The Current State of Deregulation of Space Activities in Ukraine

AuthorVasyl Semenyaka
PositionPhD of law, Senior Researcher at the Institute of State and Law named after V. M. Koretsky NAS of Ukraine (Kiev, Ukraine)
Pages108-119
Advanced Space Law, Volume 3, 2019
108
The Current State of Deregulation of Space
Activities in Ukraine
Vasyl Semenyaka1
PhD of law, Senior Researcher at the Institute of State and Law named after V. M. Koretsky
NAS of Ukraine (Kiev, Ukraine)
E-mail: v.semenyaka@ukr.net
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1621-9694
In this article, the theoretical and practical legal aspects of deregulation of national space activities
are analyzed. It is established that the norms of international space law do not provide for a specic
authorization mechanism for space activities in outer space. It is proved that its implementation should
be carried out by States at the level of national space legislation. The main stages of development of the
legislation of Ukraine on licensing of space activity are shown. The purpose of this paper is to justify
the cancellation of licensing of space activities in Ukraine, as well as non-compliance with the basic
principles of expediency and adequacy of the state regulatory policy of legislative initiatives on the
resumption of the licensing procedure for space activities.
Keywords: deregulation, space activities, international space law, licensing, certication
Received: January 10, 2019; accepted: February 11, 2019
Advanced Space Law, Volume 3, 2019: 108-119.
https://doi.org/10.29202/asl/2019/3/9
Introduction
One of the main elements of state and legal policy in the sphere of the national economy
in recent years is the organization and conduct of deregulation (deregulation) of economic
activities in certain areas of public relations — the elimination of administrative barriers to
the eective implementation of business. The implementation of the tasks of administrative
and legal reform of state regulation resulted in a signicant reduction in 2015, in particular,
licensed types of economic activities [Zakon, 2015].
At the same time, due to the implementation of the process of deregulation of radical
changes, the legal regulation of the conditions for the conduct of national space activities
has undergone. Thus, the list of licensed types of management in Ukraine excludes activities
related to the development, testing, production, operation of launch vehicles, spacecraft and
their components, ground control complex of spacecraft and its components. Since then, the
implementation of the right to carry out space activities in Ukraine does not require a business
entity to obtain a license document.
© Semenyaka, Vasyl, 2019

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