OF THE FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA 12 Year No. 41 ADDIS ABABA - 5th May , 2006 CONTENTS “ Export Prize Awards Council of Ministers Regulations No. 126/2006 " . Page 3477 Council of Ministers Regulations No. 126/2006 COUNCIL OF MINISTERS REGULATIONS ON EXPORT PRIZE AWARDS These regulations are issued by the Council of Federal Democratic Republic Ethiopia Commercial Registration Licensing Proclamation No. 67/1997 . 1. Short Title These Regulations may be cited as the “ Export Prize Awards Council of Ministers Regulations No. 126/2006 . 2. Defintions In these regulations unless the context requires otherwise : 1 ) “ Export day ” means a day to be designated every year by the Ministry for awarding export prizes to best performing persons engaged in the export sector ; 2 ) “ Exporter ” means a person that supply Ethiopian export products to overseas markets ; 3 ) “ International standards ” means quality and related standards that need to be fulfilled by export products demanded in the global market ; 4 ) “ Export product input ” means any product , packaging material , chemical or accessory produced locally and used as an input for priority export products ; Unite Price The African Law Archive 5 ) “ Person ” means a natural or juridical person ; 6 ) “ Ministry ” means the Ministry of trade and Industry . The objective of awarding export prizes shall Be to acknowledge the efforts and achievements scored by persons involved in the export sector and thereby create result oriented competitive environment to ensure further improvements in the export sector performance . 4. Establishment of Export Prizes 1 ) The following export prizes are hereby instituted : ( a ) Excellent Export Performance Prize ; ( b ) New Export Products Prize ; ( c ) Export Product Buyers Prize ; ( d ) Export Product Input Suppliers Prize ; and ( e ) Export Support Prize . 2 ) The types and substances of the prizes referred to in sub - article ( 1 ) of this Article shall be specified by directives to be issued by the Ministry . 1 ) Excellent Export Performance Prizes shall be awarded to best performing exporters in any export sector . 2 ) New Export Product Prizes shall be awarded to best performing exporters exporting new export products . 3 ) Export Product Buyers Prizes shall be awarded to best performing Ethiopian export product buyers or their agents . 4 ) Export Product Input Suppliers Prizes shall be awarded to best performing input suppliers . 5 ) Export Support Prizes shall be awarded to best performing governmental and private organizations in providing support to the business community engaged in the export sector . 6 ) The specific selection criteria for export prize award winners pursuant to the provisions of this Article shall be prescribed by directives to be issued by the Ministry . A committee , composed of representatives of relevant governmental and private sector organizations , shall be established in accordance with directives of the Ministry to select export prize award winners . Export prizes shall be awarded during annual celebrations of export days . The African Law Archive 8 ) Privileges due to Awardees of exports Prizes Awardees of export prizes shall , as determined by directives of the Ministry , be entitled to : 1 ) preference to get service under equipment lease or financial lease schemes ; 2 ) cost sharing support in efforts to meet international standards and thereby get accreditations ; 3 ) access to Exporters Credit Guarantee Scheme for agricultural products not already included in the scheme ; 4 ) cost sharing support to participate at international exhibitions ; 5 ) financial support to cover space rentals to participate at national exhibitions ; 6 ) Promote their organizations and products through the magazines , brochures , newsletters and website of the Ministry ; 7 ) Preference to participate in trainings offered by public institutions ; 8 ) be registered in the honorary register kept by the Prime Minister's Office ; 9 ) publicity of their prize awards through the media ; 10 ) preference to participate in inward and outward trade missions ; 11 ) seats reserved for guests with VIP status at places where public ceremonies government receptions are held ; 12 ) VIP status while travel departures from and arrivals to Ethiopia . The financial costs of awarding export prizes shall be covered by government budgetary appropriations and sponsorship funds . 10. Power to Issue Directives The Ministry may issue directives necessary for the proper implementation of these Regulations . 11. Effective Date These Regulations shall enter into force on the date of their publication in the Federal Negarit Done at Addis Ababa this 18 " day of August , 2006 PRIME MINISTER OF THE FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA Thé African Law Archive