Legal Regulation and Practical Approaches to Eliminate Existing Barriers in EAEU Domestic Market

Introduction. This article examines the legal framework governing the legal documents that constitute EAEU law, identifying, qualifying, recognizing, and eliminating barriers in the EAEU internal market, and examines practical approaches to apply ing the existing regulatory framework on so-called "barrier issues" by the Eurasian Economic Commission in collaboration with authorized bodies of EAEU member states.

Materials and methods. The research is directly based on the Treaty establishing the EAEU of May 28, 2014, as well as on the entire system of regulatory legal acts of EAEU bodies (orders of the EEC and decisions of the EEC Board, orders and decisions of the EEC Council, and decisions of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council). In addition, the study utilized materials from special analytical reports by the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC), as well as from a number of leading Russian scientific and practical centers (Higher School of Economics, Russian Inter national Affairs Council), which are specifically dedi cated to addressing issues related to eliminating barriers existing in the EAEU domestic market. The study also utilized materials from the EAEU Court, as well as information from specialized databases maintained by the EEC on the issue under consideration. General scientific methods (dialectical, logical, and systemic-structural methods) and specific scientific methods (historical-legal, cybernetic-legal, and formal-legal methods) were used in the study.

Research results. The study and analysis of the issues under consideration and the regulatory legal documents governing this area of Eurasian integration allowed us to uncover the history of the EEC's work on eliminating barriers in the EAEU's internal market, the organizational and institutional actions taken by EAEU bodies to ensure compliance with the so-called "four freedoms" within the EAEU (free movement of goods, services, labor, and capital), and the legal framework, rules, and powers of participants in the process of identifying, classifying, and elimi nating barriers in the EAEU's internal market. Discussion and conclusion. In addition to the detailed description of the functioning of the EAEU's existing legal mechanism for identifying, classifying, and eliminating barriers in the internal markets of member states, possible ways to improve legal regulation in this area were presented and formulated based on a study of the experience gained so far and the results of more than a decade of law enforcement efforts in barrier-related matters within the EAEU.

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