Issues of legal regulation of the sector of research services in the Eurasian Economic Union

Abstract

The article analyzes legal regulation of research services within the framework of the EAEU; after 2020 this sector must function according to rules of the single market. Study of the multidimensionality of the concept of scientific activity shows that liberalization of the research services sector in the EAEU covers only scientific researche carried out for private customers. The formation of a single market in this sector of services in accordance with the approved liberalization plan is complicated by the existence in legislation of the EAEU member states of norms creating administrative, fiscal, and other barriers that impede free implementation of scientific activity on the territory of EAEU member states. The author notes legal barriers characteristic for this sector and the absence of appropriate legal mechanisms to overcome them in the integration law of the EAEU and the national legislation of EAEU member states. Many identified legal barriers are general and also affect the public procurement sector. The author considers the legal status of multilateral and bilateral agreements concluded by EAEU member states before signing of the Treaty of the EAEU and its entry into force and regulating the organization and implementation of cross-border scientific activities and their place in the system of the integration law of the EAEU.