Issue: № 5, 2026
Doi: https://doi.org/10.37634/efp.2026.5.5p
The paper examines regulatory legal acts that provide for liability for violations of legislation in the production and circulation of cement in Ukraine as one of the key segments of the industry, which affects economic stability, competitiveness of the building materials market, quality of infrastructure development and the level of construction safety. The relevance of the topic is due to the growth of construction volumes in the conditions of military and post-war reconstruction of the state, the spread of cases of sale of low-quality and counterfeit products, non-compliance with technical regulations, as well as the need to increase the efficiency of state supervision. The system of liability in the studied area is complex and covers administrative, economic and legal, civil and criminal spheres. The practical significance of the results obtained lies in the possibility of their use in regulatory activities, the practice of regulatory bodies and business entities, as well as in the scientific and educational process. The system of bringing to justice for violations of legislation in the production and circulation of cement in Ukraine clearly regulates this area within the framework of existing legislation and the circumstances that have developed in the market of building materials, taking into account the consequences of military aggression against Ukraine. However, there is also an understanding that this system of legislation needs to be improved: strengthening the institutional capabilities of regulatory bodies; improving the system of certification and traceability of products; increasing the personalized responsibility of market entities; adjusting the sanction policy taking into account the economic feasibility of violations, as well as further harmonization with European standards in the context of the recovery of the Ukrainian economy.
Keywords : cement production, cement circulation, cement industry, construction, certification, responsibility, state control, technical regulations, counterfeit products, economic legislation, consumer protection, law enforcement, economic security
References:
1. Commercial Code of Ukraine dated 16.01.2003 No. 436-IV (repealed by Law No. 4196-IX dated 09.01.2025). URL: https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/436-15#Text [in Ukrainian].
2. Civil Code of Ukraine: Code of Ukraine dated 16.01.2003 No. 435-IV: URL: URL: https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/435-15#Text [in Ukrainian].
3. On Consumer Rights Protection. Official Parliament Web Portal. URL: https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/1023-12#Text [in Ukrainian].
4. On Standardization. Official Parliament Web Portal. URL: https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/1315-18#Text [in Ukrainian].
5. On technical regulations and conformity assessment. Official web portal of the Parliament. URL: https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/124-19#Text [in Ukrainian].
6. On state market supervision and control of non-food products. Official web portal of the Parliament. URL: https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/2735-17#Text [in Ukrainian].
7. On environmental protection. Official web portal of the Parliament. URL: https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/1264-12#Text [in Ukrainian].
8. On environmental impact assessment. Official web portal of the Parliament. URL: https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/2059-19#Text [in Ukrainian].
9. On atmospheric air protection. Official web portal of the Parliament. URL: https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/2707-12#Text [in Ukrainian].
10. On waste. Official web portal of the parliament. URL: https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/2320-20#Text [in Ukrainian].
11. Patsiuk O.D. Problems of administrative and legal regulation of cement production and circulation in Ukraine. Legal principles of the exercise of public power: materials of the VI international scientific and practical conference dedicated to the 85th anniversary of the birth of the doctor of legal sciences, professor, academician-founder of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, the first Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine Leonid Petrovich Yuzkov (Khmelnytskyi, 2023, March 31). Khmelnytskyi, 2023. P. 422. [in Ukrainian].