Privatization of Public Enterprises Proclamation No. 146/1998. Country/Territory Ethiopia Document type Legislation Date 1998 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Federal Negarit Gazeta No. 26, 5th year, 29 December 1998. Subject Agricultural & rural development Keyword Agricultural development Institution Public participation Business/industry/corporations Geographical area Africa, Eastern Africa, Landlocked Developing Nations, Least Developed Countries, Sahel Abstract This Proclamation re-establishes the Ethiopian Privatization Agency as an autonomous federal government office having its own legal personality and provides generally for the privatization of public enterprises in Ethiopia. The Agency shall, among other things, implement a Privatization Programme and supervise and enhance the functioning and management of public enterprises. Disputes arising between the Agency and an investor who has participated in privatization shall be referred to the appropriate federal court unless the parties have agreed in their contract to submit such disputes to an arbitration tribunal. Full text English