Implementation of EU requirements in the field of waste management to the legislation of Ukraine

Abstract

The integration of Ukraine into the European Community is a complex and longterm process, which was started long before the signing in 2017 of the Association Agreement between Ukraine, on the one hand, and the European Union and its member states, on the other hand (hereinafter the Agreement). Signing the Agreement obliged Ukraine to bring domestic legislation into compliance with European requirements. This created new opportunities for the adoption of new standards in various spheres of social life, including in the field of environmental protection. The domestic reform of the legislative framework in one of the priority directions in the European Union (environmental protection) was carried out with the support of European institutions within the framework of the Sectoral Policy Support Program. The program was focused on specific goals defined by the National Environmental Strategy of Ukraine. Thus, Annex XXX to the Agreement stipulates that Ukraine must implement a number of legal acts of the European Union, thereby bringing national legislation closer to EU legislation. Regulations, Directives and Decisions of the European Union were to be reflected in the legal framework of Ukraine. The implementation of European environmental legislation in Ukraine takes place in eight sectors regulated in the EU by 29 legal norms, namely Directives and Regulations. Waste and resource management occupies an important place among the selected sectors