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Laws	Constitution / Basic Law (Date of current version) Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (1994) Main IP Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) Trademark Registration and Protection Proclamation No. 501/2006 (2006) Access to Genetic Resources and Community Knowledge, and Community Rights Proclamation No. 482/2006 (2006) Plant Breeders' Right Proclamation No. 481/2006 (2006) Copyright and Neighboring Rights Protection Proclamation No. 410/2004 (2004) Research and Conservation of Cultural Heritage Proclamation No. 209/2000 (2000) Inventions, Minor Inventions and Industrial Designs Proclamation No. 123/1995 (1995) IP-related Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) Commercial Registration and Business Licensing Proclamation No. 686/2010 (2010) Customs Proclamation No. 622/2009 (2009) The Criminal Code of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia 2004 (2005) Investment Proclamation No. 280/2002 (2002) Drug Administration and Control Proclamation No. 176/1999 (1999) Proclamation No. 91/1994 on Ethiopian Science and Technology Commission Establishment (1994) Antiquities Proclamation No. 229/1966 (1966) Commercial Code (1960)

Implementing Rules/Regulations	Intellectual Property (Date of current version) Council of Ministers Regulation No. 273/2012 of December 24, 2012 on Trademark Registration and Protection (2012) Inventions, Minor Inventions and Industrial Designs Regulations (1996) Regulations No. 121/1993 on Transfer of Technology of the Council of Ministers (1993)

Treaty Membership	WIPO-Administered Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Summary Table of Membership of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Treaties Administered by WIPO, plus UPOV, WTO and UN Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (February 19, 1998) Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol (September 25, 1982) IP-related Multilateral Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity ... Protocol (III) additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the adoption of an additional distinctive emblem ... United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ... WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control ... Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (August 6, 2010) Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions 2005 (December 2, 2008) Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (May 24, 2006) International Plant Protection Convention (October 2, 2005) Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (July 13, 2005) Agreement for the establishment of the Global Crop Diversity Trust (October 21, 2004) International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (June 29, 2004) Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (May 17, 2004) Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity (January 7, 2004) Protocol (I) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts (October 8, 1994) Protocol (II) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (October 8, 1994) Convention on Biological Diversity (July 4, 1994) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (July 4, 1994) International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (September 11, 1993) Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (October 6, 1977) Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field (April 2, 1970) Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea (April 2, 1970) Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (April 2, 1970) IP Regional Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Cultural Charter for Africa (September 19, 1990) Regional Economic Integration Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Constitutive Act of the African Union (May 26, 2001) Treaty Establishing the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (December 8, 1994) Abuja Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community (AEC) (May 12, 1994) The Georgetown Agreement (formally establishing the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, the "ACP Group"), since 1975 (ACP) (March 25, 1977)

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