Legal Regulation of Standardization and Certification of Space Objects

• Author: Olha Yeshchuk and Mariia Novikova
• Position: Doctor of Law, Associate Professor of the Department of Administrative and Economic Law and lawenforcement activity of Kherson State University (Kherson, Ukraine)/Ph.D. in Law, Associate Professor, Kherson State University (Kherson, Ukraine)
• Pages: 107-115

Advanced Space Law, Volume 4, 2019 107

Legal Regulation of Standardization and Certication

of Space Objects

Olha Yeshchuk1

Doctor of Law, Associate Professor of the Department of Administrative and Economic Law

and lawenforcement activity of Kherson State University (Kherson, Ukraine)

E-mail: eschyk-o@ukr.net

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7458-1595

Mariia Novikova2

Ph.D. in Law, Associate Professor, Kherson State University

(Kherson, Ukraine)

E-mail: mariyanna@i.ua

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0334-3979

The article provides a comparative analysis of international law and national legislation of Ukraine

on the legal regulation of space activities. Such institutions of state regulation of objects of space activities

as registration and certication are investigated. The problems of legal responsibility of subjects of

ownership of space objects in case of expansion of space activities in Ukraine to the private sector are

revealed. The article focuses on the fact that in Ukraine there are a number of organizational and legal

problems in the eld of space activities. Organizational problems include the low level of awareness of

the population of Ukraine regarding the goals and objectives of space activities; the lack of qualied

legal support for space activities in Ukraine; corruption and insucient attention by the government

to the development of the space industry. The problems of legal regulation of space activities, including

the protection of property rights to space objects, include: the lack of proper systematization of national

legislation; the delay in the adoption of policy documents in the eld of space activities; the declarativity

of most of the adopted norms in this area. The adoption of the Law of Ukraine, allowing private space

activities, is proposed. The study will contribute to the development of a systematic approach in legislation

to the protection of property rights to space objects in accordance with the international legal regulation

of the activities of States in the eld of protection of property rights to space objects and the like.

The adoption of the Law of Ukraine “On Private Space Activities” is proposed. The study will

contribute to the development of a systematic approach in national legislation to the protection of

property rights to space objects in accordance with the international legal regulation of the activities of

states in the eld of protection of property rights to space objects and the like.

Keywords: space objects, space technology, registration, certication, standardization, law, space

activities, legal responsibility, private companies

Received: September 22, 2019; accepted: October 24, 2019

© Yeshchuk, Olha, 2019

© Novikova, Mariia, 2019