Prospects for the Formation of a System of Legal and Strategic Foundations of Scientifc and Technological Cooperation between the EAEU Member States in the Field of Renewable Energy

INTRODUCTION. Tis article substantiates the need to develop scientifc and technological cooperation between the EAEU member states in the area of the use of renewable energy sources (RES) and its inclusion in the agenda of integration interaction. Te purpose of the article is to form a system of conceptual ideas about the state and prospects for the development of legal framework and strategic foundations of scientifc and technological cooperation between member states in the feld of renewable energy, which consolidate the key topics, directions and forms of interaction of relevant actors in the integration space.

MATERIALS AND METHODS. In the course of preparing the study, the author has analyzed international treaties and acts of the EAEU bodies that constitute the law of the Union, the legislation of the member states, as well as statistical sources. In addition, the author took into account the generalizations concerning the level of development of scientifc and technological integration, formulated by representatives of economic science. Te study is based on general scientifc methods of cognition (systemic and structural approaches, analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction), as well as special methods used in legal science (comparative legal, historical legal and formal dogmatic). Te use of a systematic approach became the basis for identifying a set of factors determining the formation of the EAEU agenda in the feld of renewable energy, as well as comprehending the need for the comprehensive nature of its legal and political and strategic aspects. Te modeling method has become a pillar for modeling the structure and content of the legal and strategic framework.

RESEARCH RESULTS. Based on the analysis carried out, the author came to the following research results: the nature and scale of challenges arising from changes in the structure of the world energy balance in favor of the RES sector were determined based on the introduction of appropriate technologies; the problems of scientifc and technological cooperation within the EAEU integration processes in the energy sector, caused by the lack of an appropriate agenda, were demonstrated; the existing legal and political and strategic frameworks for the scientifc and technological and related production and technological co-operation of the EAEU member states in the feld of renewable energy sources have been systematized, and their rather general nature has been indicated. Te author has conceptualized possible directions for the formation of a common legal and strategic space of the Union, which allows creating conditions for the addition of national potentials in order to strengthen the scientifc, technological and production positions of the member states in the feld of renewable energy.

DISCUSSION AN CONCLUSIONS. In the course of the analysis, the author turned to the controversial points expressed in the scientifc literature regarding the completeness of the legal regulation of scientifc and technological cooperation in the feld of renewable energy sources, options for its further improvement. Among the most important conclusions of the study is a series of prognostic generalizations. Te system of legal regulation of the considered cooperation will include legal (international treaty provisions and normative legal provisions of acts of the Union bodies) and political guidelines (general and special strategic documents), which will be formed not only as this cooperation develops, but also as drivers of a stimulating nature. At the same time, this will require not only the improvement of the regulatory framework, but also the development of organizational mechanisms for scientifc and technological and related production cooperation in the feld of renewable energy sources.

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