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Abstract. This analytical note presents the results of an analysis of the legislative regulation of the pharmaceutical services sector in selected Member States of the European Union, the United Kingdom and Canada. It examines approaches to establishing quality requirements for pharmaceutical services and professional requirements for pharmacists. It examines the methods and sources of funding for pharmaceutical services, as well as the mechanisms for determining their cost.
Key words: pharmaceutical service, pharmacist, pharmacy, quality of pharmaceutical services, professional requirements for pharmacists, payment for pharmaceutical services.
06/2026
Abstract. This analytical note examines the legal regulation of the breeding, keeping, commercial sale and non-commercial transfer of pets in a number of Member States of the European Union. It analyses these countries’ approaches to the registration, licensing and declaration of activities carried out by breeders and sellers of pets; the requirements for persons engaged in such activities; mechanisms for state control; liability for breaches of established rules; specific features of the regulation of non-commercial breeding; and legal mechanisms to ensure the humane treatment and protection of animal health during selection and breeding.
Keywords: pets, animal breeding, breeder, animal welfare, humane treatment of animals, commercial sale of animals, non-commercial animal breeding, animal selection, registration of breeders, licensing, state control, liability.
06/2026
Abstract. The analytical note presents results of the analysis of the principles of common and state policy and legislation of the European Union, its individual member states and other countries of the world on the safety of children in the online space. The emphasis is on legal approaches applied at the European Union level, aimed at creating safe online space for children, as well as on the features and trends of legislative support for children's rights on the Internet in Australia, Austria, Brazil, Denmark, Greece, Spain, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Turkey, France.
Key words: child safety, Internet resources, Internet space, age restrictions, illegal content, online space, social network, digital rights of the child, harmful content.
05/2026
Abstract. This analytical note presents the results of an analysis of legislative regulation in the European Union, its individual Member States and other countries regarding the activities of online content-sharing platforms in the context of the draft Law of Ukraine “On Amendments to Some Laws of Ukraine Regarding the Regulation of the Activities of Platforms for Shared Access to Information Through Which Mass Information is Disseminated” (No. 11115 dated 25 March 2024). The focus is on the specific features of the regulation of such online platforms in Brazil, Denmark, the United Kingdom, Canada, the Netherlands, Germany, Norway, the USA, France, and Switzerland, with the aim of countering the spread of tools of information aggression (disinformation, illegal content, etc.) in the online space.
Keywords: web resource, disinformation, application, information space, content, messenger, illegal content, media space, media service, online media, online platform, online space, online platform for shared access to information, online content-sharing platform, social network, digital service.
04/2026
Abstract. The analytical note examinesthe legislative regulation of the activities of the Harbour Master’s Office in the context of implementing the provisions of Directive 2009/16/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on port State control. It analyses the organisation and functioning of state maritime safety control systems in seaports, drawing on the experience of Great Britain, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, France and Estonia.
Keywords: merchant shipping, maritime safety, International Maritime Organization conventions, Directive 2009/16/EC, seaport, port State control, Harbour Master’s Office.
04/2026
Abstract. The analytical note examines the legal regulation of burial practices in selected Member States of the European Union (Poland, Croatia, Lithuania, Estonia, and Sweden), as well as the United States. It clarifies the legal possibility of conducting burials through natural burial and cremation. The procedures governing the scattering of the ashes of deceased persons are also analysed.
Keywords: deceased person, burial, natural burial, cremation, crematorium, scattering of the ashes of deceased persons.
04/2026
Abstract. This Аnalytical note examines the experience of individual European Union Member States in regulating the status of property of higher scientific self-governing organisations.
Keywords: property, state ownership, higher scientific self-governing organisation, academy of sciences.
04/2026
Abstract. The analytical note examines the experience of regulatory and legal control over the activities of higher scientific self-governing organisations in selected European Union Member States. It focuses on the structure, composition and powers of higher scientific self-governing organisations in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Czechia, Slovakia, Spain, France, Austria, Italy, Sweden, Croatia, Poland, Romania and Bulgaria.
Key words: scientific self-governing organisation, academy of sciences, scientific research, research institute, university, fundamental research.
04/2026
Abstract. This analytical note outlines the main approaches and characteristics of legislative regulation and law enforcement practices in European Union Member States in the field of animal welfare; in particular, analyses legislative and subordinate regulatory acts, as well as acts of local authorities, which set out requirements for keeping dogs on a lead and in enclosures (including their design), conditions for handling them, certain restrictions or prohibitions, etc. A note has been conducted of the draft Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the welfare and traceability of dogs and cats, as well as the legislation of Germany, Austria, Sweden, Italy, France and Poland governing the keeping of dogs on a lead and in enclosures. Mechanisms of state control and liability for violations in this area have been analysed.
Keywords: European Union legislation on the treatment of dogs, animal welfare, conditions for keeping dogs on a lead, requirements for the design of enclosures, prevention of animal cruelty, administrative and criminal liability for breaches of animal welfare standards
04/2026
Abstract. This analytical note examines the issue of legal regulation of the principles of spatial planning in the Member States of the European Union (Sweden, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Germany, Poland, Spain, Belgium). It analyses activities of the subjects responsible for spatial planning, the necessary documents, objectives, etc.
Keywords: spatial planning, territorial planning, state territory, general plan.
03/2026