Scientific and Methodological Approaches to Improve the EAEU Law on the Basis of Legal Instruments and Tools of the World Customs Organization
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A task. To form scientific and methodological approaches to improve the EAEU law based on the WCO legal instruments and tools. Conclusions. The article examines in a complex the prospects for the modernization of the Union's law in the framework of interaction with the WCO, formulates theoretical provisions on «international customs standards» and characterizes thelegal aspects of the implementation of paragraph 11.7.5. of Strategic directions in terms of interaction with the WCO. It also analyzes the possibility of the Union to join the WCO legal instruments and tools, as well as the modernization of the Union's law on the basis of international standards in the field of customs regulation. Social Consequences. Conducting a study is associated with the implementation of paragraph 11.7.5. of Strategic Directions for the Development of Eurasian Economic Integration until 2025 in terms of working out the possibility of joining the Eurasian Economic Union to the WCO fundamental legal instruments and tools. Practical value. The results of the study are of interest to the customs cooperation bloc of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) and can be used by specialists of the customs authorities of the Member States of the Union, the EEC experts to organize strategic planning and to form the legal foundations for the modernization of the Union's law. The article is recommended to researchers, teachers, students, graduate students and other categories of students in the Russian Customs Academy, in other universities and the WCO regional training centers in the specialties «Customs» and «Jurisprudence». Originality/value. The research material is based on an analysis of the practical aspects of the activities of the EEC, the customs authorities of the Member States of the Union and is the result of a comprehensive study of the issue on improvement the law of the Union based on best practices of customs regulation and the legal instruments and tools of the World Customs Organization.

Mozer S. V. Scientific and Methodological Approaches to Improve the EAEU Law on the Basis of Legal Instruments and Tools of the World Customs Organization // ECONOMIC PROBLEMS AND LEGAL PRACTICE. 2023. Vol. 19. № 3. P. 115-126. (in Russ.) EDN: ITCAZG

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