Title: Ethiopia Urban Lands Lease Holding Proclamation No. 721/2011

Scope of Application:  This Proclamation shall be applicable to all urban centers with in Ethiopia with regard to urban land.

Type of law: Proclamation

Review: Ethiopia’s urban lands lease holding Proclamation No. 721/2011 has fundamental changed way of urban land possession by citizen, introducing lease payment (lease and attaching interest rates on balance) and lease years. Some of its provisions (such as calculation of interest rate), however, are widely misunderstand by implementer regional states.

Key words:  FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF LEASE( Prohibition of Land Possession and Permission Other than Lease Holding; Conversion of Old Possessions to Lease Holding; Leasehold Permit of Urban Land; Urban Lands Prepared for Tender; Information Relating to Urban Lands Prepared for Tender; Publicity of Urban Land Tender Plans; Tender Process; Allotment of Urban Land; Request for Urban Land Allotment; Urban Land Lease Price; Grace Period); ADMINISTRATION OF URBAN LAND LEASEHOLDINGS (Lease Contract; Lease Holding Certificate; Period of Lease; Renewal of Period of Lease; Period of Payment; Utilization of Urban Land Lease holding; Commencement of Construction; Completion of Construction; Transferring and Pledging of Leasehold Right; Termination of Leasehold and Payment of); CLEARING URBAN LAND (Power to Clear Urban Land; Clearing Order; Grievances Relating to Clearing Order or Notice; Appeals Against Decisions of the Appropriate Body; Appellate Tribunal; Takeover of Land)

Entry into Force: November 28, 2011

Repeals: The Re-enactment of Urban lands Lease Holding Proclamation No. 272/2002

Amended by: No

Implemented by: —

Repealed? No

Language: Amharic and English