ТРАНСКОРДОННЕ СПІВРОБІТНИЦТВО ЯК КАТЕГОРІЯ КОНСТИТУЦІЙНОГО ПРАВА УКРАЇНИ

Abstract

An important scientific task has been solved, which is to form a holistic concept of defi- nition, participation, implementation of international inter-municipal cooperation of border regions of Ukraine in the context of today’s European integration processes. In view of this, a number of scientific provisions, conclusions and proposals for improving the regulation of the Constitution of Ukraine and other regulations of cross-border cooperation of munic- ipalities of border regions, the main of which are set out below. Based on the analysis of the general theoretical content of “concept”, “category”, “cross-border”, “cooperation” and the norms of the Constitution of Ukraine, it is established that cross-border cooperation is a category of constitutional science and differences between cross-border cooperation and other types of cooperation. Such features of cross-border cooperation as 1) interac- tion of individuals and / or legal entities takes place on a contractual basis; 2) interaction takes place between individuals and / or legal entities operating in the territories bordering the state border; 3) contractual relations are aimed at the movement of people, goods, services, capital across the state border; 4) is carried out only by individuals and / or legal entities of different places of state registration (ie characterized by the presence of spe- cial entities); 5) established connections are aimed at the medium and long term; 6) the interaction of individuals and / or legal entities is carried out in order to find ways to solve common and identical problems of the territories of different states and achieve a socially beneficial effect of improving the living standards of the population of these territories.