Legislative Approximation and Application of EU Law in Belarus: ‘Backdoor’ Approximation

Karliuk, Maksim

Legislative Approximation and Application of EU Law in Belarus: ‘Backdoor’ Approximation

This text appeared as a chapter entitled “Legislative approximation and application of EU law in Belarus” in Peter Van Elsuwege and Roman Petrov (eds.), The Application of EU Law in the Eastern Neighbourhood of the European Union: Towards a Common Regulatory Space? London: Routledge, 2014.

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Maksim Karliuk

International Development Law Organization (IDLO)

Date Written: 2014

Abstract

Unlike other Eastern Partnership countries, Belarus has never committed itself to legislative approximation with EU law. It is also hard to expect this process to take place given the weak legal framework and complicated history of EU-Belarus relations. Surprisingly, approximation is taking places to some degree, primarily indirectly via the means of other legal systems — ‘backdoor’ approximation. This paper argues that there are at least two ways of such approximation: via participation in the process of Eurasian integration and via legislative alignment with trade partners, e.g. Russia.

Keywords: legislative approximation, Belarus, Eurasian integration, EU law

JEL Classification: K33

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Karliuk, Maksim, Legislative Approximation and Application of EU Law in Belarus: ‘Backdoor’ Approximation (2014). This text appeared as a chapter entitled “Legislative approximation and application of EU law in Belarus” in Peter Van Elsuwege and Roman Petrov (eds.), The Application of EU Law in the Eastern Neighbourhood of the European Union: Towards a Common Regulatory Space? London: Routledge, 2014., Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2746969