Control (Supervisory) Powers of the Eurasian Economic Commission and the European Commission: Comparative Legal Aspect

Introduction. The article examines the powers of the Eurasian Economic Commission (hereinafter referred to as the EEC) and the European Commission (hereinafter referred to as the EC) in the field of control (supervision) over the implementation of integration legal orders by member states and business entities, their scope, limits of competence, and impact on the development of integration processes in the Eurasian Economic Union (hereinafter referred to as the EAEU) and the European Union (hereinafter referred to as the EU), as well as the role of the courts of the relevant integration associations in the implementation of the function under consideration by the Commissions. In addition, the author reviewed and analyzed the relevant law enforcement practice of the EEC and the EC, as well as the legal positions of the courts of the integration associations in question.

Materials and methods. This study uses the works of both Russian and foreign experts in the field of European law and the law of the EAEU, as well as analyzes the legal acts of the EU and the EAEU. The research used general scientific methods of cognition – analysis, synthesis, induction, deduction. Special legal methods were also used in the work – formal legal, technical legal, the method of legal analogy, as well as the comparative legal method.

Results of the study. As a result of the conducted research, it was revealed that despite the functioning of the EAEU for more than 10 years, there are certain problems in the activities of the EEC for the control (supervision) of the implementation by member States and economic entities of the EAEU law. In particular: the inability to apply to the EAEU Court with an application to bring to justice a member state that violated the norms of the EAEU law; the absence of a procedure in the law of the EAEU for prior notification of the EEC on acts adopted by the member States; the presence of fragmentation in the legal regulation of the EEC's control (supervisory) function over the implementation of the EAEU law by economic entities. The identified problems make it difficult for the EEC to effectively perform its duties in the part under consideration, and therefore they can be resolved through, inter alia, using the positive experience of the European Commission in exercising control (supervisory) powers over the implementation of European Union law.

Discussion and conclusion. The presence of the problems indicated in the article in the field of the EEC's control (supervisory) powers necessitates the introduction of comprehensive amendments to the EAEU Treaty, acts of the EAEU bodies, as well as the issuance of new acts that will regulate issues that have not been regulated by the EAEU law to date. Thus, based on the results of a comparative legal analysis of the powers, the author identified problems and formulated conclusions on the similarities and differences in the legal status of the EEC and the EC in terms of their exercise of control (supervisory) powers. The trends in the development of the law enforcement practice of the Commissions in terms of the fulfillment by member States and business entities of obligations within the framework of relevant integration associations are determined. The ways of improving the implementation of the control (supervisory) function by the Eurasian Economic Commission on the basis of the identified positive experience of the European Union are presented.

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