with the provisions and principles of EU waste policy and development of suggestions for improvement of Ukrainian law. The article provide an overview of EU waste legislation, main EU investment policy and its contributions to municipalities in the area of solid municipal waste management. The ways of ecological modernization of the management of solid municipal waste were investigated. Proposals for implementation of experience of EU member states, which has proved itself in practice, were made.  Keywords: EU waste management, EU law, adaptation of Ukrainian legislation to EU standards, financial instruments

The purpose of our scholarly work is to explore actual problems of harmonization of legislation of Ukraine in the sphere of environmental policy integration with EU law and development of proposals for the improvement of Ukrainian legislation. The state of environmental policy integration in Ukraine was assessed. Government strategies, programmes, concepts and plans in Ukraine and EU were analyzed. Based on comparison analysis differences and common problems of environmental policy integration in Ukraine and EU member states were determined and recommendations on the measures to be taken to ensure better integration of environmental policies in sectoral policies in Ukraine were made. Keywords: environmental policy integration, sustainable development, strategic environmental assessment

The purpose of our scholarly work is to explore legal regulation of sustainable use and protection of groundwater resources in Ukraine and the EU. Our study is organized around the following main issues: groundwater management, legal regulation of monitoring of groundwater resources, protection of groundwater from nitrate contamination. In this paper we review the current situation in groundwater policy in Ukraine, discuss the problems related to this situation and present recommendations for their solution. Based on comparison analysis differences and common problems of protection of groundwater resources in Ukraine and EU member states were determined. Ways of improving the mechanism of groundwater monitoring in Ukraine were proposed. Prevention of water pollution due to runoff of nitrates from agricultural lands was considered.

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The purpose of the paper is to consider content and nature of adaptation of national legislation in the field of public service to the EU legislation and specify institutional component of this process. Methodology. Methodological foundations of the research of adaptation of national legislation to the UE legislation in the field of public service are determined by a set of methods of scientific knowledge, which allow considering this problem as a multifaceted, interdisciplinary phenomenon. The research strategy, underlying the integrated approach, primarily is based on the following methodological principles: formulation of fundamental theoretical concept; development of cross-cutting concepts and categories, which ensure the unity of the approach to the object of research. Results. The article considered content and nature of adaptation of the national legislation in the field of public service to the UE legislation, as well as an institutional component of this process, it was conducted the analysis of competences of institutions that are responsible for adaptation. Practical implications. On the basis of doctrinal provisions, as well as the norms of the current legislation, the author has identified the main range of problems of national legislation adaptation in the field of public service to the EU legislation, and possible ways to improve the efficiency of authorized subjects are considered. Value/originality. It is determined that an important step in improving the efficiency of domestic institutions responsible for adaptation of national legislation to EU law in the field of public service is to strengthen cooperation with European experts on adaptation issues, especially in the terms of correct interpretation of acquis communautaire.