Transborder Raw Materials Toll Manufacturing Agreement: Prospective Partners in the Greater Eurasian Partnership

INTRODUCTION. In the context of enhancing regional integration the legal regulation of international energy cooperation receives a new interpretation in the texts of agreements being signed. This study combines the legal and economic aspects of developing such cooperation. The purpose of the study is to identify potential partners for Russia in terms of practical implementation of raw materials toll manufacturing in the field of oil and natural gas processing among the participants of the Greater Eurasian Partnership, as well as to assess the existing regulatory field. To achieve the aim of the study, the author proposes to classify the countries of Greater Eurasia into groups, and to analyze the readiness of the most promising prospective partners legal frameworks for the implementation of the corresponding cross-border projects.

MATERIALS AND METHODS. The methodological basis of the research is grounded in a formal dogmatic approach to the interpretation of international legal acts currently regulating certain aspects of the implementation of cross-border raw materials toll manufacturing. Economic analysis of law is applied to classify prospective partners by the level of economic integration to identify those with whom the author considers it practical to enhance the legal regulation of raw materials toll manufacturing in the field of energy cooperation. Cross-border raw materials toll manufacturing is presented in the context of monism and dualism in international law.

RESEARCH RESULTS. As the result, the author identifies four prospective areas for cooperation, namely Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan and China. At the same time, with Belarus and Kazakhstan, the regulatory field is being actively developed, which is associated with certain aspects of the raw materials toll manufacturing being regulated at the level of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), while the international legal basis for such cooperation between Russia and Azerbaijan is practically absent, and between Russia and China it is at the initial stage of formation, but compared to the law of the EAEU it is developed to a much lesser extent. From the viewpoint of private law regulation, there are a number of features of regulation at the national level, and that does not allow us to talk about harmonized approach.

DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS. In order to intensify the pace of energy cooperation within the framework of cross-border raw materials toll manufacturing with these countries, the author suggests to focus on the already established law-making and law enforcement practices, by including the necessary norms in the EAEU Treaty or developing acts of doctrinal legal nature that are necessary for harmonization, since at the moment the plan to develop a distinct multilateral agreement for international legal regulation of transborder raw materials toll manufacturing will be difficult to implement.

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