Laws of Ethiopia

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72 laws on this page

Access to Genetic Resources and Community Knowledge, and Community Rights Proclamation (No. 482/2006)

Act · Made 2006-02-27

Advertisement Proclamation No. 759/2012

Act · Made 2012-08-27

Agricultural Policies, Programs and Targets for a Plan for Accelerated and Sustainable Development to End Poverty (PASDEP)

policy · Made 2006-07

Agriculture and Natural Resources Sector Growth and Transformation Plan II (ANR GTP II)

policy · Made 2016-10

Amhara National Regional State Amhara Seed Enterprise Establishment, Council of the Regional Government Regulation (No. 66/2009)

Regulation · Made 2009-06-05 · Amhara

Antimicrobial Resistance Prevention and Containment Strategic Plan - The One Health Approach - 2021-2025 Third Edition

policy · Made 2021

Civil Code

Act · Made 1960-05-05

Coffee Marketing and Quality Control Proclamation No. 1051/2017

Act · Made 2017-07

Coffee Quality Control and Marketing Proclamation No. 602/2008

Act · Made 2008-08-25

Repealed

Coffee Quality Control and Transaction Council of Ministers Regulation (No. 161/2009)

Regulation · Made 2009-02-04

Commercial Registration and Business Licensing Proclamation No. 980/2016

Act · Made 2016-08-05

Council of Ministers Investment Incentive Regulation No. 517/2022

Regulation · Made 2022-07-12

Council of Ministers Regulation to provide for Access to Genetic Resources and Community knowledge and Community Rights (No. 169/2009)

Regulation · Made 2009-11-09

Council of Ministers Regulation to provide the Code of Practice of the Floriculture Sector (No. 207/2011)

Regulation · Made 2011-06-07

Council of Ministers Regulations to provide for the establishment of the Gumaro Tea Development Enterprise (No. 29/1998)

Regulation · Made 1998-02-20

Council of Ministers Regulations to provide for the dissolution of the Tea Development and Marketing Enterprise (No. 31/1998)

Regulation · Made 1998-02-20

Definition of Organization, Powers and Duties of the Ethiopian Food and Drug Authority Council of Ministers Regulation (NO. 531/2023)

Regulation · Made 2023

Definition of Powers and Duties of the Executive Organs Proclamation No. 1263/2021

Act · Made 2022-01-25

Directive Issued to Establish Procedures for the Management of Risks from any Transaction Involving Modified Organisms No. 06/2018”

Regulation · Made 2018

Directive No. 01/2009 issued to determine the contents of applications for undertaking transactions involving modified organisms

Regulation · Made 2008-01

Directive No. 02/2009 issued to determine Risk Assessment Parameters for modified organisms

Regulation · Made 2008-01

Directive No. 03/2009 issued to determine the Procedures of a Risk Management Strategy for Dealing with Accidents Involving Modified Organisms

Regulation · Made 2008-01

Directive No. 04/2009 issued to determine the Requirements for the Transport of Modified Organisms

Regulation · Made 2008-01

Directive No. 05/2009 issued to determine the storing and processing of modified organisms

Regulation · Made 2008-01

Directive No. 06/2009 issued to determine responses to accidental releases of modified organisms

Regulation · Made 2008-01

Directive on Risk Assessment Parameters for Modified Organisms No. 05/ 2018”

Regulation · Made 2018

Ethiopia's Bamboo Development Strategy and Action Plan 2019-2030

policy · Made 2020

Ethiopia’s Climate Resilient Green Economy National Adaptation Plan

policy · Made 2019

Ethiopia’s Climate-Resilient Green Economy Strategy

policy · Made 2011-11

Ethiopia’s National Agriclture Investment Plan (NAIP) 2013-2022 EFY (2021-2030 GC)

policy · Made 2022-07

Ethiopia's Updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC)

policy · Made 2021-07

Ethiopian Agricultural Businesses Corporation Establishment Council of Ministers Regulation No. 368/2015

Act · Made 2015-12-22

Ethiopian Grain Trade Enterprise Re-establishment Council of Ministers Regulations (No. 58/1999)

Regulation · Made 1999-10-22

Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute Establishment Council of Ministers Regulations (No. 4/1996)

Regulation · Made 1996-02-15

Ethiopian Horticulture Development Agency Establishment Council of Ministers Regulation (No. 152/2008)

Regulation · Made 2008-06-06

Repealed

Ethiopian Organic Agriculture System Proclamation No. 488/2006

Act · Made 2006-03-08

Ethiopian Seed Council of Ministers Regulations (No. 16/1997)

Regulation · Made 1997-03-10

Repealed

Fertilizer Manufacturing and Trade Proclamation (No. 137/1998)

Act · Made 1998-11-24

Fortified Wheat Flour - Specification

Regulation · Made 2022

Growth and Transformation Plan II (GTP II) (2015/16-2019/20)

policy · Made 2016

Horticulture Research Strategy 2016-2030

policy · Made 2016

Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

policy · Made 2015-06-10

International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture Ratification Proclamation No. 330/2003 (No. 355/2003)

Act · Made 2003-04-29

Investment Regulation No. 474/2020

Regulation · Made 2020-09-02

Maize Sector Development Strategy

policy · Made 2013

National Agricultural Input Authority Establishment Proclamation (No. 288 of 2002)

Act · Made 2002-07-07

National Agroecology Strategy for Food System Transformation in Ethiopia (2026-2040)

policy · Made 2025-12

National Nutrition Program (NNP II) 2016 - 2020

policy · Made 2016

National Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture Strategy

policy · Made 2017-02

National Policy on Natural Resources and the Environment 1994 (Volume II)

policy · Made 1994-07

National Pulses Value Chain Development Strategy of Ethiopia (2016-2020)

policy · Made 2015-08

National Social Protection Policy of Ethiopia

policy · Made 2014-11

National Strategy for Ethiopia’s Agricultural Extension System

policy · Made 2014-12

Pest Management Support Services Strategy for Ethiopia

policy · Made 2016-04-01

Pesticide Registration and Control Council of State Decree (No. 20/1990)

Regulation · Made 1990-09-01

Pesticide Registration and Control Proclamation No. 674/2010

Act · Made 2010-08-25

Plant Breeder's Right Proclamation No. 1068/2017

Act · Made 2017

Plant Breeders' Rights Proclamation (No. 481/2006)

Act · Made 2006-02-27

Repealed

Plant Quarantine Council of Ministers Regulation No. 4/1992

Regulation · Made 1992-10-02

Postharvest Management Strategy in Grains in Ethiopia 2018

policy · Made 2018-01

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 (No. 753/2012)

Act · Made 2012-07-27

Pulses Transaction Council of Ministers Regulation No.377 /2016

Regulation · Made 2016-03-04

Seed Proclamation No.1288/2023

Act · Made 2023-07-24

Seed Proclamation No. 206 of 2000

Act · Made 2000-06-06

Repealed

Seed Proclamation No.782/2013

Act · Made 2013-02-15

Seed System Development Strategy

policy · Made 2016-09

Sesame and White Pea Beans Transaction Council of Ministers Regulation (No. 178/2010)

Regulation · Made 2010-05-22

Sesame and White Pea Beans Transaction Council of Ministers (Amendment) Regulation No. 307/2014

Regulation · Made 2014-04-28

Sorghum Sector Development Strategy (2015-2020)

policy · Made 2015

Sugar Corporation Establishment Council of Ministers Regulation (No. 192/2010)

Regulation · Made 2010-12-02

Sugar Industry Development Fund Establishment Proclamation (No. 415 of 2004)

Act · Made 2004-08-02

Traditional medicinal products Manufacturing Certificate of Competence and Market Authorization Directive No. 957/2022

Regulation · Made 2022