SOME ISSUES ON THE INTEGRATION OF WATER LEGISLATION OF UKRAINE TO EU LEGISLATION

Abstract

The article analyzes the state of integration of water legislation into EU legislation in accordance with Annex XXХ to Chapter 6 "Environment" of Section V "Economic and Sectoral Cooperation" of the Union Association Agreement between Ukraine, on the first part, and the European Union, the European Atomic Energy Community and their member states, on the second part, ratified on September 16, 2014 . According to this document, our state has committed itself to reforming national standards in accordance with six different Directives These Directives set out to Ukraine a clear list of requirements as well as the time limits for their realization. The authors considered separately each of the tasks, as well as evaluated the status and methods of their implementation. It is investigated in what laws and subordinate legal acts the changes are envisaged, in particular, the innovations of the Water Code of Ukraine were analyzed. A number of laws, resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine were adopted, including those that detailed the provisions of the Code, as well as orders of the central bodies of state power. The essence of these acts were revealed and the existing deficiencies were disclosed. The authors also paid attention to the problems of implementing certain provisions of some Directives. In addition, some of the amendments proposed in the Association Agreement were compared with the current Ukrainian legislation, in particular, it was emphasized that in some places Ukrainian laws were more effective than proposed. Significant changes in the field of water legislation have already taken place in the process of implementing the tasks. The article focuses on one of the key elements of the reform, namely the trend towards integrated water management, which has emerged in the division of the state into nine river basins, organization of nine basin councils. River basin management was planed and flood risk management was planed . The importance of water quality monitoring and international cooperation in particular areas was emphasized.