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FEDERAL NEGARIT GAZETTE
OF THE FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA

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cl %p *U„* IB~k 8b% many grant permissions for holding
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vehicle excluding the driver and it is also
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to serve previously.
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be assembled.
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4H/ rZ A*Y\ *U8 A*Y\ 4- 15/ Without prejudice to Sub-Article (14) of

QPR( E* $Y €g (ˆ this Article, the Ministerial Committee
may grant permission for Ethiopians to
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­˜/ IJK-4M°V ¹ WX * QPR 27/ It is prohibited to disseminate any

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AF[o Bb,%9( m…k V “o people are found is required to put on a
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QPR( 7/ The obligation under Sub-Article (6) of this

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A 8 A% Br 42 Y* 2342 5/! Done at Addis Ababa, on this 20th day of
April 2020.

A; AZQK (Ð/") ABIY AHMED (PH.D.)

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