scholarly journals ACTUAL QUESTIONS OF STATE REGULATION OF FIRE SAFETY IN UKRAINE

Fire Safety ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 49-53
Author(s):  
O. Miller ◽  
I. Harchuk

In the framework of Ukraine's foreign policy on integration with the European Union (hereinafter referred to as the EU), by pursuing the necessary reforms, our country is gradually and persistently approaching European standards in the field of civil protection. Therefore, the problems of fire safety in Ukraine are of particular relevance. Nowadays, they are interconnected and interdependent with the problems of economic, social, technogenic and environmental danger - unsatisfactory fire situation in our country forces the relevant authorities and organizations to work for the prevention and prevention of fire threats, for the protection of life and health of people, national wealth and the environment. The article reveals a number of shortcomings in the fire safety regulation system in Ukraine, in particular, the inconsistency of domestic experience with the standards and norms of the European Union and international bodies, the outdated paradigm of inspection and risk assessment on a scale, excessive pressure of state supervision (control) on entrepreneurs (control) imperfection of the insurance services market, lack of interest of some state bodies of executive power in the state policy of deregulation, low level of responsibility of objects of protection of requirements the gamut of fire safety.

2016 ◽  
pp. 54-66
Author(s):  
Monika Poboży

The article poses a question about the existence of the rule of separation of powers in the EU institutional system, as it is suggested by the wording of the treaties. The analysis led to the conclusion, that in the EU institutional system there are three separated functions (powers) assigned to different institutions. The Council and the European Parliament are legislative powers, the Commission and the European Council create a “divided executive”. The Court of Justice is a judicial power. The above mentioned institutions gained strong position within their main functions (legislative, executive, judicial), but the proper mechanisms of checks and balances have not been developed, especially in the relations between legislative and executive power. These powers do not limit one another in the EU system. In the EU there are therefore three separated but arbitrary powers – because they do not limit and balance one another, and are not fully controlled by the member states.


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-122
Author(s):  
Ewa Kaczan-Winiarska

The Austrian government is extremely sceptical about the accession negotiations which are conducted by the European Commission on behalf of the European Union with Turkey and calls for the negotiation process to end. Serious reservations of Vienna have been raised by the current political situation in Turkey under the rule of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as well as by the standards of democracy in Turkey, which differ greatly from European standards. Serious deficiencies in rule of law, freedom of speech and independence of the judiciary, confirmed in the latest European Commission report on Turkey, do not justify, from Vienna’s point of view, the continuation of talks with Ankara on EU membership. In fact, Austria’s scepticism about the European perspective for Turkey has a longer tradition. This was marked previously in 2005 when the accession negotiations began. Until now, Austria’s position has not had enough clout within the European arena. Pragmatic cooperation with Turkey as a strategic partner of the EU, both in the context of the migration crisis and security policy, proved to be a key factor. The question is whether Austria, which took over the EU presidency from 1.7.2018, will be able to more strongly accentuate its reservations about Turkey and even build an alliance of Member States strong enough to block Turkey’s accession process.


Author(s):  
Kazimiera Wódz ◽  
Krystyna Faliszek

This chapter examines how regulation from the state can shape conditions and practices for welfare professions. New members of the European Union, such as Poland, often lack a tradition of social work as an integral part of the welfare state. Challenges for these countries are both to educate social workers and to create legislative solutions stipulating the responsibilities and professional jurisdiction of the social work profession. In the chapter, it is argued that strong regulation and control from the Polish government has resulted in the standardisation of social work. This has curtailed professional autonomy in a manner that is unfavourable to social workers as well as to clients.


2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-133
Author(s):  
Mariia Sirotkina ◽  
Olena Lomakina ◽  
Olena Shkarnega

The Association Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine is a new format of relations aimed at creating a deep and comprehensive free trade area (DCFTA) between Ukraine and the EU with the gradual integration of Ukraine into the internal market of the European Union. Focusing on the experience of rule-making of the EU member states, it is necessary to define and implement the legal rules and principles of the national judiciary, taking into account the rules and principles of European law (Chornomaz, 2016). In accordance with the strategy of European integration of our country, the adaptation of Ukrainian legislation is to approximate it with the modern European legal system, which will ensure the development of the political, entrepreneurial, social, cultural activity of Ukrainian citizens, economic development of the state within the EU to facilitate the increase of standards of living of the population. The implementation of the provisions of European legislation provided by the economic part of the Association Agreement (AA) is extremely important in the context of reforms, as the provisions can and should serve as a basis for a new model of socio-economic development of Ukraine. The deepening of the processes of humanization and democratization of Ukrainian society, the gradual introduction of principles and rules of European law into the national judiciary through reforms in the field of justice, inter alia, have led to qualitative updating of criminal procedure legislation of Ukraine, in particular: use of differentiated approach to legal conflicts between persons who have committed criminal offences, which do not pose a great public danger, and victims; simplification and reduction of the procedure of criminal proceedings; ensuring procedural savings; reduction of the caseload; allowing the parties of the conflict to resolve issues of exemption from criminal liability in case of reconciliation between the offender and the victim independently, the appointment of the negotiated punishment and release from serving with probation, etc. Given the specifics of the approach to improving relations with neighbouring countries on a differentiated basis, the EU seeks to identify and base on existing positive sources of sustainability, as well as to monitor and respond to weaknesses with the appropriate set of methods and resources at its disposal. The purpose of the article is to study a theoretical and practical definition of challenges of adaptation of Ukrainian legislation to the legislation of the European Union, institutional and organizational mechanisms of DCFTA implementation in the field of justice and certain norms of the current criminal procedure legislation. Ukraine is undergoing the second phase of radical reform of government structures; it has been continuing for 15 years but, unlike other countries, it is much more difficult for Ukraine to get rid of the burden of past problems. Judicial reform is also underway and domestic legislation is being significantly changed, including the transformation of the judicial proceedings. The topical issue of the development of judicial reforms is an imperfection, and sometimes a contradiction of regulations, which negatively affects the process of realization of rights and responsibilities of all subjects of public relations, slows down the development of Ukraine as a state governed by the rule of law. However, the introduction of institutions of concluding agreements, simplified proceedings, probation, and later mediation, into the criminal procedure legislation of Ukraine indicates the readiness of our state to change the concept of criminal procedure in accordance with the European standards, which will improve the situation of all parties to criminal proceedings. However, they need further completion and improvement. We are convinced that the introduction of such institutions will contribute to the legal development of society to achieve the European standards of restorative justice, which will encourage the further introduction of the latter in the legislation of Ukraine, resolving criminal conflicts by reaching a compromise between parties in cases specified by law. One of the ways to solve this problem in Ukraine is to regulate the process of adoption of regulations by the subjects of rule-making and taking into account the provision that legality as an objective property of law, in general, is the necessary condition and the main principle of the rule-making process.


2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikolaos E. Zevgolis ◽  
Panagiotis N. Fotis

Abstract In this interdisciplinary paper we analyze the anticompetitive effects and the practicability and applicability of passive (non-controlling) minority interests within the existing Merger Regulation system [Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 of 20 January 2004 on the control of concentrations between undertakings (the EC Merger Regulation), OJ L 24/1]. The empirical evidences from existing economic literature and case law show that the existence of an enforcement gap in European Union competition law regarding the anticompetitive effects of non-controlling minority interests has not been confirmed so far. Therefore, there is no space, at least to date, for a per se ruling in the European Union Law for the assessment of passive minority interests, but for a Rule of Reason approach, based on a case by case analysis. The Commission should continue to investigate non-controlling transactions and, in the future, an ex post assessment/quantification of their anticompetitive effects, based on existing (or settled) case law and economic theory, should be at the core of its agenda.


Author(s):  
Artemi Rallo Lombarte

El origen y evolución del derecho a la protección de datos personales tiene una inequívoca impronta europea. El impacto mundial de esta normativa originariamente europea ha supuesto la proliferación de leyes nacionales de protección de datos en el resto de los continentes y ha obligado a los servicios tecnológicos globales —independientemente de su origen geográfico— a adecuarse a la normativa europea de protección de datos. En particular, estos servicios tecnológicos han tenido que adaptarse a la jurisprudencia del Tribunal de Justicia de la Unión Europea sobre protección de la privacidad en Internet. Este artículo evidenciará el impacto global de esta jurisprudencia y la inevitable fuerza expansiva extra europea de tres renombradas sentencias recientes del TJUE: Caso Digital Rights (Directiva conservación de datos), Caso Google (derecho al olvido) y Caso Facebook (Safe Harbour). Estas sentencias marcan un hito en la evolución de la protección de los datos personales por su impacto mundial y, en consecuencia, por la expansión de los estándares europeos de protección al resto del planeta.The origin and evolution of the data protection right has a clear European leadership. The global impact of this originally European legislalion has led to the proliferation of national laws for the protection of data in the rest of the continents and has forced global technology services —regardless of their geographical origin— to adapt to European data protection standards. In particular, these IT services have been adapted to the jurisprudence of the Court of Justice of the European Union on the privacy protection on the Internet. This article will demonstrate the extra European impact of three renowned recent judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union: Case Digital Rights (Data Retention Directive), Case Google (Right to be Forgotten) and Case Facebook (Safe Harbour). These rulings are a milestone in the evolution of the data protection because of its global impact and, consequently, by the transference of the European standards of data protection to the rest of the planet.


2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Indrek Saar

BackgroundIn 2011, the lower ignition propensity (LIP) standard for cigarettes was implemented in the European Union. Evidence about the impact of that safety measure is scarce.ObjectiveThe aim of this paper is to examine the effects of the LIP standard on fire safety in Estonia.MethodsThe absolute level of smoking-related fire incidents and related deaths was modelled using dynamic time-series regression analysis. The data about house fire incidents for the 2007–2013 period were obtained from the Estonian Rescue Board.ResultsImplementation of the LIP standard has reduced the monthly level of smoking-related fires by 6.2 (p<0.01, SE=1.95) incidents and by 26% (p<0.01, SE=9%) when estimated on the log scale. Slightly weaker evidence was found about the fatality reduction effects of the LIP regulation. All results were confirmed through counterfactual models for non-smoking-related fire incidents and deaths.ConclusionsThis paper indicates that implementation of the LIP cigarettes standard has improved fire safety in Estonia.


2018 ◽  
Vol 72 ◽  
pp. 295-308
Author(s):  
Wiktoria Osdoba

Pending the entry into force of the Common Agricultural Organization of Agricultural Markets in 2007, there were twenty one coexisting industry market organizations as defined in the relevant basic EU regulations. Merging in one legal act the provisions of several dozen other EU regulations and looking at the single European market in a holistic and not sectoral way, illustrates the current way of running the Common Agricultural Policy, which seeks to comprehensively address the problems of the European agricultural market. From 1st September 2017, there has been a National Support Center for Agriculture, which took over the tasks of two liquidated agencies: the Agricultural Property Agency and the Agricultural Market Agency. Adaptation of the Polish legislation within the framework of agricultural policy will have to take into account the changes taking place in the Common Agricultural Policy in the future. From 1st October 2017, the sugar-producing quota system which existed for the last 50 years, setting the limits for individual Member States of the European Union, was terminated. This was the last system of agricultural quotas within the European Union. Following the harmonization of the Polish legislation with European standards, we are aware of the fact that the EU law is constantly facing changes.


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