KARPINSKA N. Conceptual and legal bases of application of sanitary and phytosanitary measures in agriculture of Ukraine in the context of WTO and EU requirements

The dissertation is devoted to a complex and comprehensive study of the conceptual and legal framework for the application of sanitary and phytosanitary measures in agriculture in Ukraine in the context of WTO and EU requirements. The work contains a theoretical generalization and a new solution to the scientific problem in the field of forming a conceptual vision of the legal regulation of the application of sanitary and phytosanitary measures in agriculture in view of Ukraine’s international legal obligations. The issues of legal nature of relations of application of sanitary and phytosanitary measures in agriculture are investigated, stages of development of the legislation in this sphere are defined. The methodological problems of application of WTO and EU requirements in Ukraine, as well as the principles of application of sanitary and phytosanitary measures in agriculture under WTO and EU law are analyzed.Considerable attention is paid to the institutional and functional support of the application of sanitary and phytosanitary measures in agriculture in the context of the legal requirements of the WTO and the EU. The conceptual bases of legal regulation of application of sanitary and hytosanitary measures in plant growing, animal husbandry and in food production are investigated. The author argues that under the influence of globalization and European integration processes, as well as due to the strengthening of environmental trends, modern Ukrainian legislation in the field of SPF is actively transformed, combining three legal entities: phytosanitary legislation, animal welfare legislation and food legislation.