Legal Update! Read this insightful and Comprehensive Guide to the Council of Ministers Regulation No. 586/2026 from TGA Global Law Firm. Moving from Tax Holidays to Capital Allowances, Targeted Incentives for SEZs, Mining, and Startups, Understanding the USD 10 million minimum investment for non-SMEs, and Tax Advantages for Listing on the Ethiopian Securities Exchange. The newly promulgated Council of Ministers Regulation No. 586/2026 has repealed Regulation No. 517/2022 | Effective February 23, 2026. Have a good read!

This directive amends Directive No. S1B/2/1994, specifying the duties of the National Bank of Ethiopia in responding to branch opening applications within thirty days and setting a fee of 500 Birr per licensed branch for insurers. It was issued under the authority of relevant Proclamations and came into force on May 22, 1995.

This document is the Federal Courts Court Fee Regulation No. 1/2024 of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. It repeals the outdated 1952 Court Fee Rule and establishes a new, modernized system for calculating and collecting fees for judicial services in federal courts. The regulation outlines the objectives of making the judicial system more accessible while funding efficient services, provides definitions for key terms, specifies the scope of its application, and details the exact fees required for different types of cases, applications, and services (such as filing suits, appeals, requests for injunctions, and obtaining document copies). It also includes provisions for fee exemptions for certain types of cases like those involving human rights or environmental protection, and rules for the refund of court fees under specific circumstances. A comprehensive schedule is included, listing court fees as a percentage of the case's value with corresponding payment ceilings.

This document is the Civil Procedure Code of the Empire of Ethiopia (1965), enacted by Decree No. 52 of 1965. It is a comprehensive legal framework governing the procedures for civil litigation in Ethiopian courts, including jurisdiction, parties, pleadings, evidence, judgments, appeals, and execution of decrees.