Legal regulations of the consumer protection in Ukraine with regard to Ukraine’s obligation of adaptation to the EU legislation

• Authors: Holovko-Havrysheva Oksana

Title variants

PL

Regulacje prawne dotyczące ochrony konsumentów na Ukrainie w odniesieniu do zobowiązań Ukrainy w zakresie dostosowania do ustawodawstwa UE

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Since 2014 Ukraine has been implementing the EU–Ukraine Association Agreement in its domestic legal system and facing a lot of challenges introducing European rules and practices into the country’s daily life. The area of consumer protection is one of the most challenging fields due to the cross-cutting nature of consumer protection and its high relevance for all stakeholders: the state, businesses, and consumers. Reforming the Ukrainian consumer protection system and policy is one of the key tasks for the Government of Ukraine. These changes will affect almost the entire population of the country, but – as presented in this article analysis demonstrates – the progress in adjusting Ukrainian legislation in this field to the level needed to correspond to the European standards is moving rather slowly. The author concludes that a comprehensive and well-balanced consumer protection policy model instead of constant amendments to the consumer rights legislation needs to be developed in Ukraine with the proper consideration of the interests of businesses, the state and, first of all, the consumers. Amending the consumer rights legislation does not mean automatically the improvement of the consumer protection level in the country, especially in the situation, when the efficiency of the developed remedies and protection mechanisms depends on wider reforms in judiciary and executive branches in the state.

PL

Od 2014 roku, po podpisaniu Umowy stowarzyszeniowej z UE, Ukraina dostosowuje swoje prawodawstwo do wymagań unijnych, w związku z czym przyszło jej stanąć w obliczu wielu wyzwań związanych z wprowadzeniem europejskich zasad i praktyk. Kwestia związana z ochroną praw konsumentów jest jedną z najtrudniejszych ze względu na jej skomplikowany charakter i duże znaczenie dla wszystkich zainteresowanych (przedsiębiorstw, państwa oraz konsumentów). Reforma ukraińskiego systemu i polityki ochrony konsumentów jest jednym z kluczowych zadań dla rządu Ukrainy, w wyniku czego zmiany dotkną prawie wszystkich mieszkańców. Jednak zaprezentowana w niniejszym artykule analiza wskazuje na to, że dostosowywanie ukraińskiego ustawodawstwa w tej dziedzinie do poziomu odpowiadającego standardom europejskim przebiega dość wolno. Autorka dochodzi do wniosku, że zamiast ciągłych zmian w przepisach dotyczących praw konsumentów, Ukraina musi opracować kompleksowy i wyważony model polityki ochrony konsumentów, z należytym uwzględnieniem interesów przedsiębiorstw, państwa, a przede wszystkim samych konsumentów. Nowelizacja przepisów nie oznacza przecież automatycznej poprawy poziomu ochrony praw konsumentów w kraju, zwłaszcza w sytuacji, gdy skuteczność opracowanych środków i mechanizmów ochrony zależy od szerszych reform w sądownictwie i organach władzy wykonawczej.

Keywords

EN

consumer protection policy; consumer rights; Ukrainian consumer protection legislation; EU–Ukraine Association Agreement; EU legislation; Ukraine

PL

polityka ochrony konsumentów; prawa konsumentów; ukraińskie ustawodawstwo dotyczące ochrony praw konsumentów; Umowa stowarzyszeniowa UE–Ukraina; ustawodawstwo UE; Ukraina

• Publisher: Wydział Nauk Politycznych i Studiów Międzynarodowych, Uniwersytet Warszawski
• Journal: Przegląd Europejski
• Year: 2020
• Issue: 4(58)
• Pages: 61-78

Dates

published

2020

Contributors

author

Holovko-Havrysheva Oksana

• Ivan Franko National University of Lviv

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