A DIVERSITY OF OPINIONS ON THE STANDARDS OF INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMS LAW

Abstract

A number of multilateral international customs agreements, bilateral treaties of Ukraine, acts of the World Customs Organization, instruments of the European Union, legal acts of Ukraine and scientific literature require careful examination of their structure and content. The authors have studied the standards of international customs law based on the following theory: standards are an independent category of international customs law and differ from its principles and legal norms; standards of international customs law serve as a subsidiary element in legal regulation of customs relations, because in contrast to the principles and norms of international customs law, they are not intended to regulate customs relations independently; standards of international customs law derive from its principles and legal norms. The concept of “standards of international customs law” is proposed to define technical specifications, templates, samples, models, methodical recommendations for the certain type of activity or achievement of anticipated results. The standards are elaborated in order to promote the realization of principles and norms of international customs law, which implementation into practice of customs administrations is carried out by subjects of international customs law taking into account individual needs and opportunities, on the terms and in accordance with the procedure defined by international legal acts. Alternatively, from the perspective of the standards of international customs law, an analysis of the Customs Code of Ukraine was carried out and some recommendations for its improvement were proposed. proposed. The research findings carried out within this article may contribute to the implementation of the principles, norms and standards of international customs law by Ukraine, and may be used to amend the Customs Code of Ukraine in power.