Article 8 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) provides a new legal basis for developing the European Union's relations with its neighbouring countries. This contribution traces the origins of this provision and analyses its objectives and potential application in practice. It is argued that...

The Treaty of Lisbon paved the way for legal formalization of new European Union policies and significantly enhanced external dimension of the European Union Internal Market. The newly emerged European Union energy policy is a good example of it. External objectives of the European Union energy...

Ukraine is awaiting a new enhanced agreement with the EU. Formal negotiations started in 2007 and are expected to be completed in one or two years. The future Enhanced Agreement between the EU and Ukraine is of significant importance for both parties. As a result, its scope and objectives have...

The ENP occupies a particular place within the EU's external action. In contrast to other EU external policies such as the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), the Common Commercial Policy (CCP), development co-operation or humanitarian aid, it is not subject to explicit competence...

This paper discusses the nature, scope, achievements and the institutional mechanism of adaptation of Ukrainian legislation to European Union (EU) laws. The EU's policy priorities towards Ukraine with regard to approximation of legislation and implications of the latter for transition reforms in...

The aim of this article is to study the concept of the acquis communautaire in the domain of EU external relations. It is argued that the acquis communautaire varies according to the specific aims of its internal and external applications. The main objective of the acquis communautaire in its...

This paper analyses the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement (AA). It argues that this new legal framework, which has the objective to establish a unique form of political association and economic integration, is characterised by three specific features: comprehensiveness, complexity and...