EU Law and its Impact on the Formation of Principles of the Stimulating Legal Regime of Economic Activities in Ukraine

The significant potential of the stimulating legal regime of economic activities in addressing key socio-economic development tasks of the state is noted. It is substantiated that the opportunities of the stimulating legal regime of economic activities are determined, on the one hand, by the coherence of legal norms that constitute its substantive component within the national legal system, aiming to prevent legal conflicts and contribute to their timely resolution. On the other hand, it depends on the full adaptation of Ukrainian legislation to EU law, correctness in perceiving both specific norms or groups of norms and the legal thought and ideas underlying the formation of the respective regulatory provision. Recognizing the norms on state aid to economic entities as one of the significant components of the «legal core» of the stimulating legal regime of economic activities, a thorough analysis of national legislation in this area was conducted, evaluating the degree of compliance of certain norms with EU law. The research has identified new vectors for the development of state legal policy, involving a justified tendency towards regulating relations related to providing state aid to economic entities with the minimization of legal instruments that have or may have territorial localization. At the same time, emphasis is placed on the expediency of forming strategic directions of the state legal policy while adhering to the principle of the rule of law and the inviolability of the Constitution of Ukraine, particularly in reviewing Ukrainian legislation that defines the principles of creating and functioning special (free) economic zones.

EU law, rule of law, stimulating legal regime of economic activities, state aid to economic entities, special (free) economic zones