Implementation of EU Environmental Policy in Ukraine: Directions and Perspectives

Abstract

The purpose of our article is to investigate the process of approximation of Ukrainian environmental legislation to EU law. The range of issues that Ukraine has reformed in the field of environment has been investigated. The state of compliance of Ukrainian environmental legislation with the commitments under the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement was revealed. The problems of further effective application in practice of the adopted regulatory legal acts, strategies and action plans were disclosed. Particular attention was paid to water legislation and legislation in the field of waste management. The current state of the sphere of solid waste management in Ukraine was revealed. The state of adaptation of Ukrainian water legislation to the requirements of the European Union law has been investigated. Ways to improve Ukraine's environmental policy on waste and water policy based on European experience were substantiated. The methods of comparative law, statistical, analytical and logical analysis were used.
 Keywords: EU Environmental policy, environmental law, EU water policy, EU waste policy, Ukrainian environmental legislation

EU Candidate Membership Status of Ukraine: Prospects for the Development of Environmental Legislation

“…Various aspects of approximation, harmonization and adaptation of Ukrainian environmental legislation to regulations and directives of the EU were covered by works of such prominent legal scholars as A. Getman, V. Lozo [6], G. Balyuk [7], N. Kobetska [8], G. Anisimova [9], M. Krasnova [10], L. Golovko [11], and others. According to insights provided by domestic and foreign legal scholarship, the main aims of the adaptation of national law to EU acquis communautaire are: acquisition of EU membership; implementation of administrative, qualitative judicial reform, establishment of the rule of law and democratization of social processes; facilitating the access of Ukrainian enterprises to the EU market; attraction of foreign investments; avoiding undesirable consequences of EU enlargement, etc.…”