Council of Ministers Regulation to provide for Irrigation Development Investment Incentives (No. 162/2009).

This Regulation concerns incentives for investment in irrigation development covering more than 50 hectares of land. In order to be eligible for incentives, a private investor shall, among other things, obtain a water use permit under the Ethiopian Water Resources Management Proclamation and the Ethiopian Water Resources Management Council of Ministers Regulation. Investment incentives may include: exemption from water use charges; making available existing projects and structures. The Minister of Water Resources may issue directives for the implementation of this Regulation.