Conceptual issues of European integration in transport law

Issue: № 7, 2025

Doi: https://doi.org/10.37634/efp.2025.7.10

The paper is devoted to the study of individual problems and prospects of legal regulation of economic activity carried out in the field of transport. It is emphasized that the subject of scientific research on transport law is not only the issues of legal regulation of transportation, but also other relevant aspects. The modern scope of transport law determines the issues of using transport infrastructure, regulating various types of economic activity, for example, seaport activities in maritime transport, ground service activities in air transport, etc. It has been determined that European integration is a key feature of transport legislation. From the standpoint of the science of economic law, the disclosure of the sign of European integration raises the question of the expediency of improving the content of regulatory legal acts that regulate the use of various types of vehicles, in particular merchant vessels and aircraft. The authors of the paper believe that European integration in transport law should be considered as one of the areas of improving transport legislation in Ukraine with the aim of implementing economic reforms through cooperation with the EU in order to improve understanding of the fundamental principles of the functioning of the transport industry. European integration entails the formulation and implementation of a market economic policy, the gradual approximation of the national transport strategy to EU policy in accordance with the fundamental principles of macroeconomic stability, the liberalization of the conditions for the provision of transport services, ensuring the right of access to transport infrastructure.

Keywords : economic activity, economic law, economic legislation, aviation activity, trade shipping, transport legislation, transport law, aircraft, unmanned aircraft, maritime trade vessel, transport infrastructure, air transport, maritime transport, licensing, digitalization, sustainable development, European integration, artificial intelligence, post-war recovery

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