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In accordance with proclamation No. 201/1980 the National Meteorology Agency has the following powers and duties to:
- Establish and operate a national net-work of meteorological stations designed to represent various climatic regions of Ethiopia and to satisfy the needs of various national development plans and activates.
- Collecting all meteorological data;
- Exchange meteorological data in accordance with international agreements to which Ethiopia is a party ;
- Establish and operate communication systems, in accordance with the law for the collection and dissemination of meteorological data;
- Publish and disseminate analyzed and interpreted meteorological data and meteorological forecasts;
- Give advance warning on adverse weather conditions; disseminate advice and educational information through the mass media; and provide, upon request meteorological services to any person;
- Collect and centrally administer, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 5 this proclamation, any meteorological data collected by any person in the country;
- Control air pollution and maintain the natural balance of the air in the country;
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