Experience of conclusion and performance of engineering, procurement and construction contracts in post-Soviet countries

Experiencia de celebración y cumplimiento de los contratos de ingeniería, compras y construcción en los países postsoviéticos

DOI: https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.4074.46
Keywords: contract enforcement, capital construction, contract law, civil engineering, post-Soviet countries

Abstract

The main purpose of the article is the analysis of properties and risks arising during the conclusion and performance of engineering, procurement and construction contracts (hereinafter referred to as EPC contracts) in Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus, notwithstanding the current situation with military aggression and sanctions. The methodological basis of the study consists of the comparative legal and structural-logical method, systemic analysis and synthesis. It also describes the ways of relevant adaptation of EPC contracts in accordance with the requirements of the legislation. In addition, the authors have studied in detail the legal instruments that could help the contracting parties to establish the control due to occurrence of risks in different jurisdictions of the post-Soviet space. Finally, it was concluded that the application of EPC contracts, in the countries of the post-Soviet space, is connected with the presence of high level of political risks that should be taken into account when carrying out large-scale infrastructural projects. The results of the study will be useful to practicing lawyers, students and scientists who are interested in the examination of public relations in the field of civil works with some political influence on the development of this sector.

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Author Biographies

Volodymyr Ustymenko, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine» of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine.

D. Sc (Law), Professor, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Director of the State organization «V. Mamutov Institute of Economic and Legal Research of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine» of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Vladyslav Teremetskyi , Academy of Labour, Social Relations and Tourism, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Doctor of Law, Professor, Head of Constitutional, administrative and financial law department of the Academy of Labour, Social Relations and Tourism, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Kateryna Bida, Academy of Labor, Social Relations and Tourism, Kyiv, Ukraine.

PhD in Law, Associate professor, Associate Professor of Civil, Trade and Commercial Law Chair of the Academy of Labor, Social Relations and Tourism, Kyiv, Ukraine. 

Petro Denysyuk, National University of Water and Environmental Engineering, Rivne, Ukraine.

PhD in Law, Associate professor, Department of Special Legal Disciplines, National University of Water and Environmental Engineering, Rivne, Ukraine. 

Nataliia Novytska, Private Law State Tax University, Irpin, Ukraine.

D.Sc (Law), Professor, Professor of the Department of Private Law State Tax University, Irpin, Ukraine.

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Published
2022-10-18
How to Cite
Ustymenko, V., Teremetskyi , V., Bida, K., Denysyuk, P., & Novytska, N. (2022). Experience of conclusion and performance of engineering, procurement and construction contracts in post-Soviet countries: Experiencia de celebración y cumplimiento de los contratos de ingeniería, compras y construcción en los países postsoviéticos. Political Questions, 40(74), 830-848. https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.4074.46
Issue
Vol. 40 No. 74 (2022): Cuestiones Políticas
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Derecho Público

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