Council of Ministers Regulation to provide for the implementation of Cooperative Societies Proclamation No. 147/1998 (No. 106/2004).

This Regulation implements provisions of the Cooperative Societies Proclamation with respect to: establishment of primary cooperative societies and of a union, federation or cooperative league; types and functions of cooperative societies; registration of union, federation or cooperative league; by-laws of cooperative societies; membership; charges to be paid by a cooperative society to the government and administration of a cooperative society. Primary cooperative societies may constitute a cooperative league. The Federal Cooperative commission shall register the league and the federations as well as unions at the national level. The league shall have an operational area throughout the territory of Ethiopia.