WHEREAS it has become necessary to establish a sustainable and traceable coffee marketing and quality control system which enables supply of quality, voluminous and competitive unfrosted and value added coffee to the global market;

WHEREAS, it has been found necessary to establish modern, legal and fair alternative coffee transaction system, in order to boost the benefits of coffee producers, transaction actors and the country;

NOW, THEREFORE, in accordance with Article 55 (1) of the Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia it is hereby proclaimed as follows: