂWÂL፤ its objectives; 15) determine the employment, administer- 05/ በØÁ‰L ymNG|T \‰t®C xêJ ation and dismissal of the staff of the m\rት የባለሥልጣኑን \‰t®C authority in accordance with federal civil Q_R½ xStÄdR SNBT ያከናው servants Proclamation. ናል፤ 06/ የፖሊሲ ሃሣቦችን ያመነጫል፣ በሌሎች 16) initiate policy issues, participate on policy and strategy drafting undertakings by የመንግሥት አካላት በሚካሔዱ የፖሊ other organs of government. ሲዎችና ስትራቴጂዎች ቀረፃ ላይ ይሳተፋል፡፡ "5. yባለሥልጣኑ የዳኝነት |LÈN tGÆR 35. JUDICIAL POWER AND DUTIES OF THE AUTHORITY 1/ የዚህን አዋጅ መተላለፍ በተመለከተ በሚ ቀርቡለት አቤቱታዎች መሠረት ዳኝነት 1) The Authority, based on applications ያያል፣ በነጋዴዎች ወይም በሌሎች ሕግ submitted to it on violations of this ተላላፊዎች ላይ አስተዳደራዊና ፍትሐ Proclamation, adjudicates, impose ብሔራዊ ዉሳኔዎችን ያስተላልፋል administrative and civil sanctions, and gets አቤቱታ አቅራቢዎች ለደረሰባቸዉ ጉዳት complainants compensated for damages they በፍትሐብሔር እንዲካሱ ያደርጋል፡፡ sustained. 2¼ ¾²=I ›”kî ”®<e ›”kî (1) ›ÖnLà ɔÒÑ@ ”Å}Öuk J• ባለሥልጣኑ 2) Without limiting the generality of sub article y¸ktl#T የዳኝነት |LÈN tGƉT (1) of this Article, the Authority shall have the following judicial powers and duties: Yñ„¬LÝ- gA 5¹þ4)'3 ØÁ‰L ነU¶T Uz¤È qÜ_R $9 ነሐሴ 0 q N 2ሺ 2 ›.M Federal Negarit Gazeta No. 6 16th August , 2010…. page 5483 h¼ bz!H xêJ bl@lÖC kg#Ć UR a) conduct adjudication on acts of violation xGÆBnT ƧcW ?gÖC b\f„T prohibited under this Proclamation and DNUg@ãC wYM YHN xêJ l¥S provisions stated in other laws which fiM bw-# dNïC ወይም y?ZB have relevance to the case or regulations ¥S¬wqEÃãC ytklkl#T tGÆ or public notices issued to implement ‰T ተፈፅመዉ ሲገኙ y¥Stµkà this Proclamation and where the acts are wYM l@lÖC tgb!nT çcWN committed to take correctional or other አስተዳደራዊ ወይም ፍትሐ ብሔራዊ appropriate administrative or civil እRM©ãC lmWsD y¸ÃSCL measures; yÄ"nT tGÆR ÃkÂWÂL፤ ለ¼ yÄ"nT tGÆ„N l¥kÂwN xSf b) commission any person for the submission §g! yçn# mr©ãC X snìCN of information and documents that are ¥N¾WM sW XNÄ!ÃqRBlT necessary to conduct its adjudicative ÃdRUL፤ duty; ሐ¼ MSKéC bዳኝነት ClÖT ðT qR c) summon witnesses to appear and testify bW ”§cWN XNÄ!s-# ÃdRUL፤ before the adjudicative tribunal; d) take affidavits or verifications and makes መ¼ ym/§ |R›T wYM y¥rUgÅ examinations accordingly; ”L Yqb§L½ bz!HM m\rT MRm‰ ÃdRUL፤ e) execute civil or administrative decisions ሠ¼ የሚሰጣቸውን xStÄd‰êE ወይም it passes and order police or any ፍትሐ ብሔራዊ ዉሳኔዎችን ያስፈጽ appropriate organ for their execution. ማል፣ XNÄ!fiÑም ±l!SN ¨ÃU }Ñu= ¾J’ ›ካM òL፡፡ 3) The Authority may take the following 3¼ ባለሥልጣኑ yz!HN xêJ DNUg@ãC administrative and civil measures as it finds wYM YHN xêJ l¥SfiM yw-# dN appropriate, against any person who violated ïCN ወይም y?ZB ¥S¬wqEÃãCN the provisions of this Proclamation or bt§lf ¥N¾WM sW §Y ”ÅG<’@ regulations or public notices issued to ¬:- implement this Proclamation: h¼ tgb! xYdlM ytÆlW DRg!T a) order the discontinuation or injunction of XNÄ!Ìr_ wYM XNÄ!öM the act pronounced inappropriate; ¾¥DrG፤ ለ¼ ytጐ©!WN ymwÄdR xQM wdn b) order the payment of compensation to the brbT ï¬ lmmlS y¸ÃSCL person affected by the act including tgb! XRM© mWsDN =Mé½ taking any other appropriate measure bDRg!t$ g#ÄT ldrsbT wgN that enables to reinstate the victims µœ XNÄ!kfL ¾¥DrG፤ competitive position; ሐ/ የንግድ ፈቃድ እንዲታገድ ወይም c) suspend or cancel business licenses; እንዲሰረዝ ¾ማድረግ፤ መ/ ሸማቾች ለደረሰባቸው ጉዳት እንዲካሱ d) order the payments of compensation to consumers for damages they have ¾ማድረግ፤ sustained; ሠ¼ yNGD:”ãC XNÄ!Ãz# X¼wYM e) order the seizure and/ or selling of goods. XNÄ!¹-# ¾¥DrG፤ ›e}ÇÅ^© እና ፍትሐ ብሔራዊ ¬d’@ ­‹ K=Áe}LMõ YC§L:: gA 5¹þ4)'9 5¹þ4)'4 ØÁ‰L ነU¶T Uz¤È qÜ_R $9 ነሐሴ 0 q N 2ሺ 2 ›.M Federal Negarit Gazeta No. 6 16th August , 2010…. page 5484 4/ ባለሥልጣኑ በዚህ አዋጅ የተመለከቱት 4) When the Authority knows or believes that the of fences provided in this Proclamation are ወንጀሎች መፈፀማቸውን ካወቀ ወይም committed, it shall, together with its evidential ካመነ በጉዳዩ ላይ ያሰባሰባቸውን ማስረጃ findings and opinion, submit to the public ዎችና ያለውን አስተያየት የወንጀል prosecutor in charge of examining and ምርመራ መዝገቡን መርምሮ ውሳኔ ለመ determining the case. ስጠት ስልጣን ላለው ዐቃቢ ህግ ማቅረብ አለበት፡፡ 5) The Authority shall execute decisions passed 5/ ባለሥልጣኑ በንግድ አሰራር አዋጅ ቁጥር by the trade practice investigation 3)!9/09)(5 ተቋቁሞ በነበረው የንግድ commission that was established pursuant to አሰራር አጣሪ ኮሚሽን የተወሰኑ ውሣኔ the trade practice proclamation No. ዎችን ያስፈጽማል፡፡ 329/2003. "6. Slባለሥልጣኑ አደረጃጀት

36. ORGANIZATION OF THE AUTHORITY ባለሥልጣኑ፡- The Authority shall have: 1¼ b¸n!ST„ xQ‰b!nT b-Q§Y ¸n! ST„ y¸ëም xND ዋና ዳይሬክ 1) a Director General to be appointed by the ተር፣ X Prime Minister upon the recommendation of the Minister; and 2¼ l|‰W xSf§g! yçn# ዳኞችና \‰t ®C Yñ„¬LÝÝ 2) the necessary judges and staff. "7. yዋና ዳይሬክተሩ |LÈN tGÆR

37. POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DIRECTOR GENERAL 1¼ ዋና ዳይሬክተሩ የባለሥልጣኑ ê |‰ xSfɸ bmçN yባለሥልጣኑን |‰ 1) The Director General being the chief executive of the Authority shall organize, ãC Ãd‰©L½ Ym‰L½ ÃStÄD‰L፡፡ direct and administer the activities of the Authority. 2¼ yz!H xNq{ N;#S xNq{ 1 አጠቃላይ 2) Without limiting the generality stated under xnUgR XNdt-bq çñ ዋና ዳይሬ sub article (1) of this Article, the Director ክተሩ bz!H xêJ bxNq{ "4 እና "5 General shall make sure that the powers and ytzrz„T የባለሥልጣኑ” ሥልጣንና duties of the Authority provided for under tGƉT b|‰ §Y mê§cWN ÃrUG Articles 34 and 35 of this Proclamation are ÈL፡፡ being executed. "8. የዳኞች አሰያየም 38. APPOINTMENT OF JUDGES 1/ የባለሥልጣኑ እያንዳንዱ የዳኝነት ችሎት 1) Each division of the adjudicative tribunal of በጠቅላይ ሚኒስትሩ የሚሰየሙ አንድ the Authority shall have one presiding and ሰብሳቢ እና ሁለት K?KA‹ ዳኞች two other judges to be appointed by the ይኖሩታል፡፡ Prime Minister. 2/ ዳኞች ለሥራው ተፈላጊ የሆነ ¾S<Á 2) The judges shall have the necessary professional qualification, educational wnƒ፣ የትምህርት ´Óσ እና የሥራ background and experience needed for the ልምድ ሊኖራቸው ይገባል፡፡ post. 3/ በዚህ አንቀጽ ንዑስ አንቀጽ /1/ መሠረት 3) The judges, to be appointed pursuant to sub የሚሰየሙ ዳኞች በፌዴራል መንግሥት article (1) of this Article, shall be governed የሲቪል ሰርቪስ ሕግ ይተዳደራሉ፡፡ by the federal government civil service laws. gA 5¹þ4)'5 ØÁ‰L ነU¶T Uz¤È qÜ_R $9 ነሐሴ 0 q N 2ሺ 2 ›.M Federal Negarit Gazeta No. 6 16th August , 2010…. page 5485 "9. የክልሎች የሸማቾች ጥበቃ ዳኝነት አካላት 39. REGIONAL STATES’ CONSUMERS PROTECTION JUDICIAL ORGANS 1) Regional states may, when necessary, 1/ ክልሎች በዚህ አዋጅ የሸማቾችን መብት establish organs that adjudicate on matters of ጥበቃ በተመለከተ በተቀመጡት ድንጋጌ consumer rights protections as indicated in ዎች ላይ ዳኝነት የሚያዩ አካላትን በዚህ this Proclamation. አዋጅ መሠረት እንደአስፈላጊነቱ ሊያቋ ቁሙ ይችላሉ፡፡ 2) Consumer rights protection judicial bodies to 2/ በክልሎች የሚቋቋሙ የሸማቾች መብት be established by regional states to adjudicate ጥበቃ ዳኝነት አካላት በዚህ አዋጅ matters related to consumers as provided for ስለሸማቾች በተደነገጉት ጉዳዮች ላይ in this Proclamation shall have jurisdiction in connection with commercial activities ዳኝነት የሚያዩት በክልል መንግሥታት licensed by the regional states or business ፈቃድ ከሚሰጡባቸው የንግድ ሥራ persons engaged in such commercial መስኮች ወይም በነዚህ የስራ መስኮች activities or commercial activities conducted ከተሰማሩ ነጋዴዎች ወይም በክልሉ in the regional states. ከሚሰሩ የንግድ ሥራዎች ጋር በተያያዘ ነው፡፡ 3) Judges working in the consumer rights protection judicial bodies to be established by 3/ በክልሎች የሚቋቋሙ የሸማቾች ጥበቃ the regional states shall be appointed by the ዳኝነት አካላት ውስጥ የሚሰሩ ዳኞች presidents of the regional states. በየክልሎቹ ኘሬዚዳንቶች ይሾማሉ፡፡ #. y|n|R›T ?gÖC tfɸnT 40. APPLICABILITY OF PROCEDURAL LAWS In conducting adjudication the Authority shall ባለሥልጣኑ ¡`¡a‹” uT>cTuƒ ¨pƒ apply civil and criminal procedure laws of the የx!T×ùà ØÁ‰§êE Ä!äK‰s!ÃêE ሪፐB Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. l!K yFT/B/@R X ywNjል mQÅ |n|R›T ?Gጋትን b|‰ §Y ÃW§LÝÝ PART FIVE ክፍል ›Ueƒ INSTITUTING OF ACTIONS AND ክስ ስለማቅረብ እና ምርመራ ስለማከናወን CONDUCTING INVESTIGATION #1. ክስ ስለማቅረብ 41. INSTITUTING ACTIONS 1/ የዚህ አዋጅ ክፍል ሁለት ድንጋጌዎች የተጣሱ መሆኑን በመግለጽ የዚህ ክፍል 1) By stating the provisions of Part Two of this ተፈፃሚነት የሚመለከተው ሰው uዳኝነት Proclamation have been violated, any person እንዲታይKƒ ወይም መብቱ እንዲከበርለት who is concerned with the application of this ለባለሥልጣኑ ማመልከት ይችላል፡፡ Part may apply to the Authority for adjudication or for his right to be protected. 2/ ሸማቾች በዚህ አዋጅ የተደነገጉ መብቶ 2) Consumers may institute actions for ቻቸው እንዲከበሩ ዳኝነት እንዲታይላቸው adjudication to protect their rights provided Kባለሥልጣኑ ወይም Kክልል የሸማቾች for under this Proclamation at the Authority ጥበቃ ተቋም ክስ ማቅረብ ይችላሉ፡፡ or at regional state consumer protection body. 3/ ሚኒስቴሩን ጨምሮ ማንኛውም ሰው የዚ 3) Any person including the Ministry may ህን አዋጅ ድንጋጌዎች በተላለፉ ሰዎች institute action at the Authority for ላይ አስተዳደራዊ ወይም ፍትሐብሔራዊ administrative or civil measures to be taken እርምጃ እንዲወሰድ ለባለሥልጣኑ ክስ against violators of the provisions of this ማቅረብ ይችላል፡፡ Proclamation. gA 5¹þ4)'6 ØÁ‰L ነU¶T Uz¤È qÜ_R $9 ነሐሴ 0 q N 2ሺ 2 ›.M Federal Negarit Gazeta No. 6 16th August , 2010…. page 5486 4/ በኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራላዊ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ሪፐብሊክ 4) The provisions of the Criminal Code of the የወንጀል ህግ ክስን እና ቅጣትን ስለማቋረጥና Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia on ማስቀረት የተደነገጉት በዚህ አዋጅ ስለወንጀል discontinuance and extinction of prosecution and ቅጣት በተደነገጉት ላይ ተፈፃሚ ይሆናሉ፡፡ penalty shall apply to criminal penalty provisions of this Proclamation. 5/ በዚህ አንቀጽ ንዑስ አንቀጽ /1/ መሠረት 5) Civil or administrative action to be instituted የሚቀርብ ፍትሐ ብሔራዊ ወይም አስተዳደ under sub article (1) of this Article shall be ራዊ ክስ ለክሱ መነሻ የሆነው ነገር ከተከሰተ barred if not instituted with in six months ጀምሮ በስድስት ወር ጊዜ ውስጥ ካልቀረበ ቀሪ from the happening of the cause of action. ይሆናል፡፡ 6/ በዚህ አንቀጽ ንዑስ አንቀጽ /2/ መሠረት 6) Civil or administrative action to be instituted የሚቀርብ ፍትሐ ብሔራዊ ወይም አስተዳደራዊ ክስ ለክሱ መነሻ የሆነው ነገር ከተከሰተ ጀምሮ under sub article (2) of this Article shall be በአንድ ወር ጊዜ ውስጥ ካልቀረበ ቀሪ barred if not instituted with in one month ይሆናል፡፡ from the happening of the cause of action.

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CONDUCTING INVESTIGATION #2. ምርመራ ስለማከናወን 1) The Ministry or the bureau shall conduct 1/ ሚኒስቴሩ ወይም ቢሮው ከዚህ አዋጅ investigation based on applications submitted አፈጻጸም ጋር በተያያዘ በሚቀርቡለት to it in connection with the implementation of አቤቱታዎች መሠረት ወይም በራሱ this Proclamation or on its own initiative. }ነሳሽነት ምርመራ ያካሂዳል፡፡ 2) The Ministry or the bureau may conduct 2/ ሚኒስቴሩ ወይም ቢሮው በዚህ አዋጅ investigation through its investigation officer የተሰጠውን ስልጣንና ተግባር ለማከናወን in order to carry out its powers and duties በራሱ የምርመራ ኦፊሰር ምርመራ vested in it by this Proclamation. ሊያካሂድ ይችላል፡፡ 3) When conducting its investigation activities 3/ ሚኒስቴሩ ወይም ቢሮው yMRm‰ tGÆ„N and finds it necessary, the Ministry or the b¸ÃkÂWNbT g!z@ xSf§g! çñ s!ÃgßW bureau may order the forces under the እንደ ቅደም ተከተሉ bØÁ‰L ±l!S ÷¸>N Federal Police Commission or the regional |R Ãl# `YlÖCN ወይም የክልሉን ፖሊስ state police respectively. ¥zZ YC§LÝÝ 4) The relevant provisions of the Criminal 4/ የሚኒስቴሩ ወይም የቢሮው ymft> Procedure Code of Ethiopia shall apply ymÃZ |LÈN በተመለከተ xGÆB concerning the search and seizure power of çcW yx!T×ùà ywNjል mQÅ the Ministry or the bureau. y|n |R›T ?G DNUg@ãC tfɸ YçÂl#ÝÝ 5) The investigation officer of the Ministry or the 5/ የሚኒስቴሩ ወይም የቢሮው የምርመራ ኦፊሰር bureau when conducting investigation in connection with the implementation of this ከዚህ አዋጅ አፈፃፀም ጋር ተያይዞ ለሚያከና Proclamation, may enter into, search, seal, order ውነው የምርመራ ተግባር አቤቱታ የቀረበበትን the opening of containers in, take samples of ነጋዴ መደብር ወይም ለምርመራ ስራ አስፈላጊ goods or other materials necessary for the በሆነ በማንኛውም ነጋዴ መደብር የንግድ መጋ investigation or seize documents from, copy the ዘን ወይም ሌላ የንግድ ዕቃ የተከማቸበት documents on papers or electronically from, seize ወይም አገልግሎት የሚሰጥበት ወይም ተያያ or take copies of information contained on tape ዥነት ያለው ህንፃ ለመግባት፣ ለመፈተሽ፣ recorders or any other equipment or seize or keep ለማሸግ፣ መያዣዎችን ለማስከፈት፣ የንግድ goods that are believed to be necessary for the ዕቃ ናሙና ወይም ለምርመራ አስፈላጊ የሆነ investigation from, the business of the business ቁስ ለመውሰድ ወይም snìCN ለmÃZ½ person against whom application is filed or the snìc$N bwrqT wYM bx@l@KTén!K QJ business warehouse or any other premise in which ለ¥DrG½ bt&߶kRdR wYM bl@lÖC goods are stored or services are delivered or ›YnT mœ¶ÃãC ytÃz# mr©ãCን ለመ related building of any business person necessary ያዝ ወይም QJÃcWN ለmWsDና ለምር for the investigation. መራ ያስፈልጋል ብሎ ያመነበትን የንግድ ዕቃ ለመያዝና ለማቆየት ይችላል፡፡ gA 5¹þ4)'7 ØÁ‰L ነU¶T Uz¤È qÜ_R $9 ነሐሴ 0 q N 2ሺ 2 ›.M Federal Negarit Gazeta No. 6 16th August , 2010…. page 5487 6/ የንግድ ተቋማት ባለቤቶች ወይም ኃላፊዎች 6) The owners or officials or employees of ወይም ሠራተኞች በዚህ አዋጅ መሠረት business establishments shall have the የሚደረግ ምርመራን ለማገዝ የመተባበር obligation to cooperate in assisting in investigations to be conducted in accordance ግዴታ አለባቸው፡፡ with this Proclamation. 7/ ከምርመራ ሥራ ጋር በተያያዘ የተያዘ 7) Upon completion of the investigation or የንግድ ዕቃ ወይም ሌላ ቁስ ምርመራው when deemed necessary, the Ministry or the ሲጠናቀቅ ወይም ሚኒስቴሩ ወይም ቢሮው bureau, may cause the return of goods or አስፈላጊ መሆኑን በወሰነ ጊዜ ለባለቤቱ other materials seized in connection with the እንዲመለስ ሊያደርግ ይችላል፡፡ investigation to the owner. 8/ ማንኛውም የሚኒስቴሩ ወይም የቢሮው 8) Any investigator of the Ministry or the መርማሪ የተሰጠውን የምርመራ ስልጣን bureau shall show the authorization issued to ማረጋገጫ ምርመራ ለሚካሄድበት የንግድ him to conduct investigation to the owner or መደብር ወይም ተቋም ወይም ህንፃ representative of the business or the establishment or the building against which ባለቤት ወይም ለወኪሉ ማሳየት አለበት፡፡ investigation is to be conducted. #3. kl@lÖC xµ§T UR Sl¸ñR GNß#nT 43. RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER ORGANS 1/ bz!H xêJ y\f„T DNUg@ãC tG 1) In the implementation of this Proclamation, ƉêE b¸drg#bT wQT b?G ll@§ where it is found out that the provisions of mNG|¬êE xµL kts-# tGƉT this Proclamation are related to duties UR GNß#nT çcW çnW s!gß#½ incumbent upon other government organs by ባለሥልጣኑ l@§WN ?G k¸ÃStÄD law, the Authority shall, concur with the rW xµL UR bmtÆbR X bSMM other organ which administers the other law. nT §Y btm\rt GNß#nT Y\‰LÝÝ Failing to reach an agreement, the matter SMMnT §Y mDrS µLtÒl g#Ć shall be decided by the Council of Ministers. b¸n!STéC Mክር b@T YwsÂLÝÝ 2) In reaching an agreement, the Authority shall 2/ ባለሥልጣኑ SMMnT §Y lmDrS always take into account the objectives of b¥N¾WM g!z@ yz!HN xêJ ›§¥ãC this Proclamation. GMT WS_ ¥SgÆT xlbTÝÝ ክፍል eÉeት PART SIX ስለንግድ ዕቃዎችና አገልግሎቶች ስርጭት THE DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS AND SERVICES #4. የንግድ ዕቃዎችና አገልግሎቶችን ስርጭት 44. REGULATING THE DISTRIBUTION OF ስለመቆጣጠር GOODS AND SERVICES 1/ ሚኒስቴሩ እና ቢሮዎች የጤናና የደህንነት 1) The Ministry and bureaus in collaboration ደረጃዎችን ያላሟሉ የንግድ ዕቃዎችንና with other appropriate bodies shall ban the አገልግሎቶች ሽያጭንና ስርጭትን አግባብ distribution of goods and services that do not ካላቸዉ አካላት ጋር በመሆን ያግዳሉ፡፡ fulfill the standards of health and safety. 2) The Ministry in collaboration with other 2/ ሚኒስቴሩ በሀገር ውስጥ በሚመረቱ appropriate bodies may order quality ወይም ከውጭ በሚመጡ የንግድ ዕቃዎች inspection of locally manufactured or ላይ አግባብ ካላቸዉ አካላት ጋር በመሆን imported goods. የጥራት ፍተሻ እንዲካሄድ ያደርጋል፡፡ 3/ ሚኒስቴሩ ወይም ቢሮዎች በነጋዴዎች የሚፈ 3) The Ministry and the bureaus shall inspect ጸም የንግድ ዕቃዎች ክምችት ወይም የመደ any acts of hoarding or diverting of goods. በቅ ተግባር ላይ ቁጥጥር ያደርጋሉ፡፡ gA 5¹þ4)'8 ØÁ‰L ነU¶T Uz¤È qÜ_R $9 ነሐሴ 0 q N 2ሺ 2 ›.M Federal Negarit Gazeta No. 6 16th August , 2010…. page 5488 4/ ሚኒስቴሩ ወይም ቢሮዎች የተበላሹና 4) The Ministry or the bureaus shall in ለሰው ጤናና ደህንነት አደገኛ የሆኑ consultation with other concerned የንግድ ዕቃዎችን ከሚመለከታቸው አግባብ appropriate bodies commission the ካላቸዉ አካላት ጋር በSSካŸር disposition of goods that are spoiled and are dangerous to human health and safety. እንዲወገዱ ያደርጋሉ፡፡ 5) The Ministry and the bureaus shall have the 5/ ሚኒስቴሩ ወይም ቢሮዎች በዚህ አዋጅ power to implement the provisions of Part ክፍል ሦስት ለባለሥልጣኑ ከተሰጡት Three of this Proclamation other than those ሥልጣንና ተግባራት በስተቀር የዚህን provisions of Part Three which are incumbent ክፍል ሦስት ድንጋጌዎች የማስፈፀም upon the Authority. ሥልጣን አላቸው፡፡ #5. የንግድ ዕቃዎችን ስለማከማቸት ወይም 45. THE HOARDING OR DIVERTING OF ስለመደበቅ GOODS 1/ የንግድ ዕቃዎችን ከመደበኛ የግብይት 1) The hoarding or diverting of goods contrary አሰራር ውጪ ማከማቸት ወይም መደበቅ to regular commercial practice is prohibited. ክልክል ነው፡፡ 2) Without prejudice to provisions of other laws 2/ በሌላ ህግ የንግድ ዕቃዎችን ስለማከማቸት on hoarding of goods, goods are presumed to የተደነገገው እንደተጠበቀ ሆኖ ማንኛውም have been hoarded or diverted, where the የንግድ ዕቃ ተከማችቷል ወይም ተደብቋል goods are designated by the Ministry as to የሚባለው በሚኒስቴሩ የንግድ ዕቃው have been scarce in the market, where the በገበያ ላይ እጥረት ያለበት መሆኑ quantity of the goods found in hoarding or የተገለጸ፣ የንግድ ዕቃው ተከማችቶ ወይም diverted amounts 25% ( twenty five percent ) ተደብቆ የተገኘበት መጠን የነጋዴውን of the capital of the business person or where የንግድ ካፒታል !5በመቶ /ሃያ አምስት it is not a business person the quantity is በመቶ/ ሲያህል ወይም ነጋዴ ባልሆነ ጊዜ beyond that of personal or family ለግል ወይም ለቤተሰብ ፍጆታ ከሚውል consumption and: መጠን በላይ በሆነ ጊዜ፤ እና፡- a) where an imported good and an imported ሀ/ ከውጭ ሀገር የመጣ የንግድ ዕቃ እና raw material of a product or a good የምርት ጥሬ ዕቃ ወይም ከውጭ ሀገር በመጣ የምርት ጥሬ ዕቃ በሀገር ውስጥ manufactured locally from an imported የተመረተ የንግድ ዕቃ እንደቅደም raw material of a product has not been ተከተሉ ወደ ሀገር ውስጥ ከገባበት made available for sale or has not been ወይም ከተመረተበት ቀን ጀምሮ used for manufacturing with in three ለሦስት ወራት ለሽያጭ ወይም ለምርት months from the date of its entry in to አገልግሎት ካልዋለ፤ ወይም the country or its date of production respectively; or ለ/ ከሀገር ውስጥ በተገኘ የምርት ጥሬ ዕቃ b) where a good manufactured from a የተመረተ የንግድ ዕቃ እና ከሀገር locally acquired raw material of a ውስጥ የተገኘ የምርት ጥሬ ዕቃ ወይም product and a locally acquired raw በግብርና ሥራ የሚተዳደር ሆኖ ለግል material of a product or a locally ወይም ለቤተሰብ ፍጆታ ከሚውለው produced agricultural product except the በስተቀር በሀገር ውስጥ የተመረተ one who is engaged in farming practices የእርሻ ምርት እንደ ቅደም ተከተሉ and saves the product for private or ከተመረተበት ወይም ነጋዴው ወይም family consumption, has not been made ሌላ ማንኛውም ሰው ከገዛበት ቀን available for sale or has not been used ጀምሮ ለሁለት ወራት ለሽያጭ ወይም for manufacturing within two months ለምርት አገልግሎት ካልዋለ፤ from the date of its production or from ነው፡፡ the date of its purchase by a business person or any other person respectively. gA 5¹þ4)'9 ØÁ‰L ነU¶T Uz¤È qÜ_R $9 ነሐሴ 0 q N 2ሺ 2 ›.M Federal Negarit Gazeta No. 6 16th August , 2010…. page 5489 3/ የዚህ አንቀጽ ንዑስ አንቀጽ /1/ እና /2/ 3) The provisions of sub article (1) and (2) of ድንጋጌዎች በሕግ በተሰጣቸው ሥልጣን this Article shall not apply to persons that are ወይም በሕግ መሠረት በተሰጠ ፈቃድ empowered by law or licensed in accordance መሠረት የንግድ ዕቃዎችን እንዲያከማቹ with the law to hoard goods. ፈቃድ በተሰጣቸው ሰዎች ላይ ተፈፃሚ አይሆኑም፡፡ #6. መሠረታዊ የንግድ ዕቃዎችና አገልግሎቶችን 46. REGULATING PRICES OF BASIC GOODS ዋጋ ስለመወሰን AND SERVICES አስፈላጊ ሆኖ ሲገኝ ሚኒስቴሩ የዋጋ ቁጥጥር The Ministry, when deemed necessary, submits to ሊደረግባቸው የሚገቡ መሠረታዊ የንግድ the Council of Ministers its study on basic goods ዕቃዎችና አገልግሎቶች ላይ ያደረገውን ጥናት and services that shall be subject to price ለሚኒስትሮች ምክር ቤት አቅርቦ በማስፈቀድ regulation and upon approval publish their list ዝርዝራቸውንና ዋጋዎቻቸውን በሕዝብ ማስታ and prices in public notices. ወቂያ ሊያወጣ ይችላል፡፡

47. DISTRIBUTION OF BASIC GOODS #7. ስለመሠረታዊ የንግድ ዕቃዎች ስርጭት ሚኒስቴሩ ከሚመለከታቸው ሌሎች የመንግሥት The Ministry in consultation with other concerned መሥሪያ ቤቶች ጋር በመመካከር ዝርዝራቸውና government organs may determine the conditions ዋጋዎቻቸው በሕዝብ ማስታወቂያ የተገለፁት of distribution, sale and movement of basic goods መሠረታዊ የንግድ ዕቃዎች እና አገልግሎቶች ስለ and services and, as may be necessary, order the ሚሰራጩበት፣ ስለሚሸጡበትና ከቦታ ቦታ ስለሚዘ ዋወሩበት ሁኔታ ለመወሰንና እንደአስፈላጊነቱም business person to replenish the stock of the ዕቃዎቹ ባለቁ ጊዜ እንዲተኩ ነጋዴውን ለማዘዝ same. ይችላል፡፡ ክፍል cvƒ PART SEVEN L† L† DNUg@ãC MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS #8. የፌዴራልና የክልል ፍርድ ቤቶች ሥልጣንና 48. RESPONSIBILITIES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE ኃላፊነት FEDERAL AND REGIONAL STATE COURTS 1/ የፌዴራል እና የክልል ፍርድ ቤቶች የንግድ 1) Federal and regional state courts shall አሠራርና የሸማቾች ጥበቃ ሥራን ለማቀ organize trade practice and consumer ላጠፍ እንዲቻል የንግድ አሠራርና የሸማ protection divisions in order to expedite the ቾች ጥበቃ ጉዳዮች የሚታዩባቸዉን ችሎ trade practice and consumer protection ቶች ያደራጃሉ፡፡ activities. 2/ በዚህ አንቀፅ በንዑስ አንቀፅ (1) መሠረት የተደራጁ ችሎቶች በዚህ አዋጅ በአንቀፅ #9 2) Divisions organized pursuant to sub article የተመለከቱ የወንጀል ጥፋቶችን የማየትና (1) this Article shall have power to adjudicate የመወሰን ሥልጣን ይኖራቸዋል፡፡ and pass decisions on criminal violations stated under Article 49 of this Proclamation. #9. Q È T

49. PENALTY bz!H xêJ bxNq{ "5 N;#S xNq{ 3 m\rT ባለሥልጣኑ y¸wSdW xStÄ Without prejudice to administrative and civil d‰êE እና ፍትሐ ብሔራዊ XRM© XNdt- measures the Authority shall take pursuant to sub article (3) of Article 35 of this Proclamation, the bq çñ የፌዴራል እና የክልል ፍርድ ቤቶች federal and regional state courts shall decide the yz!HN xêJ DNUg@ãC b¸t§lF following criminal penalties against any person b¥N¾WM sW §Y q_lÖ ytmlkt$TN who violates the provisions of this Proclamation: የወንጀል QÈèC ይወስናሉÝ- gA 5¹þ4)( ØÁ‰L ነU¶T Uz¤È qÜ_R $9 ነሐሴ 0 q N 2ሺ 2 ›.M Federal Negarit Gazeta No. 6 16th August , 2010…. page 5490 1/ የዚህን አዋጅ አንቀጽ 8 የተላለፈ ማንኛ 1) any business person who violates Article 8 ውም ነጋዴ የዓመታዊ ገቢውን 05 በመቶ of this Proclamation shall be punished with a /አሥራ አምስት በመቶ/ ወይም የዓመታዊ fine of 15% (fifteen percent) of his annual ገቢውን መጠን መወሰን ባልተቻለ ጊዜ income or where it is impossible to determine the amount of his annual income with fine ከብር 5)ሺ /አምስት መቶ ሺ ብር/ እስከ from birr 500,000 (five hundred thousands ብር 1ሚሊዮን /አንድ ሚሊዮን ብር/ birr) to birr 1,000,000 (one million birr) and በሚደርስ የገንዘብ መቀጫ እና ከ5 with rigorous imprisonment from 5 (five) to /አምስት/ እስከ 05 /አሥራ አምስት/ 15 (fifteen) years; አመት በሚደርስ ጽኑ እስራት ይቀጣል፤ 2/ የዚህን አዋጅ አንቀጽ 03 ”®<e ›”kê 2) any business person who violates the (1) /ሀ/ እና /ለ/ ድንጋጌዎች የተላለፈ provisions of Article 13 sub article (1) (a) ማንኛውም ነጋዴ የዓመታዊ ገቢውን and (b) of this Proclamation shall be !በመቶ /ሃያ በመቶ/ ወይም የዓመታዊ punished with a fine of 20% (twenty percent) ገቢውን መጠን መወሰን ባልተቻለ ጊዜ of his annual income or where it is ከብር 1ሚሊዮን /አንድ ሚሊዮን ብር/ impossible to determine the amount of his እስከ ብር 2ሚሊዮን /ሁለት ሚሊዮን annual income with fine from birr 1,000,000 ብር/ በሚደርስ የገንዘብ መቀጫ እና ከ5 (one million birr) to birr 2,000,000 (two million birr) and with rigorous imprisonment /አምስት/ እስከ 0 /አሥር/ ዓመት from 5 (five) to 10 (ten) years; በሚደርስ ጽኑ እስራት ይቀጣል፤ 3/ የዚህን አዋጅ አንቀጽ !1 የተላለፈ ማንኛውም 3) any business person who violates Article 21 of this ነጋዴ የዓመታዊ ገቢውን 0በመቶ /አሥር Proclamation shall be punished with fine of 10% በመቶ/ ወይም የዓመታዊ ገቢውን መጠን (ten percent) of his annual income or where it is መወሰን ባልተቻለ ጊዜ ከብር 3)ሺ /ሦስት መቶ impossible to determine his annual income with ሺ ብር/ እስከ ብር 6)ሺ /ስድስት መቶ ሺ fine from birr 300,000 (three hundred thousands ብር/ በሚደርስ የገንዘብ መቀጫ እና ከ3 birr) to birr 600,000 (six hundred thousands birr) /ሦስት/ እስከ 5 /አምስት/ ዓመት በሚደርስ and with rigorous imprisonment from 3 (three) to ጽኑ እሥራት ይቀጣል፤ 5 (five) years; 4) any business person who violates sub articles 4/ የዚህን አዋጅ አንቀጽ " ንዑስ አንቀጽ (6) (6) and (10) of Article 30 of this እና (0) የተላለፈ ማንኛውም ነጋዴ ከብር Proclamation shall be punished with fine 1)ሺ /አንድ መቶ ሺ ብር/ እስከ ብር 2)ሺ from birr 100,000 (one hundred thousands /ሁለት መቶ ሺ ብር/ በሚደርስ የገንዘብ birr) to birr 300,000 (three hundred thousands መቀጫ እና ከ0 /አስር/ እስከ ! /ሃያ/ birr) and with rigorous imprisonment from 10 ዓመት በሚደርስ ጽኑ እስራት ይቀጣል፤ (ten) to 20 (twenty) years; 5/ በዚህ አዋጅ አንቀጽ " ስር ያሉትንና ከዚህ 5) any business person who violates the በላይ በዚህ አንቀጽ ንዑስ አንቀጽ /4/ provisions of Article 30 of this Proclamation ከተጠቀሰው የአንቀጽ " ንዑስ አንቀጽ /6/ እና other than sub articles (6) and (10) of Article /0/ ድንጋጌዎች ውጪ ያሉትን ድንጋጌዎች 30 of this Proclamation stated under sub የተላለፈ ማንኛውም ነጋዴ ከብር $ሺ /ሃምሣ article /4/ of this Article shall be punished ሺ ብር/ እስከ ብር 1)ሺ /አንድ መቶ ሺ ብር/ with fine from birr 50,000 (fifty thousands በሚደርስ የገንዘብ መቀጫ እና ከ3 /ሦስት/ birr) to birr 100,000 (one hundred thousands እስከ 7 /ሰባት/ ዓመት በሚደርስ ጽኑ እስራት birr) and with rigorous imprisonment from 3 ይቀጣል፤ (three) to 7 (seven) years; 6/ የዚህን አዋጅ አንቀጽ #5 በመተላለፍ 6) any business person who has been found hoarding የንግድ ዕቃዎችን አከማችቶ ወይም ደብቆ or diverting goods in violation of Article 45 of this Proclamation, shall be punished with fine from የተገኘ ማንኛውም ነጋዴ ከብር 2)ሺ birr 200,000 (two hundred thousands birr) to birr /ሁለት መቶ ሺ ብር/ እስከ ብር 4)ሺ 400,000 (four hundred thousands birr) and with /አራት መቶ ሺ ብር/ በሚደርስ የገንዘብ rigorous imprisonment from 3 (three) to 7 (seven) መቀጫ እና ከ3 /ሦስት/ እስከ 7 /ሰባት/ years; ዓመት በሚደርስ ጽኑ እስራት ይቀጣል፤ gA 5¹þ4)(1 ØÁ‰L ነU¶T Uz¤È qÜ_R $9 ነሐሴ 0 q N 2ሺ 2 ›.M Federal Negarit Gazeta No. 6 16th August , 2010…. page 5491 7/ በዚህ አንቀፅ ከንዑስ አንቀጽ /1/ እስከ /6/ 7) where the participation of a person other than በተዘረዘሩት ወንጀሎች ውስጥ በቀጥታም a business person in the crimes mentioned ሆነ በተዘዋዋሪ መንገድ የማንኛውም ነጋዴ from sub article (1) to (6) of this Article has ያልሆነ ሰው ተሳትፎ መኖር ከተረጋገጠ been ascertained he shall be punished with fine from birr 200,000(two hundred ከብር 2)ሺ /ሁለት መቶ ሺ ብር/ እስከ thousands birr) to birr 400,000 (four hundred ብር 4)ሺ /አራት መቶ ሺ ብር/ thousand birr) and with rigorous በሚደርስ የገንዘብ ቅጣት እና ከ3 /ሦስት/ imprisonment from 3 (three) to 5 (five) years; እስከ 5 /አምስት/ ዓመት በሚደርስ ጽኑ እስራት ይቀጣል፤ 8) any business person or any person other than 8/ በዚህ አንቀፅ ከንዑስ አንቀጽ /1/ እስከ /6/ a business person who violates the provisions ከተጠቀሱት ውጪ ያሉትን የዚህን አዋጅ of this Proclamation other than those ድንጋጌዎች ወይም ይህን አዋጅ ለማስፈ mentioned under sub articles (1) to (6) of this ፀም የሚወጣውን ደንብ ድንጋጌዎች Article or the provisions of regulations to be ወይም ይህን አዋጅ ለማስፈፀም የሚወጡ issued to implement this Proclamation or the የሕዝብ ማስታወቂያዎች ድንጋጌዎችን provisions of public notices to be issued to የተላለፈ ነጋዴ የሆነ ወይም ነጋዴ ያልሆነ implement this Proclamation, shall be punished with fine from birr 30,000 (thirty ሰው ከብር "ሺ /ሰላሳ ሺ ብር/ እስከ ብር thousands birr) to birr 50,000 (fifty thousands $ሺ /ሃምሣ ሺ ብር/ በሚደርስ የገንዘብ birr) and with rigorous imprisonment from 2 መቀጫ እና ከ2 /ሁለት/ እስከ 4 /አራት/ (two) to 4 (four) years; ዓመት በሚደርስ ጽኑ እስራት ይቀጣል፤ 9/ የዚህ አንቀጽ ሌሎች ንዑስ አንቀጾች ድንጋ 9) without prejudice to the other provisions of ጌዎች እንደተጠበቁ ሆነው የባለሥልጣኑ this Article, where a judge or Director ዳኛ ወይም ዋና ዳይሬክተር ወይም ሌላ General or another employee of the Authority ሠራተኛ ወይም የሚኒስቴሩ ወይም or the Ministry or the bureau or the judge of የቢሮው ሠራተኛ ወይም የክልል የሸማቾች regional state consumers protection judicial ጉዳይ የዳኝነት አካል ዳኛ የሆነ መደለያ organ, by taking bribes or through favoritism በመቀበል ወይም በወዳጅነት ወይም or nepotism or other improper relationships በዝምድና ወይም አግባብ ባልሆነ ሌላ implements otherwise than provided for in ግንኙነት በዚህ አዋጅ ከተደነገገው ውጪ this Proclamation shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment from 10 (ten) to 15 እንዲፈጸም ያደረገ እንደሆነ ከ0 /አሥር/ (fifteen) years; እስከ 05 /አስራአምስት/ ዓመት በሚደርስ ጽኑ እስራት ይቀጣል፤ 10) the penalty provided for under sub article (9) 0/ በዚህ አንቀጽ ንዑስ አንቀጽ /9/ የመለከተው of this Article shall also be applicable to the ቅጣት መደለያ በሰጠው ባለጉዳይ ላይም person who has given the bribe; ተፈፃሚ ይሆናል፤ 01/ ከንግድ ዕቃዎች ወይም አገልግሎቶች 11) In connection with the sale or circulation of ሽያጭ ወይም ዝውውር ጋር ተያይዞ በአ goods and services persons who participate in ምራችነት ወይም በላኪነት ወይም በአስመ the sale or circulation as manufacturers or ጪነት ወይም በጅምላ ሻጭነት ወይም exporters or importers or wholesalers or በችርቻሮ ሻጭነት ወይም በሌላ ማንኛውም retailers or in any other way, shall have ሁኔታ በሽያጩ ወይም በዝውውሩ የተሳ criminal liability individually and jointly concerning the violations of the provisions of ተፉ ሰዎች የዚህን አዋጅ ድንጋጌዎች this Proclamation. መተላለፍ በተመለከተ የተናጠል እና የጋራ የወንጀል ተጠያቂነት አለባቸው፡፡ gA 5¹þ4)(2 ØÁ‰L ነU¶T Uz¤È qÜ_R $9 ነሐሴ 0 q N 2ሺ 2 ›.M Federal Negarit Gazeta No. 6 16th August , 2010…. page 5492 $. xStÄd‰êE ወይም ፍትሐ ብሔራዊ እRM© 50. DETERMINATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE SlmwsN OR CIVIL MEASURES ባለሥልጣኑ xStÄd‰êE ወይም ፍትሐ ብሔ When determining penalty or administrative ራዊ እRM© b¸wSNbT g!z@ y¸ktl#TN measures, the Authority shall consider the following h#n@¬ãC GMT WS_ ¥SgÆT xlbTÝ- factors: h¼ ytfimWN _ÍT Æ?RY½ yöY a) the nature, duration, gravity and extent of ¬WN g!z@½ y_Ít$N KBdT X the contravention; m-N፤ l¼ btfimW _ÍT MKNÃT b) the loss or damage suffered as a result of ydrsWN yk!œ‰ wYM yg#ÄT the contravention; m-N፤ /¼ yx_ðWN yqDä Æ?RY፤ c) the previous behavior of the violator; m¼ _Ít$ ytfimbTN ygbà h#n@¬፤ d) the market circumstances in which the contravention took place; \¼ ktfimW _ÍT x_ðW Ãgß e) the level of profit derived from the WN _QM፤ contravention; r¼ yx_ðWN yx!÷ñ¸ dr©፤ f) the economic status of the violator; s¼ x_ðW kባለሥልጣኑ UR Ãdr g) the degree to which the violator cooperated with the Authority; and gWN TBBR፤ እና h) whether the violator has previously been ¹¼ x_ðW kz!H bðT YHN አዋጅ found in contravention of this ymt§lF DRg!T f}ä ynbr Proclamation. wYM ÃLnbr mçn#NÝÝ

51. DUTY TO COOPERATE $1. የመተባበር ግዴታ Any person shall have the duty to cooperate in the ማንኛውም ሰው ይህን አዋጅ ለማስፈፀም implementation of this Proclamation. የመተባበር ግዴታ አለበት፡፡

52. SERVICE FEES $2. yxgLGlÖT KFà 1) Any person other than government organ 1¼ ¥N¾WM መንግሥታዊ አካል ያልሆነ ሰው shall pay service fee when instituting action የዚህን አዋጅ ክፍል ሁለት ድንጋጌዎች at the Authority, concerning the violations of መተላለፍን በተመለከተ ለባለሥልጣኑ KS provisions of Part Two of this Proclamation. s!ÃqRB yxgLGlÖT KFà mKfL xlbTÝÝ 2) The tariff shall be prescribed by the Council of Ministers. 2¼ yxgLGlÖT KFà ¬¶û b¸n!STéC MKR b@T YwsÂLÝÝ

53. APPEAL Any person aggrieved by adjudicative decision of $3. YGÆ" the Authority may appeal to the Federal High Court with in sixty days from the date of the bባለሥልጣኑ የዳኝነት Wún@ QR ytsß decision of the Authority. wgN b% qÂT WS_ lØÁ‰L kFt¾ FRD b@T YGÆ" ¥QrB YC§LÝÝ 54. BUDGET The government shall allocate the budget of the $4. በጀት Authority. የባለሥልጣኑ በጀት በመንግሥት ይመደባል፡፡ gA 5¹þ4)(3 ØÁ‰L ነU¶T Uz¤È qÜ_R $9 ነሐሴ 0 q N 2ሺ 2 ›.M Federal Negarit Gazeta No. 6 16th August , 2010…. page 5493 $5. dNB እና SS]Á y¥WÈT |LÈN 55. POWER TO ISSUE REGULATION AND DIRECTIVE 1/ y¸n!STéC MKR b@T YHN xêJ 1) The Council of Ministers may issue l¥SfiM dNB l!ÃwÈ YC§LÝÝ regulation to implement this Proclamation. 2/ ሚኒስቴሩ YHN” ›ªÏ“ ›ªÌ” }ŸƒKA 2) The Ministry may issue public notice to ¾T>¨×¬” Å”w KTeðìU የሕዝብ implement this Proclamation and the ማስታወቂያ K=Á¨× ËLM:: regulation to be issued pursuant to this Proclamation. $6. የመሸጋገሪያ ድንጋጌዎች

56. TRANSITORY PROVISIONS በንግድ አሰራር አዋጅ ቁጥር 3)!9¼09)(5 Public notices issued pursuant to Trade Practice መሠረት የወጡ የሕዝብ ማስታወቂያዎች Proclamation № 329/2003 shall be implemented በዚህ አዋጅ መሠረት በሚወጡ የሕዝብ until they are replaced by public notices to be ማስታወቂያዎች እስከሚተኩ ድረስ ተፈፃሚ issued pursuant to this Proclamation. ይሆናሉ፡፡ $7. ytš„ ?gÖC 57. REPEALED LAWS 1/ የንግድ አሰራር xêJ q$_R 3)!9¼09)(5 1/ Trade Practice Proclamation № 329/2003 is t>é bz!H xêJ ttKaLÝÝ hereby repealed and replaced by this Proclamation. 2/ ማንኛውም ሌላ ሕግ ወይም የተለመደ አሠራር ከዚህ አዋጅ ጋር የሚቃረን ሆኖ 2/ No other law or customary practice that is ከተገኘ በዚህ አዋጅ በተመለከቱት ጉዳዮች inconsistent with this Proclamation shall have ላይ ተፈፃሚነት አይኖረውም፡፡ effect with respect to matters provided for in this Proclamation. $8. xê° y¸iÂbT g!z@ 58. Effective Date YH xêJ በፌዴራል ነጋሪት ጋዜጣ ታትሞ This Proclamation shall enter into force up on the ከወጣበት ቀን jMé yi YçÂLÝÝ date of publication in the Federal Negarit Gazeta. አዲስ አበባ ነሐሴ 0 ቀን 2ሺ2 ዓ.ም Done at Addis Ababa, this 16th day of August , 2010 GR¥ wLdgþ×RgþS GIRMA WOLDEGIORGIS yxþT×eà ØÁ‰§êE ÄþäK‰sþÃêE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL ¶pBlþK PÊzþÄNT DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA