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The Proclamation to Provide
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PROCLAMA TION NO. 372/2003.

PROCLAMATION TO PROVIDE FOR A
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constitutes a valid contract between the bailee and the bailor,
which entitles the latter to transfer his rights over the stored
products to any buyer by simple delivery of the receipt;
WHEREAS, the system enables the bailor to borrow money
from banks or similar lending institutions upon offering
warehouse receipt as collateral;
WHEREAS, the system insulates the producer from price
shocks; promotes efficient marketing of standardized agricultural products and financial activities;

NOW, THEREFORE, in accordance with Article 55(1) of the

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General Provisions

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Definitions
Unless the context reqUires otherwise; in this
Proc1amation:1) "Agricultural Product" means a product as may;
from time to time be determined as an agricultural
product by the Ministry or its designate.
2) "Bailee" means a person who, by a warehouse
receipt or similar other instrument; acknowledges
possession of goods; including agricultural products;
and undertakes to deliver them to the bailer or his
transferee in accordance with the provisdions of this
Proclamation.
3) "Bailor" means a person who, on his own or
through a lawful agent, delivers goods to a
warehouseman for the purpose of storage in the
latter's warehouse with the intention of reclaiming
the goods, transferring them to a third party or
offering them as collateral to a lending institution or
other persons.
4) "Contract of warehousing"
means a contract
whereby one party, the warehouseman, being duly
licensed by the appropriate organ, undertakes to
receive and store goods on behalf of either of the
bailor or of the purchaser of the goods or of a person
who receives it in pledge.
5) "Delivery" means the process of voluntary transfer
of possession of goods by a bailer to a
warehouseman and the redelivery thereof to the
bailer his transferee or his pledgee.
6) "Document" means an instrument on which any
matter of substance is expressed or described by
means of letters, figure, marks, or by more than one
of these means and intended to be used or which may
be used for the purpose of recording that matter.
7) "Document of title to goods" means a written
description; identification or declaration of goods
which, in the regular course of business or financing,
is treated as evidencing that the person in possession
of it is entitled to receive, hold and dispose of the
document and the goods it covers.
8) "Electronic
document"
means a document
generated, sent, received or stored by electronic,
optical or similar means including, but not limited to,
electronic data interchange,
electronic mail,
telegram telex or telecopy.
9) "Fungibles" means goods of which any unit is, by
nature or usage of trade, treated as the equivalent of
any other unit.
10) "Goods" means all corporeal movables which
may be subject to a contract of warehousing under
this Proclamation.
11) "Holder" means a person who is in possession of a
warehouse receipt issued or endorsed to him or to
his order or to bearer or in blank.

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1) Unless otherwise expressly provided by special
laws, this Proclamation shall apply to' all forms of
transaction arising out of and in connection with
contracts of warehousing.
2) The relevant provisions of the 1960 Civil and
Commercial Codes of Ethiopia shall complement
this Proclamation.

Form of Warehouse Receipts

1. Upon receipt of goods for storage, a warehouse
ope'rator shall, when requested by the bailor, issue a
warehouse receipt or any' number of warehouse
receipts as the case may be in the form specified
under Sub-Article (2) hereof.
2) Awarehouse receipt shall contain the following
particulars:
(a) a statement that the warehouse receipt is issued
in accordance with the provisions of this
Proclamation;
(b) the name, address and registration number of
the warehouse operator;
(c) the location of the warehouse or other places
where the goods are stored;
(d) the date of issue of the warehouse receipt;
(e) the consecutive number of the warehouse
receipt;
(f) the name and address of the person by whom or
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on whose behalf the goods are stored;
(g) the rate of storage charges;
(h) the kind, quality and quantity of the goods
represented by the warehouse receipt;
(i) the cost of the goods at the time when it is stored
at the warehouse;
U) the time limit until when the goods are to be
storc;~d;
(k) a statement of the amount of any advance made
and of any liability incuiTed for which the
warehouse operator claims a lien or has a
security interest;
(I) an undertaking by the warehouse operator to
deliver the goods on demand; and
(m) the signature of the warehouse operator.
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1) Being given the appropriate incentive by the Government, cooperative societies registered and licensed
to undertake warehousing business pursuant to the
provisions of this Proclamation,
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2) A Private Limitted Company, a share company or
public enterprise registered and Licensed for the
purpose of undertaking warehousing business in
accordance with the provisions of this Proclamation,
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PART TWO
Issuance of Warehouse Receipts

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Without prejudice to the provisions of this

Proclamation pertaining to the obligation of a
warehouse operator to deliver the goods on demand
and to his duty of care and diligence, a warehouse
receipt may contain in it any other term that better
defines the relationship of the parties to the transaction.
Where a warehouse operator omits to include any
one of the particulars specified under Sub-Article (2)
hereof, he shall be liable for damages arising out of
such omission provided, however, that no receipt
shall be deemed not to be a warehouse receipt by
reason of such omission.
A warehouse receipt shall provide enough space to
register its negotiation thereof to some specified
person in accordance with the provisions of this
Proclamation.
Subject to reasonable service charges, a warehouse
operator, may upon request by the holder of a
warehouse receipt, replace a warehouse receipt with
Warehouse receipts of smaller denomination which
are of the like tenure and warehouse charge as the replaced one. He may likewise replace warehouse receipts of smaller denomination with greater one (s).

A duly drawn up warehouse receipt delivered to a

bailor shall constitute a valid contract between a
warehouse operator and a bailor.
The relevant provisions of the 1960 Civil Code of
Ethiopia on Contracts in General and on Contracts of
Bailment in particular may supplement this
Proclamation in governing the relationship of parties
to a warehouse receipt.

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Over Issue of Warehouse Receipts

1) Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 6(6) of
this Proclamation, no more than one warehouse
receipt shall be issued in respect of the same goods
already represented by an outstanding warehouse
receipt except in substitution for lost, stolen or
destroyed receipts.
2) The holder of the original receipt or his transferees
shall retain title to the goods.
3) A warehouse operator over issuing warehouse
receipts shall be liable for damages caused to holders
of subsequent warehouse receipts.
4) Where it cannot be ascertained who the original
holder is, the warehouse operator responsible for the
over issue shall be severally liable to all the holders.
Altered Warehouse Receipts
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Where a blank in a negotiable warehouse receipt has

been filled in by a person without authority, the
holder in due course of such a receipt shall have full
title on the goods represented by the instrument.
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goods and where it is doubtful to which one of them he
may discharge his obligafions under a warehouse receipt,
a warehouse operator is excused from his duty to deliver
the goods until he has a reasonable time to ascertain the
:alidity of the adverse claims or until he takes a suitj>f
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warehouse operator shall not be liable to attachment on
account of debts or bankruptcy of the warehouse
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PART THREE
Rights and Obligations of a Warehouse Operator

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deliver the goods in accordance with the provisions
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excuse for his refusal or failure. Such excuse shall
constitute anyone of the following:
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was rightful as against the claimant;
(b) previous sale or other disposition of the goods
in lawful enforcement of a line or on a
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receipts, and delivered or otherwise disposed of them
in accordance with the provisions of this
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person from whom he received the goods had no
authority to deliver them or even though the person
to whom he delivered the goods had no authority to
receive them.

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A warehouse operator shall be liable for the

preservation ofthe goods he has received for storage;
A warehouse operator shall be liable for damages for
loss of injury to the goods caused by his failure to
exercise such care as a reasonable person would
exercise under like circumstance.
Any provision in a warehouse receipt limiting the
contractual liability of a warehouse operator to an
amount less than the actual value of the goods stored
shall be of no effect.
A warehouse operator shall inform the bailor in
writing whenever the goods kept with him undergo
changes that seem to call for further measures.

15. Liability for Non-receipt or Misdisciption

A warehouse operator assumes fullliability to a holder in
due course of a negotiable warehouse receipt notwithstanding that he did not receive the goods in part or in
whole or the goods or their quality or quantity do not
correspond with the description in the receipt where it is
shown that the receipt is signed by an agent or employee
of the warehouse operator having real or apparent
authority for so doing.

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Notwithstanding the provisions of Sub-Article (1)

and (2) hereof, a warehouse operator may commingle fungible goods with other goods of the same
kind, quality and grade in which case holders of the
warehouse receipts for the commingled goods shall
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quantity shown by his receipt.

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agreement to the contrary, a warehouse operator may
sell the goods where he can show that they are about
to deteriorate or decline in value to less than the
amount of his lien, subject to proper notification. The
provisions of the 1960 Civil Code of Ethiopian on
compensatory sale shall apply in such cases.
If on account of quality or condition of the goods of
which he had no knowledge at the time of deposit,
they are a hazard to persons or property, a warehouse
operator may sell them at a public or private sale
upon notifing persons known to claim an interest in
the goods. He may dispose of them in any lawful
manner and shall incur no liability by reason of such
disposition where, after a reasonable effort, he is
unable to sell them.
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from the proceeds and shall hold the balance at the
disposal of the person or persons entitled to it.

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by serving due notice on the person on whose
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or any other person known to have an interst in the
goods, require payment of any charges due and
removal of the goods represented by the warehouse
receipt.
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A warehouse operator who voluntarily delivers the
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there being no valid reason justifying his act shall
lose his right of lien under this proclamation.

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PART FOUR
Negotiation of Warehouse Receipts
20. Negotiation

2)

negotiable.
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3)

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goods subject to the terms of the warehouse receipt
and the relevant provisions of this Proclamation.
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in the possession of the warehouse operator.
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time before the sale, pay the amount required to
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negotiable warehouse receipt shall only be transferred to third parties in accordance with rules
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to third parties by endorsement and delivery. A

provision in a negotiable warehouse receipt that
limits negotiability shall be of no effect.
For the purpose of this Proclamation, an endorsement may be in blank, to bearer or to a named
person, and if the endorsement is to a named person
the receipt may again be negotiated by endorsement
in blank, to bearer or to another named person.
Subsequent negotiations may also be made in like
manner.

6) Due negotiation of a negotiable warehouse receipt

shall have the effect of conferring full title over the
goods represented by such instrument on the endorsee. The holder in due course shall enforce his right
in the instrument free from all previous claims and
defects.
21. Other rights Arising out of Negotiation of Warehouse
Receipts
1) Endorsement of a warehouse receipt does not make
the endorser liable for any default by previous
endorsers or by the warehouse operator.
2) The transferee of a negotiable warehouse receipt
may at any time require the transferor to supply the
necessary endorsement which, by default or
otherwise, is missing from the instrument.
22. Warranties
A transferor for consideration of a negotiable warehouse
receipt shall waranty that
1) the warehouse receipt is genuine;
2) he has no knowledge of any fact that would impair

of business. buys fungibles and takes delivery

thereof from a warehouse operator who is also
licensed to sell such goods takes the fungibles free of
any claim under the warehouse receipt even though
the receipt has been duly negotiated.
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the validity and worth of the receipt; and
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borrow money from banks or similar authorized
lending institutions by offering such receipt as
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issued or having sold or pledged the negotiable receipt
itself, continues to be in possession of the receipt,
subsequent negotiations by that person to a third party in
good faith for consideration and without notice of the
previous sale or pledge shall be valid.
PARTFIVE
REGULA TION OF WAREHOUSING

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A bank or a lending institution holding a warehouse

receipt as collateral in accordance with the
provisions of Sub Article (1) hereof may not transfer
the receipt to third parties unless the borrower is in
default.
Where the borrower defaults to pay the debt upon
maturity, the bank or the lending institution, upon
serving due notice on the borrower, may cause the
goods covered by the receipt to be sold fifteen days
after the date of payment specified in the notice is
due.
Subject to the warehousemen's right oflien, the bank
or the lending institution that has caused the goods to
be sold as per the provisions of this Article shall
deduct all outstanding debts of the borrower for
which the receipt is given as security as well as the
expenses of the sale and shall hold the balance at the
disposal of the borrower.
Non-compliance with the requirements hereof shall
entail the liability of the banker or the lending
institution to anyone sustaining damages therefrom.
The manner and effect of offering non-negotiable
warehouse receipts as collateral shall be governed by
rules on ordinary pledge.

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26. Application for Registration

1)

A share company, a private limited company or a

public enterprise complying with the requirements
of this Proclamation, Commercial Registration and
Business Licensing Proclamation No. 67/97 and
Federal Government Commercial Registration and
business Licensing Council of Ministers Regulation
No. 13/1977 may apply to the Ministry or to a
regulatory organ delegated for this purpose by the
Ministry to be registered in commercial register as
warehouse operator.
2) Without limitation to the generalities of Sub Article (1)
hereof, the applicant shall, in particular:(a) be in sound financial standing with a minimum
capital of Birr 1,000,000.00;
(b) own or lease, with a minimum acceptable lease
period of twelve months and an option to renew
the lease for another period of twelve months, a
warehouse of a permanent structure with the
necessary equipment that enable it to properly
recei ve, grade, store, clean and outload the
goods that may be tendered for storage; and

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which cooperative societies shall meet to register and

operate a warehousing business.

The Ministry or its designate shall:1) issue business licenses for the conduct of the
business of warehousing to the entitues specified

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specific services for which they are licensed;

issue to any person, upon presentation of satisfactory

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relevant matter which he deems is appropriate to be
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statement showing that it is licensed in accordance

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all warehouse receipts and their duplicates

A warehouse operator shall have his storage charges

published in a newspaper of national circulation no
later than thirty days following the commencement
of every Ethiopian financial year. The published
tariff shall be permanently displayed on conspicuous
places in each warehouse and shall, among other
things, include levies with respect to receiving,
storing and discharging of goods as well as the
charges for issuance of warehouse receipts.
A warehouse operator may not charge a tariff in
excess of those that he has caused to be published.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Sub Articles (1)
and (2) hereof, a warehouse operator may cause new
warehouse charges to be 'published whenever circumstances waITant provided, however, that outstanding warehouse receipts shall be charged at the rate
prevalent upon issue.

31. Bonding and Insurance

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issued by him as well as the names and

addresses of persons to whom the receipts are
issued:
(b) all warehouse receipts returned to and cancelled
by him:
(c) the names and addresses of persons to whom
delivery of goods was made upon sUITendering
warehouse receipts;
(d) all notices of negotiation, including pledge, of
warehouse receipts issued by him with the
names and addresses of the transferees thereto:
and
(e) a daily position record (DPR) evidencing all
goods held in the warehouse and movement of
goods into and out of the warehouse.
3) All warehouse receipts against sUITender of which
goods covering them have been delivered either to
the bailor, his transferee, a pledgee or any other
person with a valid title shall forthwith be cancelled.
4) It shall be incumbent upon warehouse operators
registered under this Proclamation to maintain
proper books of accounts in accordance with laws
governing the same and to have their accounts duly
audited at the end of every Ethiopian financial year.

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Every warehouse operator shall, as a condition for

receiving or renewing a license, execute and file with
the Minstry or with a regulatory organ delegated for
this purpose by the Ministry a bond or an undertaking sufficient to secure performance of his
obligations towards his customers. The type and
amount of said bond or undertaking shall be determined by a directive to be issued by the Ministry or
its designate.
A warehouse operator shall in addition insure all
goods for which warehouse receipts are issued in
accordance with the provisions of this Proclamation.

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laws pertaining to establishment and control of

national standards and in close consultation with
relevant organs of public administration, may establish or may cause to be established standards for
agricultural products that may be stored in registered
warehouse.
The Ministry may likewise set or cause to be set
criteria of professional competence for certification
of persons engaged in the business of inspecting,
classifying, grading. Weighing and sampling of
agricultural products to be stored in a registered
warehouse.

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The Ministry or its designate may inspect or cause to

2)

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Proclamation. He shall in particular investigate the
manner of receiving storing handling classifying
according to grade and other wise, weighing and
grading of agricultural products.
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3)

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papers of a warehouse operator.
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that are of the kind customarily stored therein, the
latter shall take delivery of the goods thereof
provided the goods tendered are in a suitable
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the provisions or this Proclamation shall not make

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desiring to avail themselves of his services.

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cause to be investigated the activities of persons

licensed as inspectors, classifiers, graders, weighers
or samplers of agricultural products.

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to warehouse operators, inspectors, classifiers.
grader, weighers or samplers of agricultural products
pursuant to the Federal Government Commercial
Registration and Business Licensing Council of
Ministers Regulation No. 13/1997.
The Ministry may likewise assess, charge and collect
fees for each examination or' inspection of a
warehouse where such is made pursuant to an
application of warehouse operator.

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capacitated to conduct his business; or

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38. Suspension and Revocation of Licenses

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purpose prior to mixing them with similar products of

The Ministry of its designate shall renew licenses issued

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to be

inspected and graded by a person duly licensed for this

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in his warehouse shall cause the fungibles

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2)

For the purpose of ensuring proper protection of

interests of bailers, holders in due course, pledges of
warehouse receipts or those of other person with
valid claims a ware:house operator whose license is
suspended or revoked as per the provisions of Sub
Article (1) hereof shall immediately cede control of
all his warehouses amd the goods stored therein to the
Ministry or to an org~andelegated for this purpose by
the Ministry. Pending final settlement of the case, the
latter shall only perform acts of management.

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The Ministry or a regulatory organ delegated by the

Ministry for this purpose may suspend or revoke a
license issued to an inspector, classifier, grader,
weigher or sampler of agricultural products where it
is shown that such person has ceased to practice his
profession, has materially violated professional standards of behavior, has been engaged in conduct
unbecoming of his status as a professional, or has in
any manner become incompetent or incapacitated to
perform his duties.
4) Prior to permanently revoking the license of a
warehouse operator, an inspector, classifier, grader,
weigher or sampler of agricultural products,
however, the Ministry or its designate shall furnish
the former with a written statement specifying the
charge made against him and shall grant hi\
reasonable time to answer the charge or to fill in a
protest against the charge.
5) Where the decision to revoke the license is final, the
Ministry or its designate shall release to the public,
through mass media, information with respect to the
revocation and the grounds thereon.

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PART SIX
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

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Arbitration
Any and all disputes between parties to a warehouse
receipt or out of negotiation of warehouse receipts may
be agreed to be submitted to a sole arbitrator or a panel
of three arbitrators the award of whom shall be final.

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Model Warehouse Receipts

Subject to the provisions of Article 6 of this
Proclamation, the Ministry or its designate may from
time to time draw up model warehouse receipts to be
employed by warehouse operators.

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Electronic warehouse Receipts

A warehouse receipt may be created by means of
electronic records and may be issued to a bailer or his
transferee by a system provider appointed by the
Ministry or its designate in line with procedures to be
established for this purpose.

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Tax Holiday and Other Investment Benefits

Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary,
domestic and foreign investors engaged in the business
of providing warehousing services for agricultural
products may avail themselves of the benefits due to
investors engaged'in pioneer investment activities in
accordance with the relevant provisions of the Investment Proclamation.

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Penalty Provisions
Without prejudice to the administrative measures to be
taken by the Ministry, whosoever violates the
provisions of this proclamation shall be punished as
provided in other laws.

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44. Delegation of Authority

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45. Power to Issue Regulations

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The Council of Ministers may issue regulation to ensure

proper implementation of this Proclamation.

46. Repeale{i Laws

1) Article 2806 to 2824 inclusive of the 1960 Civil
Code of Ethiopia shall be replaced by this
h-h'l'c
Proclamation and are hereby repealed.
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2) No. law regulations or directives shall have force and
effect in matters covered under this Proclamation so
htp~
far as it is inconsistent with the provisions of this
O'lU
Proclamation.

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The Ministry may delegate its powers and duties under

this Proclamation in part or in whole to another government agency to stakeholders-controlled accreditation and
regulatory organs to be set up to ensure compliance with
the provisions of this Proclamation.

47. Effective Date

This Proclamation shall come into force as of 14dldayof
October, 2003,
Done at Addis Ababa this 14thday of October, 2003.

GIRMA WOLDE GIORGIS

PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA