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Abstract. The analytical note examines the foreign experience of cancellation of decisions adopted by parliaments in connection with breach of the procedure during consideration and voting for laws and other acts. The Rules of Legislative Procedure of Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, Germany, Slovakia, and the European Parliament are analysed. As a result, it is established that the practice of cancellation of decisions made by Parliament on the adoption of laws in general and/or cancellation of any decisions, in particular, due to a breach of the procedure for consideration and voting on laws and other acts, is not prevalent in European countries.
Keywords: legislative process, legitimacy of the legislative process, legislative procedure, acts of parliament, cancellation of the act of parliament.
04/2025
Abstract. The informational reference considers the grounds for strengthening administrative and criminal liability for violating fire safety requirements in forests, on territories and objects of the nature reserve fund and committing other offenses in the field of environmental protection in the context of the draft law (No. 13074-1 dated 27.03.2025).
The draft law’s compliance with the requirements of the Constitution of Ukraine, the fundamental principles of lawmaking, and the provisions of current legislation on administrative and criminal liability were analyzed.
Key words: liability, offense, fire safety in forests, nature reserve fund, environmental protection, fine.
04/2025
Abstract. The informational reference considers the grounds for strengthening administrative and criminal liability for certain offenses in the field of nature protection and against the environment in the context of the draft law (No. 13074 dated 11.03.2025).
The draft law’s compliance with the requirements of the Constitution of Ukraine, the fundamental principles of lawmaking, and the provisions of current legislation on administrative and criminal liability were analysed.
Key words: administrative liability, criminal offenses, fire safety, burning of vegetation, fine.
04/2025
Abstract. The review dossier contains the results of the analysis of theoretical approaches to the definition of family business and its role in the global economy. The main trends in the development of family business in the European Union are presented. The foreign experience of legal, social and economic principles of support and development of family business (on the example of Germany, Poland, Denmark and Belgium) is described.
Keywords: family entrepreneurship, family company, family business, shareholder, testator, inheritance taxation.
04/2025
Abstract. The analytical note is devoted to the issues of the unity of judicial practice in the context of Ukraine's aspiration to integrate into the European Union. The importance of European and international standards in the field of justice for ensuring the uniform application of the law and the compliance of judicial decisions with the requirements of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms is considered. Particular attention is paid to the role of the Consultative Council of European Judges and its recommendations on mechanisms for ensuring the unity of judicial practice, including formal, semi-formal and informal approaches. The key role of the Supreme Court and courts of appeal in maintaining the consistency of judicial decisions is emphasized. The issue of the correlation between the independence of judges and the harmonization of judicial practice, as well as the importance of the cassation instance and cassation filters in ensuring unity is investigated based on an analysis of the experience of EU countries. It is emphasized that the unity of judicial practice is a component of the principle of the rule of law, and its observance is a mandatory condition for the accession of candidate states to the EU, which is reflected in the Acquis Communautaire (Chapter 23) and confirmed by the experience of candidate states and EU Member States. Ensuring the unity of judicial practice demonstrates the commitment of the candidate state to the principles of the rule of law and legal certainty.
Key words: unity of judicial practice, European standards, rule of law, legal certainty, cassation instance, Supreme Court, independence of judges, Acquis Communautaire, negotiation process.
04/2025
Abstract. The analytical note examines the issues of the subject matter jurisdiction of the High Anti-Corruption Court and its connection with subjectivity. These issues are examined in the context of the legal certainty of the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine, which establish subjectivity and subjectivity in criminal proceedings regarding corruption-related criminal offenses and criminal offenses related to corruption. An analysis of the relevant provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine, the opinions of scholars, practitioners, court decisions of the High Anti-Corruption Court, the Supreme Court, monitoring reports of Transparency International Ukraine, and recommendations of the European Commission on the feasibility of the draft legislative act being developed on the issues of determining the subject matter jurisdiction of the High Anti-Corruption Court has been conducted.
Key words: Supreme Anti-Corruption Court, jurisdiction, prosecutor, National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine, investigation, corruption criminal offenses.
04/2025
Abstract. This information reference examines some proposals for financing Ukraine's post-war recovery, set out in the Centre for European Policy Studies' Policy Brief “Advancing Ukraine's Recovery Process through G7 Leadership”, in order to find ways to raise funds and choose a model for financing post-war economic reconstruction.
Keywords: investments, investment projects, post-war recovery, development funds (institutions), international assistance.
05/2025
Abstract. The information reference provides a general description of the EU acquis on intellectual property, including a list of EU legal acts that are basic for this area. The state of implementation of the EU acquis into national legislation is highlighted, and the European Commission's assessment is analysed, which contains the general state of fulfilment of European integration obligations in the field of intellectual property and outlines the areas for further work.
Keywords: intellectual property law, internal market, copyright and related rights, intellectual property protection, piracy.
05/2025
Abstract. The informational reference presents the results of monitoring the legislative implementation of the European Commission’s recommendations, the main results of Ukraine’s progress within the framework of the European Union Enlargement Package (for 2023 and 2024) in the context of the 31-st negotiating chapter "Foreign, Security and Defence Policy", and also focuses on further security and defence priorities.
Key words: negotiation process, negotiation section 31, security and defense, security policy, European Union law, European Commission recommendations, security and defense mainstreaming.
05/2025
Abstract. The information reference presents the analysis of the provisions of the draft Law of Ukraine ‘On Amendments to Article 38 of the Law of Ukraine “On Notaries” regarding the provision of benefits for performing certain notarial acts abroad’ (No. 13063 dated 05.03.2025), in particular in the context of the expediency of clarifying the scope of its action in terms of the range of persons, as well as certain definitional constructions used in its wording.
Keywords: notarial acts; certification of authenticity of signature on documents; certification of translation of documents from one language into another; consular fee.
03/2025