Regulatory Framework for Space Activities: the Analysis of the Main Regulatory Acts

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by Olexiy Drozd1
1 National Academy of Internal Affairs (Kyiv, Ukraine)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29202/asl/2019/3/2
Received: December 27, 2018 / Accepted: February 01, 2019 / Published: April 27, 2019

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Abstract

The article is devoted to the legal regulation of space activities in Ukraine. It has been clarified that this type of activities is regulated by a number of laws of Ukraine, decrees of the President of Ukraine, resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, acts of the State Space Agency of Ukraine, as well as by multilateral international treaties, international agreements within the CIS, and a large number of bilateral treaties concluded between Ukraine and other States of the world. The basic legal acts of Ukraine concerning implementation of space activities have been analyzed, namely: the Constitution of Ukraine, the Law of Ukraine “On Space Activities”, the Law of Ukraine “On Entrepreneurship”, the Law of Ukraine “On State Support to Space Activities”, “On Approval of the Concept of the National Target Scientific and Technical Space Program of Ukraine for 2018 — 2022”, etc. The main provisions of these acts, as well as the problematic issues that need to be clarified and revised, have been considered. The conclusions indicated that an extensive system of regulatory acts, governing the implementation of space activities, demonstrates the transformation of the space industry into one of the leading sectors of the Ukrainian economy. It has been emphasized that many problems of the space industry still remain unresolved. The mentioned problems have been analyzed and the ways of their solution have been offered.

Keywords: regulatory framework, space activities, space law, regulatory acts

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Drozd, Olexiy (2019) Regulatory Framework for Space Activities: the Analysis of the Main Regulatory Acts. Advanced Space Law, Volume 3, 18-29. https://doi.org/10.29202/asl/2019/3/2
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