LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING THROUGH THE LENS OF STATE REGULATORY POLICY IN THE FIELD OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY: METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.15407/econlaw.2025.04.019Keywords:
legislative drafting, lawmaking activities, state regulatory policy, regulatory activities, regulatory impact analysis, impact assessment, unificationAbstract
The main objective of this paper is to substantiate scientific approaches to the development of a methodological framework for legislative drafting carried out within the state regulatory policy in the field of economic activity, taking into account the principles and rules of the EU lawmaking practice. It is emphasized that, unlike Ukraine, the place of regulatory acts in the system of legal acts of the EU is determined not by the scope of legal regulation, but by the procedure of their adoption, which differs from legislative acts. The paper substantiates that the implementation of the principles and rules of the EU lawmaking practice in Ukraine will be accompanied by a significant increase in the role of unification and a proportional weakening of fragmentation and specialization in legislative drafting. It is also argued that this trend may contribute to overcoming the problems associa ted with regulatory activities and achieving a new level of legal regulation of economic relations. The main problems are the constant increase in the number of exceptions to the scope of the Law of Ukraine “On the principles of state regulatory policy in the sphere of economic activity”, as well as the failure to comply with its provisions due to the lack of effective mechanisms to influence the activities of regulatory authorities. The paper proposes to supplement the Rules of Procedure of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine with a provision stipulating that draft laws classified as regulatory acts shall be submitted for registration together with a regulatory impact analysis and, where available, the decision of the State Regulatory Service of Ukraine approving the draft law. It is specified that during martial law and in the immediate post-war period, the relevant tasks include updating the principles of state regulatory policy to align them with the principles of lawmaking activities in the EU, as well as ensuring the completeness and continuity of the regulatory cycle and overcoming the formalism of regulatory procedures.
References
REFERENCES
Kolupaieva I.V. Derzhavna rehuliatorna polityka: sutnist ta pryntsypy formuvannia. Problemy ekonomiky. 2013. No. 4. P. 99-107. URL: https://surl.lu/oiylhj [in Ukrainian].
Stratehiia Derzhavnoi rehuliatornoi sluzhby Ukrainy na 2023—2025 roky, zatverdzhena nakazom DRS vid 20.02.2023 No. 25. 32 p. URL: https://surl.li/gqgwth [in Ukrainian].
Commission staff working document “Ukraine 2024 Report”. Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions. 2024 Communication on EU Enlargement policy. Brussels, 30.10.2024. SWD(2024) 699 final. 103 p. European Commission website. URL: https://surli.cc/ggwngg.
Ustymenko V.A. Adaptatsiia natsionalnoho zakonodavstva do prava Yevropeiskoho Soiuzu: osnovy, kryterii, vymiry stiikosti / NAN Ukrainy, DU “IEPD imeni V.K. Mamutova NAN Ukrainy”. Kyiv: Akademperiodyka, 2025. 452 p. URL: https://surl.li/wbwgwr [in Ukrainian].
Ustymenko V., Dzhabrailov R., Hudima T. Priorytetni napriamy formuvannia pravovoho polia povoiennoho vidnovlennia ekonomiky Ukrainy. Pravo Ukrainy. 2023. No. 9. P. 9-23. https://doi.org/10.33498/louu-2023-09-009 [in Ukrainian].
Ustymenko V.A., Dzhabrailov R.A. Otsinka vplyvu ta pryntsyp “spochatku otsiniui” u systemi zasobiv normoproiektuvannia Yevropeiskoho Soiuzu. Pravotvorcha diialnist ta zabezpechennia systemnosti zakonodavstva Ukrainy v umovakh yevrointehratsii: zbirnyk materialiv nauk.-prakt. kruhloho stolu (Kyiv, 03 kvit. 2025 r.). Odesa: Iurydyka, 2025. P. 78-82 [in Ukrainian].
Dzhabrailov R.A., Malolitneva V.K., Hudima T.S. Perspektyvy modernizatsii hospodarskoho zakonodavstva Ukrainy v konteksti kontseptsii staloho rozvytku. Ekonomika ta pravo. 2018. No. 2 (50). P. 3-19. https://doi.org/10.15407/econlaw.2018.02.003 [in Ukrainian].
Kurepina O.Iu. Napriamy vdoskonalennia tekhniky normoproiektuvannia u sferi derzhavnoi rehuliatornoi polityky u konteksti pidvyshchennia efektyvnosti stymuliuiuchoho pravovoho rezhymu hospodariuvannia. Naukovyi visnyk Uzhhorodskoho natsionalnoho universytetu. Seriia “Pravo”. 2024. Vol. 81. Ch. 1. P. 291-300. https://doi.org/10.24144/2307-3322.2024.81.1.47 [in Ukrainian].
Nikolenko L., Derevianko B. Transformatsiia metodiv normoproiektuvannia v umovakh yevrointehratsiinykh protsesiv: porivnialnyi analiz praktyk derzhav-chleniv YeS. Yurydychnyi visnyk. 2025. No. 2. P. 175-182. https://doi.org/10.32782/yuv.v2.2025.19 [in Ukrainian].
Nikolenko L.M. Pryntsypy normoproiektuvannia u konteksti adaptatsii do prava Yevropeiskoho Soiuzu. Yurydychnyi naukovyi elektronnyi zhurnal. 2025. No. 3. P. 496-499. https://doi.org/10.32782/2524-0374/2025-3/119 [in Ukrainian].
Pravovyi monitorynh yak skladova pravotvorchoi ta pravozastosovchoi diialnosti: monogr. / za zah. red. O.O. Kota, A.B. Hryniaka, N.V. Milovskoi. Kyiv: Alerta, 2023. 268 p. URL: https://surl.li/wjqpzy [in Ukrainian].
Liapin D. Problemy ta priorytety rozvytku rehuliatornoi polityky Ukrainy. Naukovi zapysky Instytutu zakonodavstva Verkhovnoi Rady Ukrainy. 2017. No. 5. P. 120-128. URL: https://surl.li/dynjup [in Ukrainian].
Buchanan С. Long Awaited Guidance on the Meaning of “Regulatory Act” for Locus Standi Under the Lisbon Treaty. European Journal of Risk Regulation (EJRR). 2012. Vol. 3. No. 1. P. 115-122. URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/24323137
Eliantonio M., Roer-Eide H. The meaning of “regulatory act” explained: are there any significant improvements for the standing of non-privileged applicants in annulment actions? German Law Journal. 2013. No. 14 (2). P. 1851-1866. https://doi.org/10.1017/S2071832200002522
Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. Official Journal of the European Union. 26.10.2012. C 326/49. URL: https://surl.li/twfzfo
Yuldashev O.Kh. Metodolohichni zasady rehuliatornoi polityky u sferi hospodarskoi diialnosti: dys. … d-ra yuryd. nauk:
00.04. Kyiv, 2007. 174 p. URL: https://surl.lu/nxevhn [in Ukrainian].
Informatsiia pro zdiisnennia orhanamy vykonavchoi vlady derzhavnoi rehuliatornoi polityky u 2023 rotsi. Ofitsiinyi vebsait Derzhavnoi rehuliatornoi sluzhby Ukrainy. 07.03.2024. URL: https://surl.li/gfxwaa [in Ukrainian].
Informatsiia pro zdiisnennia orhanamy vykonavchoi vlady derzhavnoi rehuliatornoi polityky u 2024 rotsi. Ofitsiinyi vebsait Derzhavnoi rehuliatornoi sluzhby Ukrainy. 13.05.2025. URL: https://surl.li/rvgrus [in Ukrainian].
Poiasniuvalna zapyska do proiektu Zakonu Ukrainy “Pro zasady derzhavnoi promyslovoi polityky” vid 30.09.2025 No. 11331-d. Ofitsiinyi vebportal Verkhovnoi Rady Ukrainy. URL: https://surl.li/eohvwt [in Ukrainian].
Rishennia Derzhavnoi rehuliatornoi sluzhby Ukrainy pro vidmovu v pohodzhenni proektu rehuliatornoho akta No. 377 vid 10.08.2021. Ofitsiinyi vebsait Derzhavnoi rehuliatornoi sluzhby Ukrainy. URL: https://surl.lu/ecbumw [in Ukrainian].
Poiasniuvalna zapyska do proiektu Zakonu Ukrainy “Pro vnesennia zmin do Zakonu Ukrainy "Pro rynok elektrychnoi enerhii" shchodo vrehuliuvannia pytan zabezpechennia bezpeky postachannia elektrychnoi enerhii” vid 22.08.2025 No. 13681. Ofitsiinyi vebportal Verkhovnoi Rady Ukrainy. URL: https://surl.li/mfexdb [in Ukrainian].
Rishennia Derzhavnoi rehuliatornoi sluzhby Ukrainy pro pohodzhennia proiektu rehuliatornoho akta vid 13.02.2025 № 69. Ofitsiinyi vebsait Derzhavnoi rehuliatornoi sluzhby Ukrainy. URL: https://surl.li/mbehzh [in Ukrainian].
Poiasniuvalna zapyska do proiektu Zakonu Ukrainy “Pro publichni zakupivli” vid 23.08.2024 No. 11520. Ofitsiinyi vebportal Verkhovnoi Rady Ukrainy. URL: https://surl.lu/rhpytr [in Ukrainian].
Rishennia Derzhavnoi rehuliatornoi sluzhby Ukrainy pro pohodzhennia proiektu rehuliatornoho akta No. 509 vid 10.11.2023. Ofitsiinyi vebsait Derzhavnoi rehuliatornoi sluzhby Ukrainy. URL: https://surl.li/zjnivb [in Ukrainian].
Poiasniuvalna zapyska do proiektu Zakonu Ukrainy “Pro zakhyst vid subsydovanoho importu” vid 15.08.2025 No. 13637. Ofitsiinyi vebportal Verkhovnoi Rady Ukrainy. URL: https://surl.li/iakaei [in Ukrainian].
Poiasniuvalna zapyska do proiektu Zakonu Ukrainy “Pro zakhyst vid dempinhovoho importu” vid 15.08.2025 No. 13638. Ofitsiinyi vebportal Verkhovnoi Rady Ukrainy. URL: https://surl.li/fntces [in Ukrainian].
Poiasniuvalna zapyska do proiektu Zakonu Ukrainy “Pro zakhysni zakhody” vid 15.08.2025 No. 13639. Ofitsiinyi vebportal Verkhovnoi Rady Ukrainy. URL: https://surl.li/wjhbfa [in Ukrainian].
Better Regulation Guidelines. 03.11.2021 SWD(2021) 305 final. 41 p. European Commission website. URL: https://surl.li/btitgx
Better regulation toolbox (July 2023 edition). 612 p. European Commission website. URL: https://surli.cc/ofsiic
OECD Regulatory Policy Outlook 2025. OECD. 232 p. URL: https://surl.li/sconbz
OECD Best Practice Principles for Regulatory Policy. Regulatory Impact Assessment. OECD. 2020. 34 p. URL: https://surl.li/vtqkjs
