ESTABLISHMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE INSTITUTE OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE LEGISLATION ON THE PROTECTION OF ECONOMIC COMPETITION

Abstract

The article examines the origin and further development of national legislation on responsibility in the field of economic competition in the conditions of post-Soviet and world trends. Similar processes took place to one degree or another in all ex-republics of the former Soviet Union, however, a characteristic feature of Ukraine in this matter is its focus on integration into the European Union. The course chosen by our country affects all economic spheres and determines the direction of law-making activities aimed at the implementation of modern Western European standards of regulation of economic competition in the plane of modern Ukraine. The path to the European community is multi-stage, complex and requires step-by-step legislative changes. Each subsequent stage of law-making must gradually take into account a number of factors that directly affects the essence of rule-making improvements. In particular, Ukrainian legislation needs improvement in the field of abuses of a monopoly (dominant) position, regulation of competition, responsibility for violation of competition norms according to the standards of the European Union. However, every further step on the path of legislative changes must pay attention to the current state of economic processes in Ukraine for the harmonious implementation of such changes in real market relations. This article highlights the main trends that influenced the formation and subsequent development of competition legislation. In order to reveal the problem, research attention is focused on the conditions of functioning of the market economy, which are relevant for certain historical stages, as well as on the integration challenges of modernity, which have appeared before the state. Improving domestic legislation is a key tool for the development of the institution of responsibility for violations in the field of competitive legal relations. The article is devoted to the study of modern trends in the adaptation of national competition legislation, including the national interests of the country. The conducted analysis allows us to formulate appropriate conclusions regarding further trends in the way of improving the legislative regulation in Ukraine of responsibility for various types of violations in the sphere of economic competition protection.